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He was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. (Photo:AFP)

Elon Musk: Tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars

In a sector where entrepreneurs often speak of 'moonshots,' Musk is one of the biggest dreamers.

6 March 2017 7:55 AM IST

Patrick Kilonzo fills a hired bowser water tanker before embarking on a 70 kilometre journey to deliver the water to thirsty wildlife in the Tsavo West National Park in Kenya. (Photo: AFP)

Farmer brings water to Kenya's drought-stricken wildlife for 6 months

He reached out to foreigners, who had participated in a conservation programme he runs, to ask for donations to pay for...

5 March 2017 9:38 PM IST

In repsonse to the mans act of racially abusing an Asian woman Tinder banned him for life. (Photo: Kevin Tran/ Facebook)

Tinder bans man for lifetime for sending racist message to Asian woman

Screenshot of text messages from the man were circulated online on Facebook, showing racist remarks.

4 March 2017 7:41 PM IST

Poster of the film.

Shraddha becomes 1st actress among contemporaries to do biopic

She has taken it up to portray on the big screen the fierce Haseena Parkar, who is the sister of Dawood Ibrahim.

4 March 2017 6:06 PM IST

A farmer prepares sacks of cocoa beans to be taken to Bogota on a Colombian Air Force plane at Guerima village, in the municipality of Cumaribo, Vichada department, eastern Colombia. (Photo: AFP)

Colombia's 'drug triangle' puts hope in chocolate

The FARC imposed a 'tax' on coca paste, the substance produced by farmers like Montiel.

4 March 2017 3:24 PM IST

The brothel called LumiDoll has four dolls and are sanitized with special anti-bacterial soap for safety. (Photo: AFP)

First sex-doll only brothel opens in Spain

The brothel will charge 126 dollars per hour

4 March 2017 1:46 PM IST

Distraught by the treatment of Muslims in Donald Trumps America, he decided to make an album with songs about Islam to teach the children about the Koran. (Photo: AFP)

Indie rocker creates songs about Islam to teach children

Ben Lee felt he could seize on his own skills as a singer to help people understand about the religion

3 March 2017 6:06 PM IST

Sabarinathans attempt has been videographed from start to finish and has been sent to the Guinness committee (Photo: YouTube)

Boy swims 5 kms with hands and legs chained in Tamil Nadu

The earlier record was set by 37-year Gopal Kharvi in Malpe beach in Udupi in Karnataka in 2013 by swimming 3.07 kms...

3 March 2017 4:53 PM IST

Donald Trumps Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions: Trump's attorney general under fire

Sessions is facing accusations that he lied under oath in his Senate confirmation hearing about his contacts with the...

3 March 2017 2:43 PM IST

Rao, 75, was awarded the prize at a function in the House of Commons complex on Thursday evening. (Photo: AP)

UK: Indian scribe wins 'Lifetime Achievement Award'

In 2013, Theresa May, now the British Prime Minister, was the winner while in 2010, former prime minister David Cameron...

3 March 2017 2:36 PM IST

Phogat sisters Geeta and Babita to spread Swachh Bharat message

South Delhi Municipal Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the 2 sisters to take its sanitation...

3 March 2017 1:57 PM IST

I've been raped and sexually abused as a child: Jane Fonda

The actress also revealed that she had been fired because she had refused to sleep with her boss.

3 March 2017 1:28 PM IST