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Round the world in 80 minutes: Ba Na Hills resort in Vietnam brings Europe and Asia together on a very Insta-worthy scale
The century-old Ba Na Hills resort, first created by French colonial settlers in Vietnam, has been reinvented to attract the modern tourist hordes looking for instant gratification through photo-ops.
Gir lioness gets her fangs into a cow, but farmer walks in and sends the big cat packing
A video trending on Twitter, captured through the windshield of a vehicle, shows a single lioness trying to bring down a cow, a large and strong animal despite its placid nature.
Twitter’s ‘haha’ moment: Mumbai station gets a free ‘waterfall’, like what Changi airport in Singapore got for a billion dollars
The ‘haha’ moment on Twitter was shared by industrialist Harsh Goenka, who tweeted a video of the Byculla ‘waterfall’ and wrote that the suburban train station was “remodelled” on the lines of Changi.
Meet 106-year-old Rambai, who bagged three gold medals in national athletics meet
106-year-old Rambai showed that age is just a number after she bagged three gold medals – one each in 100m sprint, 200m sprint and shot put events – at the 18th National Open Athletics Championships held by Yuvrani Sports Committee in Dehradun.
Flying solo: Man parties with crew on delayed flight as he was only passenger to show up
An American traveller got to have the plane ride of his life after he was the only passenger on a delayed flight.
White House slams harassment of journalist who asked PM Modi question on minority rights
The White House condemned the online harassment faced by US journalist Sabrina Siddiqui over her question on minority rights to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his joint press conference with President Joe Biden.
Spy drama genre on the rise: ‘Jack Ryan’ star John Krasinski
“Jack Ryan” star John Krasinski says the spy drama genre is making a comeback and that they are the “new superheroes”, with several studios developing franchises around spies.
US market regulator charges Amazon with duping customers into subscribing to Prime
The United States’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a lawsuit against Jeff Bezos’ Amazon for allegedly enrolling customers in its Prime subscription service “without their consent while knowingly making it difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to Prime”.
Guest, staff member collude to run up INR 58 lakh bill at 5-star hotel; check out without payment
A five-star hotel in New Delhi’s Aerocity has alleged that one of its occupants skipped out on paying a massive bill after a long-term stay.