This week's digest of stories that are weird, true and funny.
Russia on Saturday staged a grand military parade in Moscow to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany in the presence of several world leaders, including President Pranab Mukherjee, even as Western powers boycotted the event due to a standoff over Ukraine.
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has come to an end with passengers' families being informed that the effort to find the plane has been suspended.
The BJP's faces for 2019 will be Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Yogi Adityanath and Devendra Fadnavis, says R Rajagopalan.
Modi's visit to some developed countries such as the US, Japan, China and Australia were sprinkled with humongous investment figures. But do we have the wherewithal to absorb such big investments?
Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party functions from Colombo, appealed for India's help.
Here's a glimpse at what happened around the world last week
India needs to invest a lot more money in science research and translate this research into products and solutions for its people, says trustee at the Infosys Science Foundation and co-founder at Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan.
These images from across the globe tell us that it is a bizarre world out there!
Once in each President's term in office, he or she carries out a "naval fleet review", a deliberately public assembly of the entire fleet.
The heat wave has caused havoc and triggered an emergency situation in major hospitals of the province.
This would make India the world's second-biggest nuclear energy market after China
The turn of the Olympic cycle has ushered in a new generation of riders plotting to overthrow track queen Anna Meares, but the seasoned Australian is confident of being in top gear to defend her sprint title at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
'The coming two months could unfold unpredictable results or unpredictable consequences or both at the same time,' says Rajaram Panda.
He was number three in 1999 when the company was founded.
We once again present a special feature on the ten worst earthquakes that had shaken the world and caused immense damage in the past 25 years.
Heads of state and big-name billionaires opened the Paris climate summit with a bang on Monday.
Analysts say consumers would be the real winners.
In the media frenzy over inconsequential issues, the visit of the Emperor of Japan to India has been pushed to the margins of public discourse. Colonel (retd) Anil Athale explains the great historical and political significance of the visit.
Juggernaut's mobile reading app could be a game-changer, says Nilanjana S Roy.
'As India progresses and takes an increasingly hardline approach to Pakistani hostility, the young and restless population of Pakistan, sooner than later, will demand 'Gazwa e Hind' (conquest of India),' warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Aseem Chhabra's recommendations for the Mumbai film festival.
Policy of continuity won't help India earn business or respect, says Pramod Kumar Buravalli.
That is bad news for officials taking part in discussions at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings this week.
Markets are likely to go down, correct and stay subdued.
Aditi and Akshay Maliwal are mentoring young sports athletes from Asia to get through to top US universities.
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by Reuters photographers.
Brazilians brought a soccer fan's raucous attitude to the Rio Games on Monday, wildly cheering their own athletes, booing and mocking opponents -- and creating uncomfortable moments for Olympic athletes unaccustomed to no-holds-barred partisanship.
The tenth annual iPhone Photography Awards received thousands of entries -- all submitted by amateur photographers from more than 140 countries around the world.
This week's digest of weird, true and funny news from around the world
New Delhi's growing defence partnership with Tokyo could take wing with the US-2 (Utility Seaplane Mark 2), a one-of-a-kind amphibious aircraft that has Indian naval planners goggle-eyed.
The company, which is the biggest stakeholder in DreamWorks Animation Studios, is in talks with bankers to identify and acquire up-and-coming mobile game studios in North America and Europe to boost sales
The bear market has lasted 10 months and the Nifty is down by over 20 per cent from its all-time peak of 9,119 in March 2015.
It was the RBI which destroyed our $-job economy. It is for the RBI to resurrect it by instituting news ways of managing the INR, says Sonali Ranade
Here's why a career in digital marketing in 2015 will be very lucrative.
Lack of trust in employers has often led Chinese workers to balk at takeovers they fear will worsen employment conditions.
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'This has never happened. And not to mention the bisexual angle as well. You hope that it'll speak to people because after a while you forget about the disability and you look at the person and that's the point of the film.'
The White House said it has 'a large body' of evidence indicating that the Assad regime was responsible for the April 7 chemical attack in Duma.
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