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Develop effective policies to regulate tech giants

The way forward from here must therefore necessarily be one of regulation of technology giants through forward thinking digital policies that will create safeguards for users of platforms such as Facebook.

Updated on Feb 7, 2019, 12:03 PM IST

India to have world’s only completely-electrified large railway network

India is targeting complete electrification of its railway network over the next four-five yearsPhoto by Gurpret Singh/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 31, 2019, 8:01 AM IST

30th January 1994: When Kapil Dev became the leading wicket-taker in the world

File image of India cricketer Kapil Dev.

Published on Jan 30, 2019, 7:56 PM IST

How the world’s worst snakebite became a viral hit for a 200-year-old medical journal

For more than two centuries, the New England Journal of Medicine has been the go-to destination for blockbuster pharmaceutical trials, debates about health policy and practice-changing medical findings.

Updated on Jan 26, 2019, 9:30 AM IST

300 crocodiles relocated to allow seaplane service at Statue of Unity

The reptiles, the largest around three metres, are being lured into metal cages and moved elsewhere in the western state of Gujarat on the back of pickup trucks.

Updated on Jan 26, 2019, 8:24 AM IST

‘World’s cheapest car’ nears end of the road in India

It was billed as the world’s cheapest car and shaped like a jelly bean -- but after a bumpy 10-year ride India’s Tata Nano is nearing the end of the road.

Updated on Jan 25, 2019, 3:09 PM IST

India likely to surpass UK in world’s largest economy rankings: Report

India is likely to surpass the United Kingdom in the world’s largest economy rankings in 2019, according to a report by global consultancy firm PwC.

Updated on Jan 20, 2019, 11:24 PM IST

World’s cutest dog Boo dies of ‘broken heart’

Boo, the world’s cutest dog, has died of a “broken heart”, his owners have confirmed.

Published on Jan 20, 2019, 1:32 PM IST

India likely to surpass UK in the world’s largest economy rankings: Report

India is likely to surpass the United Kingdom in the world’s largest economy rankings in 2019, according to a report by global consultancy firm PwC.

Updated on Jan 20, 2019, 2:03 PM IST

World’s first artificial meteor shower blasted by Japan into space

A start-up based in Tokyo developed the micro-satellite for the celestial show over Hiroshima early next year as the initial experiment for what it calls a “shooting stars on demand” service.

Updated on Jan 18, 2019, 10:47 AM IST

An ‘eye’ for an eye: This exhibition is an artists’ attempt at changing the world

Artist Jyotiprakash Sethy poses next to his artworks

Updated on Jan 17, 2019, 11:44 AM IST

Chennai’s Gukesh crowned world’s second youngest grand master

FIle image of Gukesh.

Updated on Jan 15, 2019, 9:24 PM IST

Bengaluru overtakes Hyderabad to top list of world’s most dynamic cities: Survey

A view of the Bengaluru airport. Bengaluru has emerged as the world’s most dynamic city, a recent survey by property consultant JLL said.

Published on Jan 15, 2019, 6:57 PM IST

‘Well hello world’: Rohit Sharma shares first glimpse of baby girl

File image of Rohit Sharma

Published on Jan 4, 2019, 1:02 PM IST

Can a bunch of people make this world a better place? Yes!

Ravi Kalra, founder of Gurgaon based Earth Survivor Foundation. He helps abandoned people and burn claimed bodies.

Updated on Jan 4, 2019, 12:50 PM IST

NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft zips past most distant world known to mankind

A NASA spacecraft on Tuesday flew past the most distant world ever studied by humankind, Ultima Thule, a frozen relic of the early solar system that could reveal how planets formed.

Updated on Jan 2, 2019, 1:32 AM IST

Delhi’s Ashram metro station to become the smallest in the world

A view of world's smallest station Ashram on the Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar pocket-1-I section of the Pink Line, at Ashram in New Delhi, India, on Friday, December 28, 2018. It is due to be opened on Monday. The station has been designed on a length of 152metres against the world average of 265 metres

Updated on Dec 29, 2018, 10:13 AM IST

NASA spaceship to photograph most distant world explored yet on New Year’s Day

Artist’s illustration obtained from NASA shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 – nicknamed ‘Ultima Thule’ – a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto.

Updated on Dec 29, 2018, 9:38 AM IST

2018, the year that was: First among firsts, uterus transplant puts Pune on top of the world

Meenakshi Valand her husband Nitesh with their daughter Radha, born out of a transplanted uterus, with Dr Shailesh Puntambekar at Galaxy Care Hospital.

Updated on Dec 22, 2018, 3:24 PM IST

The political flashpoints to watch in 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump

Updated on Dec 20, 2018, 12:43 PM IST

The intimate, secret world of wild tigers

A sambar carcass lies ignored in the waters as the tigress Noon and the male Kublai mate on the edge of the water. Thapar writes that when tigers mate, their priority is to copulate and ensure conception and food is often forgotten.

Updated on Dec 2, 2018, 10:15 AM IST

The world of frugal possibilities

A jugaad vehicles in Ghaziabad.

Updated on Nov 24, 2018, 9:33 AM IST

‘Thank you, but let’s go lower’, says Donald Trump as Saudi Arabia lowers oil prices

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked Saudi Arabia for lower oil prices

Updated on Nov 21, 2018, 6:54 PM IST

AIBA Women World Boxing Championship: Indian contingent ready to take on the world

Updated on Nov 14, 2018, 1:33 PM IST

World junior badminton: India bow out in mixed team quarterfinals

Lakshya Sen won his match but India eventually went down 1-3 to South Korea.

Updated on Nov 9, 2018, 12:47 PM IST

7-year-old Yemen girl who turned World’s eyes to famine is dead

7-year-old Yemen girl who turned World’s eyes to famine is dead

Updated on Nov 2, 2018, 10:33 PM IST

World’s first bio-brick grown from human urine in South African university

Researchers say they have developed the world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine, an advance with significant consequences for waste recycling and upcycling.

Updated on Oct 29, 2018, 3:40 PM IST

Convent of Jesus and Mary Chelsea: Giving young women tools to take over the world

The all-girls school has produced famous alumnae. Prominanat among them are actor Priety Zinta and former Union minister Preneet Kaur, who is also wife of Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Updated on Oct 29, 2018, 11:57 AM IST

The world’s best restaurant

A dish made from local guinea fowl that explored ways in which the flavour of the bird balanced itself between poultry and meat

Updated on Oct 28, 2018, 12:53 AM IST

28 Mumbai students bag ‘Top in the World’ award by Cambridge

Picture for representation purpose only.

Updated on Oct 26, 2018, 12:09 AM IST

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