Pillow fights to keeping pigeons: YouTuber breaks bizarre laws in quest to become ‘international bad boy,’ leaving internet in splitsYouTuber Max Fosh embarked on a 48-hour mission across ten European countries to break some of the continent’s strangest laws, documenting ...
26 Sep, 2025, 06.10 PM IST
Lufthansa CEO’s wife rams car into pedestrian in Italy killing her, says she’s ‘deeply sorrowful’Vivian Spohr, wife of Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, faces investigation. This follows a car accident in Sardinia. The accident resulted in t...
12 Jul, 2025, 01.48 PM IST
Trump's tariff deadline delay brings hope, confusion to trade partners, businessesPresident Trump's tariff delay offers hope for trade deals with Japan, South Korea, and the EU, while smaller exporters face uncertainty. T...
09 Jul, 2025, 10.41 AM IST
The European Union in five figuresEuropean Union: The 27-nation bloc stretches from the chilly Arctic in the north to the warmer Mediterranean in the south, and from the Atl...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.46 PM IST
India has to free the bulk of its population from dependence on agriculture soonFarmers in India need policy changes to address excessive cereal production and inadequate protein and oil. Diversification of agriculture ...
20 Feb, 2024, 10.54 PM IST
CCI raids Associated Alcohols, Som Distilleries in price fixing probeThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) officials were conducting search and seizure operations across several cities and the case is abo...
27 Oct, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
Walter Yetnikoff, CBS Records' volatile head, passes away at 87He joined CBS as a staff attorney in the early 1960s, was named president of CBS Records International in 1971 and CEO in 1975.
11 Aug, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
Germany braces for extension of lockdown month into DecemberGermany imposed a month-long "lockdown lite" from Nov. 2 to rein in a second wave of the virus that is sweeping much of Europe, but infecti...
22 Nov, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
Pandemic at the disco: the coronavirus outbreak that began in a French barOne bar in a French seaside resort became a hotspot for the virus after a 19-year-old student tested positive, infecting dozens of his frie...
31 Jul, 2020, 08.29 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 44: No piece of cake, thisThe way numbers are rising, India's case count might not peak till June. The country now has over 50,000 cases and recorded the highest num...
07 May, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
How America became the craft beer capitalCraft beer is expected to have character, unlike the homogenous ones that big companies often produce.
03 Feb, 2019, 12.50 AM IST
Gin: A drink loved and hated in equal measureNo other drink in the history of alcohol was so hated and fought against, so loved and cherished, so corrupted and refined.
20 May, 2018, 10.26 AM IST
Deoband fatwa says avoid families that earn 'haram' moneyIslamic banks work on the principles of an interest-free banking. Riba or interest under Islamic law basically means anything in excess - t...
04 Jan, 2018, 02.06 PM IST
View: Three reasons why a cashless society would be a disasterA fully cashless society would mean the end of privacy. There would be a digital trail of every action you take through your purchases and ...
18 Dec, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
Sex offenders database: India stands alone on 'name & shame' policyThe government's move that to maintain a database of sex offenders is being seen as a step in addressing the threat posed by criminals whos...
16 Aug, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
- Bad chemistry: Policy model leaves chemicals high & dry
A report by the government’s working group on the chemical industry for the 11th Plan underscores its perceived competence to capture more ...
01 May, 2007, 03.39 AM IST
- Gambling sites raise stake in Europe to beat US ban
PartyGaming, the world’s largest online poker company, lost 75% of its revenue when the company shut down its US sites to comply with a new...
26 Oct, 2006, 12.45 AM IST