What engineering problems make it hard to use 17th century physics to move lots of people quickly across serious distances? Devangshu Datta has the answers.
National Geographic's 2019 Travel Photo contest is drawing to a close after six weeks of pictures from photographers around the world. The final week's selection of pictures includes rhinos drinking in a thunderstorm and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
The country holds one of the biggest opportunities for Uber as more Indians start using smartphones
Shares in the Beaverton, Oregon-based Nike Inc fell more than 2 percent after Kaepernick posted a black-and-white close-up of himself on Instagram on Monday featuring the Nike logo and "Just do it" slogan.
The United State senate has confirmed Indian-American Vince Girdhari Chhabria as the federal judge of the US district court for the northern district of California.
'Even today, I am like a kid in a candy land -- I look at my airplane with as much excitement as an eight year old.'
Google is all set to launch its newest line of smartphones and maybe a whole bunch of other hardware products
With the nomination, 55-year-old Harris, who has many firsts to a trailblazing career starting with an attorney from California, would break another glass ceiling in US politics.
Harris, the daughter of an Indian immigrant from Chennai, scripted history by becoming the first-ever woman Vice President of the United States. She is also the first female, first Black and first South Asian American vice president.
It is not just injurious to your health, but smoking can harm your career and your earning power too, finds a new study.
As per the plea, the image of eggs shown in the augmented reality game appear in places of worship of different religious groups.
The Orwellian surveillance State is here. And here to stay, asserts Virendra Kapoor.
Take a look at these dazzling cars of the future.
Since cartilage loss cannot be reversed, it is important for people at risk of osteoarthritis or with early signs of the disease to slow the degeneration of cartilage.
Veteran Olympian, Ashok Diwan has sought government help to return home after 'developing some health problems in the USA'.
It's Donald Trump like he's never been seen before.
The company said this new approach allows developers to train artificial intelligence models without the user data leaving the device, while allowing it to do more with less data.
At least 85 people have died of coronavirus with the confirmed cases crossing 4,500 in the US.
Ex-AAP strategist Shefali Misra to join Uber as head of public policy
'The reality is no one, including some of the names that have shown up in the last few weeks, have any unilateral decision-making power in this,' Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan tells Peerzada Abrar.
The order comes in the wake of rioters defacing and destroying historical sites, monuments and statues in the country as violence erupted following the brutal custodial death of African-American George Floyd on May 25.
Families of two Americans killed in terror attacks in Brussels and Paris have sued Twitter, accusing the micro-blogging site of being a "tool and weapon of terrorism".
Cross-country skier Johaug to call time on Olympic career after Sunday's 30km.
Curtailment of flights between India and China will help Air India and other airlines to boost their seat occupancy and market share.
Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO who now runs Microsoft's devices business, showed off the phone in front of thousands at the company's annual employee meeting in Seattle on Monday.
One of the most favourite activities of Christmas is decorating the Christmas tree. From England to Lebanon, here are some of 2016's most over-the-top Christmas trees.
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An industry source said the funding was part of an overall $500 million the company is planning to raise, which will value Ola at around $5 billion.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will woo foreign investors to invest in India as he begins his nine-day visit to the US on Tuesday.
We all know United States President Donald Trump's preferred way of communicating directly with his fellow Americans is through tweets. And to celebrate 'The Donald's' tweets, the people at The Daily Show With Trevor Noah have put together the Donald J Trump Presidential Twitter Library -- a kind of museum dedicated solely to Trump tweets. The pop-up museum was free to enter, and ran from June 14-16. Its Washington, DC debut was timed to coincide with the US president's 73rd birthday. The pop-up installation has already been shown in Miami, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City. Take a glimpse.
'If the Biden-Harris team makes it to the White House, India's headaches will multiply,' observes Aditi Phadnis.
Bengaluru has emerged as the world's fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem in the world since 2016, followed by the European cities of London, Munich, Berlin and Paris, with India's financial centre of Mumbai in sixth place, according to new research released in London on Thursday.
This closure has led to increase in flight duration and has put a strain on Mumbai's air traffic controllers, who are working extra shifts to handle the increase in traffic.
Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington, San Diego and Tulsa have expressed varying degrees of interest in hosting the sporting extravaganza.
The good times are back, in a measured way, in fun spots across the globe.
India's financial hub boasts of total wealth worth $820 billion
The 'art' created by Anthony Scioli depicts Clinton with hooves stomping on deleted emails with what appears to be a Wall Street banker wrapping his arms around her naked body.
According to reports, the news was announced by the mayor's office in Algeciras in southern Spain, where Lucia was born.
'While we may speculate about personality politics, the reality is that there are more important issues that drive the India-US relationship.'
The government's Swachh Bharat programme presents entrepreneurs with a chance to curb open defecation and make money in the process.
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