Beneath the Alps, Switzerland quietly built an underground network so large it feels like another countryHidden beneath the Swiss Alps is one of the world’s most remarkable engineering networks: more than 1,400 tunnels spanning over 2,000 kilom...
23 Jun, 2026, 07.55 PM IST
Why scientists are collecting ice from around the world and storing it deep inside AntarcticaScientists are collecting ice cores from endangered glaciers around the world and storing them in the Ice Memory Sanctuary in Antarctica to...
21 Jun, 2026, 06.08 PM IST
An Underground World Built to Make Mountains Disappear for Travel and PowerEngineers are now building vital infrastructure deep underground, bypassing mountains. This modern approach uses advanced physics and machi...
04 Feb, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
Davos is a state of mind. Slightly chilly. Absurdly expensiveThe World Economic Forum in Davos sees Indian businessmen navigate a unique experience, from sartorial crises with overcoats to the quest f...
22 Jan, 2026, 12.40 AM IST
Paris hits 41°C, Eiffel Tower closes as Saharan blast grips FranceEurope is grappling with an intense heat wave, triggering red alerts in multiple countries as temperatures soar. France faces school closur...
01 Jul, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
Ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics, IOC leaders tout games as multilateral unifier in divided worldThe IOC leader highlighted "narrow self-interests trumping the rule of law" among threats to the multilateralism that has shaped global aff...
23 Jul, 2024, 09.26 AM IST
Climate change is real: Study finds more than half of Earth's glaciers will vanish by 2100Mostly small but well-known glaciers are marching to extinction, the study said.
06 Jan, 2023, 08.08 AM IST
View: India needs to come to grips with sectoral issues in decarbonisationThe countries whose names are doing the rounds as the first possible candidates are Indonesia and India. Both are large users of coal and a...
24 Jun, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
NDMA panel says 'do not allow construction near high flood level'The NDMA panel was formed after a glacier crack in the Tapovan-Raini area of Chamoli in Uttrakhand, more than a year ago, killed at least 8...
10 May, 2022, 11.45 PM IST
Japanese shares gain tracking US futures; tech and pharma stocks boostThe Nikkei share average gained 0.67 per cent at 28.822.29, after declining 0.2 per cent earlier, while the broader Topix inched up 0.29 pe...
25 Jan, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
India Inc's winter's tale: Jindals host 2019 bash in the Alps; Isha-Sonam's art bonding; Rewant Ruia's 'sangeet' at Mumbai homeA rundown of whispers and murmurs in the corporate corridors.
30 Dec, 2019, 02.09 PM IST
Glaciers from half of world heritage sites to disappear by 2100Glaciers from almost half of natural World Heritage sites may disappear completely by 2100, a study said. Even under a low emission scenari...
03 May, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
NY to DC in 29 mins: Musk claims US approval for Hyperloop tunnelThe train, known as a hyperloop, would make the 220 mile connection in 29 minutes, Musk said in a post on Twitter Thursday.
21 Jul, 2017, 10.07 AM IST
Stocks that plunged up to 20% intraday on TuesdayIn the Nifty pack, 20 stocks were trading in green, while 30 stocks were in red.
14 Feb, 2017, 02.52 PM IST
Davos 2013: Meet ends, world leaders warned against complacencyThe feeling that the European crisis had receded and relief that the US has not fallen off the fiscal cliff fuelled positive sentiment.
28 Jan, 2013, 01.22 AM IST
- Rivetting facets of Lucerne
Visitors to Switzerland may well be forgiven for thinking that Lucerne is just the base for excursions to the fascinating Mt Titlis and Mt ...
15 May, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Private cos line up IPOs worth $10 bn in power sector
After the IT wave in the mid-nineties and real estate and retail, corporate India is now jumping on the energy bandwagon in a big way.
06 Jan, 2008, 12.46 AM IST