Fifteen-year-old Indian-American Gitanjali Rao was selected from a field of more than 5,000 nominees as TIME's first-ever Kid of the Year. She was interviewed by actor and activist Angelina Jolie for the TIME special.
'We don't know if the water we are drinking has lead in it or not.' 'In India, we don't have ways to easily detect or measure contamination levels.'
Are faulty design, hurried construction and private ownership to be blamed for the incidents of airport roofs crashing?
'The worry among many international actors is whether there will be stability to provide assistance to the government because the political developments in the last few months are a real concern.'
Bollywood doesn't go abroad only for outdoor shoots!
IBM has chosen Surat, Allahabad and Vizag among 16 global locations for its smart cities programme.
Here's your weekly digest of the most weird, true and funny news from the across the world.
'Maybe what the lady in Sex and the City said was right-- that maybe our girlfriends are indeed our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.'
