Hong Kong, China – January 15, 2016 – The Chinese University of Hong Kong broke the Guinness World Records world record for collecting the most glass bottles in an hour; 550 alumni of Shaw College, current students and members of the public took part in the Follow the Green Brick Road: Glass Bottle Recycling Challenge event for the university’s 30th …

The charkhas (spinning wheels) are out on the roads of Vadodara and the rest of Gujarat, declaring an upcoming colourful revolution in the skies. No, they aren’t spinning cloth but preparing endless lengths of ‘manjha’ (kite strings) with coats of colour, conjuring a visual treat alongside make-shift shops selling kites, all in preparation for the Uttarayan festival on Thursday. Uttarayan …

Pompano Beach, Florida, USA – Friday, January 1, 2016 – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company set the world record for constructing the World’s Largest Game of Cornhole; measuring an astounding 64 feet by 32 feet, the super-sized version of the traditional tailgate game, cornhole, was paired up with another larger-than-life college football tradition—the Goodyear Blimp. Photo: The Goodyear Tire …

Hyderabad, India – December 30, 2015: Chef Instructors & Student Chefs of Culinary Academy of India made 200 different Cold Cuts with 300 Kg’s of meat and 75 Kg’s of International Cheese during 800 man hours and made a 30 Feet Long & 8 Feet Cold Meat Platter, thus setting the new world record for the Longest Cold Meat Platter. Photo: …

Eating too much is typically considered as one of the prime reasons for obesity but when people eat what they consider to be healthy food, they eat more than the recommended serving size because they associate “healthy” with less filling, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin. The findings suggest that the recent increase of healthy food labels may be ironically …

Training your kids to chew food slowly can be an inexpensive and easy way to help them stay in shape, suggests new research. Waiting 30 seconds in between bites of food allows children to realise when they are full and avoid overeating – preventing excessive weight gain, the study said. “To lose weight, you need to stop eating. But it …

Born: December 14, 1918, Bellur, Karnataka Died: August 20, 2014, Pune The full name of BKS Iyengar, one of the most renowned yoga gurus in the whole world, is Belur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar. Popularly known as Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, he is man who founded the Iyengar Yoga. The guru has been teaching people the art of yoga since the past …

If you think that no other age group is more vulnerable to loneliness than the elderly, go check your backyard. The mammoth rise of the internet and emergence of various social media platforms have left many young Indians – some as young as 14 – socially isolated, lonely and, eventually, in the grip of chronic depression that can take their …

A 63-year-old man arrived here to participate in the first India International Science Fair (IISF) on Monday, using a self-developed solar electric-powered car to cover 3,000 km from Bangalore to Delhi. It took Syed Sajjan Ahmed 30 days to cover the arduous journey, that included crossing the Vindhyas. Born in Kolar, 70 km from Bangalore, the Class 12 dropout, says …

Students who change schools frequently are at risk of lower math scores and have a harder time managing their behaviour and attention in the classroom than students who stay in the same school, says a new study. Children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period, demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative …