China can push ‘strategic flooding’ into India with proposed Brahmaputra Great Bend Dam, report warns

Bangladesh's St. Martin Island: What a potential US airbase could mean for region

Many batting superstars have owned the IPL since the tournament's inception in 2008. Here is a list of batters with most 400-plus IPL seasons under their belt. Watch in for more details!

IPL 2024: Batters with most 400-plus IPL seasons

Here is a look at the players who have won the Player-of-the-Match awards on most occasions, for their respective teams, since IPL 2019. Watch in for more details!

IPL 2024: Players with most POTM awards since IPL 2019

Residents in Dubai used a rubber boat on April 16 to move around the flooded streets after a storm. Dubai International Airport was temporarily diverting arriving flights on Tuesday evening until weather conditions improve. Watch in for more details!

UAE Floods: Residents use rubber boat on Dubai's flooded street

In the IPL, a lot comes down to how a team handles the pressure situations in the end overs as many games are decided on the last ball, or in the final over. Here is a list of teams with most IPL wins under their belt by 1 or 2 runs...Watch in for more details

IPL 2024: Teams with most IPL matches won by 1 or 2 runs

Do you have the ability to write using both hands at the same time? Well in India's Madhya Pradesh, more than 100 students studying at Veena Vadini Public School in Singrauli have mastered the ability to write with both hands and they are also well-versed in five languages too.

Can you write using both hands? | WION Originals

The World Bank recently said that the global economy is now poised for the sharpest recession since the 1970s. Now, sustainable clothing brands are focusing on reducing waste generation by featuring smaller collections of better-quality, versatile, longer-lasting pieces.

Slow fashion on fast growth path as economies face recession

This is the season when the Indian state of West Bengal and the whole Bengali community around the globe go shopping, when the workers and clerks stage street demonstrations daily for Puja bonus, all the Puja specials are on sale and the people gear up for feast and festivity. It's Durga Puja time. But have you wondered about the economic aspect of the festival? Here's everything you need to know.

Explained The economic aspect of Durga Puja

Turkish social media app Havrita “Bark Map” that locates stray dogs has stirred up controversy after it led to an increase in people hunting down & poisoning the animals.

Why 'Bark Map' App which locates stray dogs is stirring up controversy in Turkiye

Europe is going through a major travel crisis. Due to the surge in travel demand following two years of pandemic restrictions and crew shortages due to unfair working conditions and strikes among other reasons, plethora of flights are being cancelled or delayed. Heat-wave with record breaking temperatures of 40 degrees have been adding to the woes of aviation staff as well as passengers.

Travel crisis in Europe deeper than it looks. Here's why

The first Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has announced a rent freeze and temporary ban on evictions for tenants amid the soaring cost of living crisis.

Why Scotland has introduced a rent freeze for tenants

World War I occurred between July 1914 and November 11, 1918. By the end of the war, over 17 million people killed. The reason why war erupted is actually much more complicated than a simple list of causes.

Why did World War I start? | Causes and combatants

Are you tired of standing in line at the bank? Not finding the branch or ATM of your bank nearby? Neobanks can soon solve these problems. A neobank is a type of digital bank that does not have any physical locations.

What is a Neobank? A bank without a building

Marvel and DC are not the only companies that make superhero movies. There are lesser-known but excellent films in the genre that most of you have not seen. Here are some of those.

Five great superhero movies that are not DC or Marvel

More than 1,100 firefighters battled a huge wildfire in central Portugal on Tuesday. The fire, which has ravaged the Serra da Estrela national park, had been largely put out as of Sunday but reignited again on Monday leading to the evacuation of several villages.

Firefighters battle Portuguese wildfire as smoke reaches Madrid

A severe drought has gripped Northern Italy. A drone video showed the bottom of the rocky shore of Lake Garda emerging in Sirmione.

Bottom of rocky shore of Lake Garda emerges as severe drought grips Northern Italy

A man born into poverty doesn't have to die poor! And, that's a statement most self-made billionaires like Leonardo del Vecchio will agree to. From spending his childhood in an orphanage to building an empire worth billions of dollars, late businessman and owner of Ray-Ban company, Leonardo del Vecchio, was one of the most influential figures in Italian finance. He succeeded by turning ordinary spectacles into a fashion accessory rather than a necessity. His rags to riches story is anything but ordinary!

Rags to riches story of Ray-Ban owner & billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio

Monsoon accounts for about 75 per cent of India's annual rainfall. It is the lifeblood of its nearly $3 trillion agriculture-dependent economy. However, the uneven nature of this year's monsoon has raised concerns about crop yields and output.

How important is the monsoon for the India

Globally, a new outbreak of unexplained acute hepatitis infections affecting children. Doctors and experts are working to understand the cause of this infection. To know more details about hepatitis infections among kids and what role COVID-19 played to fuel cases, WION spoke to Dr Arvinder Singh Soin, Chairman, Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta Hospital.

World Hepatitis Day: Expert tells WION how to save kids from disease

NASA's James Webb space telescope has provided researchers with invaluable data in the recent past and the images taken by its deep infrared cameras left everyone in awe. However, controversy remains surrounding its name and the reason dates back to a dark period in US history.

James Webb space telescope: Why NASA is being pressured to change its name

How important is the monsoon for the Indian economy

According to a media report, Saudi Arabia is embarking on an ambitious plan to build the world’s largest structure in the northwest of the kingdom.

What is Saudi Arabia’s $1 trillion mirrored skyscraper plan in Neom?

A pioneering drone lifeguard service rolled out across Spanish beaches helped save the life of a 14-year-old boy this month as he struggled against a powerful tide off a beach in Valencia.

Tech in Trend: Drone helps save a 14-year-old boy from drowning on a Spanish beach

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