You can live in this town but cannot die. Even billionaire Harsh Goenka is puzzledA bizarre law from the Spanish village of Lanjarón has resurfaced after industrialist Harsh Goenka tweeted about it, revealing that the tow...
06 Aug, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Banned from dying: Spanish town’s 26-year-old bizarre law outpaces biohacked longevityIn a peculiar turn of events, the Spanish village of Lanjarón, famed for its mineral springs, has an unusual law: dying is illegal. Back in...
31 Jul, 2025, 07.05 PM IST
JD Vance's Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkersOhio Sen. JD Vance's conversion to Catholicism in 2019 has influenced his political views, aligning him with a Catholic intellectual moveme...
04 Sep, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
Your favourite wine regions will feel the heatClimate change now poses risks to European wine regions. Research shows areas in Northern Italy, Spain, Greece, and Bulgaria are highly vul...
12 Aug, 2024, 09.59 AM IST
Pope Francis calls for universal ban on surrogacy in global roundup of threats to peace and human dignity"I consider despicable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and t...
08 Jan, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
Inside the global effort to keep perfectly good food out of the dumpFood waste, when it rots in a landfill, produces methane gas, which quickly heats up the planet. But it’s a surprisingly tough problem to s...
14 Oct, 2022, 09.26 AM IST
Economy 2021: a disruptive year for the world economySpain began 2021 chilled with cold because of the storm Filomena. The unusual drop in temperatures caused an increase in energy demand that...
01 Jan, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
Coronavirus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's marchIn 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people....
05 May, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
Sweden says controversial Covid-19 strategy is proving effectiveSweden's unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is starting to yield results, according to the country's top epidemiologist.
20 Apr, 2020, 09.04 AM IST
Some of the crazy wedding traditions from around the worldAfter Prince Harry and Meghan's fairytale wedding, here's a look at some of the world's unusual traditions.
20 May, 2018, 09.45 AM IST
With new technologies and knowledge of segregation, India is fast learning how to manage its wasteWaste-to-energy plants using organic matter are mushrooming in India, as newer technology brings ease of use and good returns on investment...
21 May, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
Bengaluru biggies' latest fad: Celebrating milestone birthdays at exotic places like Greece, Africa and othersWealthy Bengalureans are going the extra mile for their milestone birthdays, organising fancy holidays at off-beat locales with friends and...
17 Aug, 2016, 02.29 PM IST
The flip side: Lower corporate tax may not be good news for companies with loss-making subsidiariesSeveral large companies including Bharti Airtel, DLF, GMR Infra , Hindalco pay I-T at an effective rate way above the current stipulated ta...
07 Mar, 2015, 01.28 AM IST
Novartis patent verdict not a problem, other issues pose risks to Indian pharma innovationThe recent Supreme Court judgement against Novartis has reopened old debates on drug patents, affordable healthcare and India as a destinat...
16 Apr, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
- BIS knows big financial firms fudge accounts
“The financial sector needs to recognize losses and recapitalize ,” the Basel , Switzerland-based institution said in its latest annual rep...
30 Jun, 2012, 11.29 AM IST
- WikiLeaks uses Swiss Web address as options narrow
WikiLeaks' elusive founder, his options dwindling, has turned to Switzerland's credit, postal and Internet infrastructure to keep his onlin...
06 Dec, 2010, 10.40 AM IST
- WikiLeaks uses Swiss Web address as options narrow
That site showed Assange had begun seeking donations to an account under his name through the Swiss postal system in Berne.
06 Dec, 2010, 01.08 AM IST