Stunning winners of this year's Ocean Art underwater photo contest

The Underwater Photography Guide has announced the winners of their 8th annual Ocean Art Underwater Photography Competition: a selection that runs the gamut between beautiful, eye popping and, in......

12 risks that could cause THE END of the world

Researchers at the Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm have released a thorough scientific assessment of what threatens human civilisation, or even possibly, all human life. The assessment is......

Awesome PHOTOS of the month: October

Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of October. Jiejin Qiu, who is six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local......

Man who 'booted' Bush released

Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoe at former US president George W Bush in Baghdad last year, has been released from prison. Muntazer, 30, was initially sentenced to......

Wi-Fi could soon be history with this new technology

A Mexican software company has managed to transmit audio, video and Internet across the spectrum of light emitted by LED lamps - at a data transfer rate of 10 gigabytes per second. The technology......

TCS clocks $4.3 billion revenues in 2006-07

Tata Consultancy Services, India's leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, reported its consolidated financial results according to US GAAP for the quarter and financial year......

India 44th, Denmark tops in network readiness

For the first time, Denmark tops the rankings of the WEF's Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007's 'Networked Readiness Index,' as a culmination of an upward trend since 2003. India and......

The world's richest people

It has been a busy year for Forbes' team of fortune hunters. Strong equity markets combined with rising real estate values and commodity prices pushed up fortunes from Mumbai to Madrid. Forbes......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Sanjay Dutt tries out gym equipment as he attends the first anniversary celebrations of a gymnasium in the suburbs of Mumbai on...

'Aamir never wanted to be an actor'

It's been 20 years since Aamir Khan's Raakh released in theatres. Fresh after the release of his blockbuster hit Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, audiences couldn't quite relate to Aamir's dark character in......

Djokovic stunned; Nadal scripts best start to a season

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic looks dejected after he lost his quarter final match against Czech Republic's Jiri Vesely. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters World number one Novak Djokovic......

Djokovic back with a bang!

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his first round match against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti during day eight of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters World number one......

Sports Shorts: Women's recurve team tops qualification

IMAGE: Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, who have won many international medals together in the past, will take on France in the World Cup mixed team quarter-finals in Guatemala City. Photograph:......

Vettel does the maths and decides he still has a chance at F1 title

IMAGE: Sebastian Vettel has 256 points to Hamilton's 306. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel could see his hopes of a fifth Formula One world title fading with the......

PIX: When goal celebrations made for fun memories at the FIFA World Cup

There are celebrations on the football pitch  and then there are celebrations at the FIFA World Cup where a victory or a goal is celebrated animatedly. Joy becomes ecstasy and......