France will tax non-recyclable throwaway plates and cutlery to encourage consumers to buy more eco-friendly products, ahead of a wider move that could include consumer electronics, the environment minister said on Monday.

Scientists have snapped the first images of a planet outside our solar system that is orbiting a star very much like the sun.

Insurer American International Group Inc struggled for survival a day after a financial tsunami swept away investment bank Lehman Brothers and forced the sale of rival Merrill Lynch in the biggest financial industry shake-up since the Great Depression.

When 28-year-old Suraj Mali fell asleep on the night of September 6, he thought it was no different from any other. But when he woke up the next morning, he felt anything but normal. The vision in his right eye was blurred, his eyes were red and...

Samyak darshan gyan chaaritraani moksha margah tatvaartha shradhaanam samyak darshanam (The only way to salvation is meditation, knowledge and sound character),” chants 12-year-old Priyal, also known as Sadhvi Preetvarshashriji, in the course of an...

The police minister in Australia’s most populous state was forced to quit on Thursday over reports he “dirty danced” in underwear over the chest of a female colleague in a drunken late-night office party.

The recent blasts in Delhi have left the entire country in a state of shock. And the heinous incident has particularly disturbed Abhishek Bachchan as he was in Delhi on Saturday when the blasts occurred. The happy-go-lucky actor, who is otherwise famous...

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection, after trying to finance too many risky assets with too little capital, making it the largest and highest-profile casualty of the global credit crisis.

Stocks in Europe and Asia tumbled Monday and U.S. futures and the dollar slid as the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the takeover of Merrill Lynch battered investor confidence.

Fashion knows no boundaries, sometimes it’s the Haute Couture on the runway and other times it’s the prêt that divas flaunt. However, for me it’s always the functional wardrobe that dictates my style. This quirky Hand-in-glove T-Shirt will...