In 1900, Paris built a railway up Montmartre Hill so visitors could avoid the climb; the tiny funicular carried 3.6 million passengers in 2025Since its launch in 1900, Montmartre's funicular railway has offered a quick ascent to one of Paris's most enchanting neighborhoods. Transi...
21 Sep, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
Between 1997 and 2005, officials removed 282 buildings from California’s Giant Forest; the project gave 231 acres back to giant sequoiasGiant Forest sequoia grove underwent extensive restoration efforts. Commercial activity and 282 buildings were removed from the grove. Ecol...
17 Sep, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
When this North Carolina lighthouse was built in 1870, the Atlantic was 1,500 feet away. By 1999, it was just 60 feet away, so engineers moved the 4,830-ton tower 2,900 feet inlandThe Cape Hatteras Lighthouse confronted significant erosion from the advancing Atlantic Ocean. In a remarkable feat of engineering, the 4,8...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
Global Market: Chinese property stocks slide as new rules raise consolidation fearsChinese property stocks came under pressure after Beijing introduced new rules aimed at reducing developers’ reliance on homebuyer funds an...
31 Aug, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
MF Tracker: ITI Small Cap Fund delivers 25% returns, tops 3-year chart. Should you book profits now?ITI Small Cap Fund topped the three-year return chart with a 25.19% return, outperforming its benchmark and category average. While strong ...
25 Aug, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
Abandoned since 1989, American buys Spanish village for $363,000 as he plans $7 million tourism revival with 44 homes, church, school and barAbandoned since 1989, Spain’s Salto de Castro village has a new owner after American Jason Lee Beckwith bought the historic settlement for ...
24 Aug, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Taylor Swift owns a $100 million real estate empire featuring a Christmas tree farm, historic mansions, beachfront estates, New York penthouses, a private pool, home theatre, billiards room and even a wine cellar that can hold nearly 1,000 bottlesTaylor Swift possesses a real estate portfolio valued over one hundred million dollars. Her properties span Pennsylvania, Nashville, New Yo...
23 Aug, 2026, 09.38 PM IST
Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods beginning September 8: PM Mark CarneyCanada will impose retaliatory tariffs on United States goods starting September eighth. This action escalates a trade conflict after Unite...
22 Aug, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
French proverb of the day: 'Better a ruined than a...' Life lessons on motivational proverb on wealth, freedom, hope, physical survival and future recoveryFrench proverb of the day: “Better a ruined than a lost land” is a proverb about survival, freedom, hope and recovery. It says that a damag...
18 Aug, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
In March 1945, USS Trigger sank in the East China Sea; 81 years later, restoration work on USS Silversides uncovered a flood valve that appears to connect the surviving boat to its lost sisterHistoric submarine restoration has uncovered a remarkable World War II mystery. Workers found a flood valve stamped with the name USS Trigg...
18 Aug, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
North America saved its bison from extinction. Now scientists face a new threatBison numbers have recovered after near extinction, but genetic diversity is now a concern. Fragmented herds lack natural gene exchange, po...
10 Aug, 2026, 08.30 PM IST
Pakistan's decades-old Kashmir story starts coming apart in PoKProtests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir challenge Islamabad's long-held narrative. Pakistani forces faced accusations of killing dozens of de...
29 Jul, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Nearly 190 years after the Battle of the Alamo, archaeologists unearthed cannonballs from both armies, revealing rare physical evidence of the historic 1836 siege and its final exchange of fireArchaeologists just made an incredible discovery at the Alamo. For the first time, they found two intact cannonballs from the famous 1836 b...
27 Jul, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
Once buried under garbage for decades, a 300-year-old Shiva Lingam-shaped stepwell revived in Karnataka: Historic well draws crowd in Belagavi. Watch videoIn Karnataka's Belagavi, a 300-year-old stepwell, once buried under decades of garbage, has been revived with the help of a community effor...
05 Jul, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
Hinduja group formally acquires iconic Old War Office building in LondonThe heritage building at 57, Whitehall, close to British Parliament and Prime Minister's residence, covers 580,000 square feet spread over ...
02 Mar, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Hinduja group acquires UK's Old War Office buildingThe landmark building at 57 Whitehall in central London will now be restored and re-developed into a five star hotel and residential apartm...
13 Dec, 2014, 02.39 PM IST
Hinduja group acquires UK's Old War Office buildingOnce the office of Churchill, the building was constructed in the years between the start of the 20th century and the outbreak of the First...
13 Dec, 2014, 01.56 AM IST