Hong Kong's COVID-19 lessons for the world

'The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong was 0.7 -- anything below 1 suggests the epidemic is receding.''The city-State achieved this without the de facto police-State curfew that India......

14 odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Odd photos that prove we live in a mad, mad world.    A child touches the biggest watermelon on display during an annual watermelon festival in Daxing district in Beijing,......

Images from around the world compete in EyeEM photography award

EyeEm, a global community and marketplace for photography and video, is in the middle of its fourth and largest photography competition yet. With more than 590,000 submissions from 88,000......

India among world's 20 LEAST peaceful nations

A student participates in a peace rally to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters......

Growth of middle class sluggish in China

China may be the home to a rising number of billionaires but the growth of middle class, the main requisite for its social stability, remained sluggish due to concentration of money in just one......

Which Indian city has the most number of super-rich?

Image: The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Seven Indian cities, including the financial capital Mumbai and political hub Delhi, have been named among Asia Pacific's......

India among top 10 FDI destinations in 2014

Image: School children holding tri-coloured balloons take part in the Republic Day celebrations in Chandigarh. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters India was 15th on the list in 2013. India moved up......

Meet China's richest man who toppled Jack Ma!

From being a guard in the China’s military services to becoming the richest Chinese in the world, it has been an incredible journey for Wang Jianlin, chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group. ......

Hong Kong plumber's Olympic breakdancing dream dashed

IMAGE: Cheung Cheuk Man finished 52nd at the World DanceSport Federation Olympic qualification event in Hong Kong in December, and 130th globally. Photographs: Lam Yik/Reuters Plumber by day,......

Sindhu demolishes Cheung on way to pre-quarter-finals

Sai Praneeth fails to make knock-out stage Sindhu will take on Denmark's world No. 12 Mia Blichfeldt next. IMAGE: India's Pusarla V Sindhu in action during her Olympics women's singles match......

20 More Stunning Sports Photos From 2024

2024 delivered unforgettable moments that epitomised triumph, passion, and sheer brilliance across the globe. From the Paris Olympics, where Noah Lyles sprinted to gold in the 100m and Simone Biles......

Saina, Sindhu enter quarters of Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu in action. Newly-crowned China Open champion P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal entered the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition at the Hong Kong Open Super......

Tokyo Olympics: India's schedule on Wednesday, July 28

IMAGE: PV Sindhu will take on Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong in the women's badminton singles group stage match at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images All eyes will......