Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.
'When you sow a small plant, then you keep watch on it so that wild cattle should not eat that sapling.'
The hostage drama at the American Civic Association in Binghampton, New York cam to an end when the gunman, believed to be of Vietnamese descent killed himself. Reports said that at least 12 people were killed and several others are being held hostage by a gunman at the American Civic Center in Binghamton, a city 175 miles north of New York on the way to the Niagara Falls.
As 32 states and Union Territories imposed complete lockdown till March 31, the Centre asked them to clamp curfew wherever necessary in the wake of people defying lockdown orders.
Authorities have suspended civil construction works in Delhi and Haryana as part of emergency measures to improve air quality.
Money Never Sleeps will be a sequel to 1987 classic, Wall Street.
Here are a few off ramp style mantras from the beautiful people who attended the Day 4 of the lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016.
'Money must be produced constantly.' 'This need is driving people to find work, and for many of them, it is working for a living for the first time in their lives,' observes Aakar Patel.
In a daily briefing from Downing Street after his latest Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms emergency meeting with senior scientists and advisers, Boris Johnson called for people to start working from home and said the government would no longer support mass gatherings in order to focus emergency services towards the health crisis.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
Kate Middleton who is touring India along with Prince William chose an elegant dressing style with a few Indian touches.
Manny Pacquiao's loss to undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr in their welterweight showdown in Las Vegas was met with tears, anger and accusations of foul play in his homeland of the Philippines on Sunday.
The main streets of Ayodhya wear a scintillating look with illuminated lamps and special decorations.
As per the latest projections, Biden has 253 electoral college votes and Trump trails behind with 213. But some US media outlets have given 264 votes to Biden and 214 to Trump.
It's important to learn from failure, and just show up the next day, and the next, till you've got it right, says Radhika Ghai, co-founder, ShopClues
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
The latest family picture of the Obamas, looking exceptionally stylish on the joyous occasion of Easter is out.
While the world marks Eid-al-Adha, the Kashmir Valley remains silent and there are no signs of celebrations. All 10 districts in the Kashmir Valley are under strict curfew on Eid on Tuesday to prevent any outbreak of violence, making it the 67th day of the lockdown.
'At the risk of upsetting Mumbaikars, I would have to say that New Delhi is leaps ahead of other Indian cities in its sense of fashion and style,' says Kishore Singh.
'The Swiss show their love of cows by letting them graze in meadows, plump and healthy, instead of by killing minorities.' 'Women drink and kiss their dates in public while wearing tiny skirts, yet walk home unraped.' Mitali Saran on how much she misses Switzerland.
It is about prayers and piety, but also about food and festivity.
Even if the extradition bill has been suspended, Beijing will eventually impose its system on Hong Kong, observes Nitin Pai.
'The Indian and Israeli rabbis were singing a small departure song for brave little Moshe, who had spent many, likely, heartbreaking but bittersweet hours at this home of his babyhood, looking at the drawings his mother had made for him, that were still up in his room.'
Take a few style tips from Bollywood!
Will Smith's next film feels familiar, as the message of man messing with nature without fully considering the implications inherent in that messing about is a resonant one.
As the Iraqi and American forces enter the final stages of the fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State, 1 million people are expected to become refugees. This is what a modern-day mass exodus looks like.
Gyaltsen misses the good old days when male models were taken more seriously, way back in 2010!
Spring is here and the flowers are in full bloom. Welcome to the Chelsea Flower Show, held from May 22 to May 26. This year the theme was 'Summer of Love', inspired by the Royal Wedding and the 1960's/70's cultural revolution. Here are colorful and cheery scenes from this year's grand garden party.
'Today, there is pervasive fear in society; an uncertainty of what might happen.' 'This has forced Muslims to shrink further into mental ghettos, with many considering extreme measures like pretending to change their identity.'
The humans are in trouble. They've been attacked by a Virus. What happens to the animals who depend on them? The Crows? The Dogs? And The Cats? Nitin Sathe's short story set in the times of the coronavirus.
These eight images show that we live in a crazy, mad world!
Find out what your favourite cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been up to these days here.
'This is for the first time home loan rates have dropped below 7 per cent,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
New York-based Sikh designer and actor Waris Ahluwalia gets recognised for fighting racial discrimination in New York.
'There are 80 million tonnes of foodgrain in our godowns and yet, 200 million people go to bed hungry.' 'So I decided to fight hunger.'
The five-six men, wearing saffron T-shirts and kurta, started the sloganeering when the train was about to halt at the metro station, according to a PTI reporter who was at the spot.
Chanting "hands up, don't shoot" and "no justice, no peace", the crowd, estimated to be over 60,000, along with 16 members of Floyd's family, some of whom flew down to Houston, marched about a mile from Discovery Green Park to City Hall under the scorching sun.
As pollution reaching alarming levels in Delhi, Veer Arjun Singh guides you how to protect yourself.
'It is the common people, not lawyers and judges, who are the stakeholders of the judiciary.'
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