Turkey has opened the world’s first underwater rail-link, connecting Asia and Europe. The engineering feat spans 13 kilometers and is around 60 meters below the Bosphorus Strait. Called the Marmaray,
Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari inaugurated the cultural extravaganza – Festival of India – 2013 in Cuban capital Havana. Over five thousand Cubans thronged to witness the classical fusion performance
The World’s tallest man, 2.51 metres Turkish national, Sultan Kosen has finally found a bride for himself. He married a Syrian woman he called the “love of my life”, though
Lao Airlines Flight 301 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vientiane to Pakse, Laos. On 16 October 2013, the ATR 72-600 aircraft operating the flight crashed into the Mekong
A young man from India is among 10 people from around the world selected for a prestigious United Nations award in recognition of their work as entrepreneurs and use of
World Egg Day is being celebrated today. This day celebrated on the second Friday of October every year to raise awareness about nutritional benefit of eggs. The egg is a
Pakistan’s teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for fighting girls’ rights to education, was today awarded the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize. The 16-year-old who has
Canada’s Alice Munro has won the Nobel Prize for literature for her short stories that focus on the frailties of the human condition. Alice Munro is the 13th woman to
None of the Above (NOTA), also known as “against all” or a “scratch” vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate
On 21 September 2013, 10 as yet unidentified gunmen attacked the upscale Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, fatally shooting at least 59 people, according to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta,