After dieselgate, Volkswagen loosens reins on carmaking empire

A look at some of the tallest buildings in the world including the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Empire State Building in New York City.

Union Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Friday said Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is a well-known corrupt and not above the law. Rudy's comments came after the Central Bureau ...

By Accommodation Times Bureau Its really admirable that the pride and honour of Mumbai, The Taj Hotel, has now included in the elite and small club of trademarked properties in the world, which also  includes the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel ...

Sudeshna Banerjee The National School of Drama has strongly impacted the entertainment industry and serious theatre with its great actors and directors. It has also put India on the global stage. Sudeshna Banerjee reports At Bahawalpur House, in the heart of ...

According to a study, humans have generated 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastics, turning earth into a ‘plastic planet’. IMAGE: Of the 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic created, the study revealed that 6.3 billion tonnes had already turned to waste. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastics since early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or the natural environment, a study has found. Researchers, including ...

China is where the action is, and from where new ideas ('String of Pearls', 'One Belt, One Road') emanate.The Belt-and-Road initiative alone is unmatched in its sweeping dimensions, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It didn't require a Nostradamus to predict the happenings at Hamburg, Germany, during the meeting of the G-20, held on July 7-8. It was expected that hordes of protesters from far and near would descend in their thousands, ...

...(Robert E.) Lee once asserted in a letter that slavery was a “moral & political evil.” But in that same letter, he argued that there was no sense protesting the peculiar institution and that its demise should be left to “a wise Merciful ...

'Xi Jinping got a dose of Modi's medicine inside the tent where he was being hosted on the banks of the Sabarmati river.''Modi told him, looking deep into his eyes: "This was not expected of your country. Can you tell me when the troops are withdrawing?".'A fascinating excerpt from Uday Mahurkar's new book, Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi's Government at Midterm. Part 1: How Modi plans to deal with China IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on ...

President Donald Trump may accuse Qatar of sponsoring terrorism, but that did not stop the wealthy emirate this week from lighting up the Empire State building in the national colors of his Middle Eastern nation. Columbia: President Donald Trump may accuse ...