Meet Vasuki Indicus: Ancient snake in India that may have weighed a ton and measured longer than a school busVasuki, the ancient big snake from India, was a slow-moving ambush predator that subdued prey through constriction. It lived 47 million yea...
19 Apr, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
View: Whether visiting Stonehenge or Easter Island, everybody must get stonedThe stones at Stonehenge hail from different parts of Britain and evoke similar questions. As with the pyramids, countless experiments have...
13 Apr, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Skeletons of 15-million-year old giant wombats found in AustraliaKnown as Nimbadon, these marsupials weighed about 70kg and are said to be most closely related to wombats.
15 May, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
Spirit of Virgil Abloh lives on at Louis Vuitton's high-energy runway in ParisKendrick Lamar performed a live ode to the American fashion star who was Vuitton's menswear designer.
24 Jun, 2022, 08.30 AM IST
Massive treasure trove sheds fresh light on ancient Chinese kingdomChinese archaeologists have discovered a treasure trove at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan Province. The trove contains gold, bronze, ...
14 Jun, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
50 mn Indians to travel overseas in 2019: World Tourism OrganisationAccording to the UN World Tourism Organisation, 50 million Indians will travel overseas in 2019, up from 23 million in 2017.
30 Jan, 2019, 01.27 PM IST
Don't worry about the visa: Make last-minute international travel plans to Laos, Fuji & JordanAs 2018 marks it concluding weeks, make sure you travel to these easy-to-reach international spots.
29 Nov, 2018, 07.22 AM IST
Medusa's head, Bosphorus bridge, Topkapi palace: Istanbul combines modern, medieval artIstanbul was originally founded by the Thracians in the 7th century BC.
25 Nov, 2018, 11.10 AM IST
Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, is a dizzying collection of paradoxesAncient temples and towering high rises. Tales of spirits, fire-breathing dragons and life-giving elixirs.
20 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
Chinese newspaper's caustic response to an ET article on how Beijing is trapping Asia in debtThe Economic Times article cited the case of Sri Lanka which has run into a huge debt trap by welcoming Chinese-funded projects under OBOR.
04 May, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Narendra Modi unveils 112 ft Shiva bust, extols YogaFounder of Isha Foundation, Jaggi Vasudev, said the bust of 'Adiyogi' was built in eight months, He also lauded Modi for practising Yoga.
24 Feb, 2017, 08.59 PM IST
Stories of Bihar: Where is Swachh Bharat?From Patna to Nalanda to Rajgir, pitched political battles are being fought, but there is the odd bright story that offers hope.
26 Oct, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Traveller's Diary: Splurge on Hong Kong's 'Shopping Festival' or attend London's biggest street festival 'Notting Hill Carnival'ET-Travel offers you events in Luxury, Entertainment, Food, Sports, Music and Nightlife to experience around the world.
23 Jul, 2015, 09.05 AM IST
India celebrates history, religion, rivers and art through festivalsMost Indian festival have their roots in either religion or mythology, there are also fun festivals like Pushkar Fair, held in Rajasthan.
25 Jul, 2014, 06.05 PM IST
- Fiesta and siesta
Tanushree Podder found that there is more to Valencia than paella: spectacular architecture, good weather, a pulsating atmosphere and frien...
16 Jun, 2011, 07.22 AM IST
- History flows by
We floated joyously down thousands of years of Egyptian history.
22 Feb, 2007, 02.19 AM IST
- Remembering rainforests
When I woke up to the sad news of the demise of Aussie Steve Irwin 10 days ago, my thoughts flew back to a memorable visit to the land of t...
14 Sep, 2006, 12.36 AM IST