Miscellaneous

Nov 18: Tesla's very first car is back. It's red. It's fast. And it will cost you upward of $200,000. The Roadster, the electric sports car that put the automaker on the map, made a surprising appearance at Tesla's semi-truck event late Thursday. The next-generation Roadster is Tesla's first new sports car since it discontinued the original in 2012, and marks the company's bid to remain

Nov 13: There's a theory that giant crabs overwhelmed Amelia Earhart, dismembered her and carried her bones underground. Speculative, at best. Sounds crazy, we know. But so has almost every other horrifying rumor about the so-called coconut crabs - until science inevitably proves them true. They grow to the size of dogs. They climb trees, and tear through solid matter with claws nearly as strong

Nov 9: A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognize human faces from photographs on computer screens. The Cambridge University study published Wednesday also shows that sheep can recognize the faces of their human handlers without any prior training. It had been known that sheep can recognize familiar faces of other sheep and of humans. The researchers say this study of the ability

Beijing, Nov 8: British physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that the human race will perish on Earth as growing population and massive power consumption would turn the planet into a sizzling fireball in less than 600 years. To ensure the survival of our species for another million years, humans must "boldly go where no one has gone before," Hawking said. Our planet will turn into a ball of fire

Geneva/New Delhi, Nov 3: The proportion of "unpaid work" per day is far higher for women than men globally, while in case of India on average 66 percent of women's work is unpaid, says a World Economic Forum report. Unpaid work measures the average minutes spent per day on routine housework, shopping, care for household members, care for non-household members volunteering, travel related to

Singapore, Oct 31: AirAsia Bhd on Tuesday said it plans to sell more stakes in non-flying businesses to fund special dividends to shareholders, after announcing a new ground handling joint venture (JV) with Singapore's SATS Ltd. The low-cost carrier, which expects S$119.3 million ($87.7 million) in proceeds from the SATS deal, is close to selling some or all of its aircraft leasing arm and its

New Delhi, Oct 26: India has 108 publicly-listed family-owned businesses, third highest in the world, says a Credit Suisse report. China tops the tally with 167 such companies followed by the US which has 121. As per the Credit Suisse Research Institute's (CSRI) latest "CS Family 1000" report, with an average market capitalisation of $ 6.5 billion, India ranks 5th in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan

Singapore, Oct 25: Singapore has the world's "most powerful" passport, according to a global ranking topped for the first time by an Asian country with India figuring at 75th position, three notches better than its previous ranking. According to the 'Global Passport Power Rank 2017' by global financial advisory firm Arton Capital, Germany is ranked second, followed by Sweden and South Korea in

Mumbai, Oct 18: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India, which has one of the world's highest rates of women married as children. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in the western state of Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages

New Delhi, Oct 17: The charm of fetching a job overseas is waning in India as political uncertainty abroad has spurred highly skilled Indian talent to stay at home to look for employment, says a survey. As per a recent data released today by global job site Indeed, there has been a 38 per cent decrease in Indians looking to move to the US and 42 per cent decrease in Indians eyeing for the UK in