US forfeits technological prowess NASA called it the most successful manned flight ever achieved. Forty years ago this week, the astronauts of Apollo 15 left their lunar module, hopped into a four-wheeled rover and took a joyride across the surface of the Moon. Fast forward four decades and the US... [Read More]

TSA ruins DisneyLand The TSA said recently that were changing their protocol involving pat-downs of youngsters, amid a series of scandals in which passengers of all ages have become the unlikely suspects of intense security screenings more and more frequently as of late. The same day the Transportation... [Read More]

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The Hydro Power Plant In Moldova The Dubassari plant is a hydroelectric power plant and an important strategical construction at the Dniester river near Dubassari, Moldova. And it is also a border between former parts of one and the same country. The plant is the first electrification enterprise in... [Read More]

Located in Northern Europe, Iceland is actually a large mountainous island in the North Atlantic that comprises one of the most picturesque places you will ever see. It is never dark in Iceland and nearly the entire landscape is filled with beautiful and colorful wildflowers, especially around the hills... [Read More]

new trouble in japan Workers attempting to salvage Japan’s tsunami hit Fukushima nuclear reactor had to be evacuated after smoke was seen billowing in a latest in a series of troubles to hit the moves to stabilise the radiation leaking plant.Prime Minister Naoto Kan said slow but “steady... [Read More]

Asia-tour-travel Kawagoe Ride the train 45 minutes from Tokyo to Kawagoe. Known as Little Edo, Kawagoe has one of the largest and best-preserved collections of old warehouses in Japan, now filled with shops, restaurants and museums. Combined with a visit to nearby temples, a nearly 400-year-old wooden... [Read More]

hampi Sanjeev Nayyar recently visited the Hampi festival and came back with these lovely pictures and charming stories to tell! For many years, I was yearning to visit Hampi, the erstwhile capital of the great Vijayanagara Empire. But things as they say, happen only when they ought to. Hampi covers... [Read More]

goa When she visited Goa recently, Lakshmi Sharath decided to give the beaches a complete miss and headed towards the wilderness instead. What followed was a fascinating discovery of slithering snakes and gushing waterfalls.We were in the thick of the jungle, cutting through the wilderness, occasionally... [Read More]

FA-FrenchAlps JUST in front of me, a skier jumped from a helicopter and sped down the treacherous slope, zigzagging wildly as he dodged boulders and soared over moguls. Then, suddenly, catastrophe struck. Unable to see an approaching cliff, he shot off its edge into a free fall. La Soupe aux Choux jazz... [Read More]

ship sail There are three myths about sailing 1. It is glamorous 2. It is expensive 3. It can only be done in exotic locales abroad, like the Mediterranean We’re happy to report, then, that while sailing is indeed glamorous, it is neither expensive nor something you can only hope to do on a foreign... [Read More]

This palace hotel is tipped to be the grandest of all palace hotels in India. The 19th century’s magnificent Falaknuma Palace, a gem in the royal legacy of the Nizams of Hyderabad, is completely decked up to welcome the rich and the famous in its new avatar of a seven star luxury hotel of the... [Read More]

Singapore Exchange Ltd. (S68.SG) said Monday that it is offering A$8.4 billion for all of ASX Ltd. (ASX.AU), the operator of the Australian Securities Exchange, to create the world’s fifth largest listed exchange operator. The deal marks the first move in Asia toward consolidation that has already... [Read More]

Taiwanese pop star Selina Jen sustained severe burns when an explosion scene went awry on the set of a TV series being shot in China, her father said. The 28-year-old actress was flown back to Taiwan late yesterday for medical treatment for burns to her hips and thighs following the accident on the set... [Read More]

Workers opposed to raising France’s retirement age have blocked access to airports in Paris and around the country, while hooded youths smashed store windows amid clouds of tear gas. Riot police in black body armor on Wednesday forced striking workers away from blocked fuel depots in western France,... [Read More]

Here’s a look at what the stars have been stepping out in recently. Tell us whether you would draw your fashion inspiration from them!Award ceremonies, movie premieres, parties — the rich and the famous have every reason to doll up practically every night for some celebration or the other.And... [Read More]

aditya-agarwal My father, a civil engineer, always complained that he could never go to a party without someone wanting to pick his brain about how to fix a leaking roof. “That’s what happens when you are in profession that really affects everyone,” he would say ruefully. Aditya Agarwal... [Read More]

opera-house Looking for flights to Australia? We will help you book your holiday in Australia or business trip dates. While traveling to Australia with Travour, you can find the best hotels in Australia. We will make your tours to Australia a memorable experience. Australia is an island continent... [Read More]

The world’s economy saw a serious meltdown but that didn’t stop Indians from travelling. Of course some lucky folks managed to squeeze in a few international trips too but for those who were travelling within (and to) India, these were the destinations that were on the top of the charts.... [Read More]

Google on Thursday announced it will buy online travel software company ITA Software for $700 million cash, a move the search giant hopes will boost its visibility in the highly competitive airfare market. Boston-based ITA specializes in organizing airline data, including flight times, availability... [Read More]

As flying to Singapore and Malaysia from India gets cheaper than travelling between Kolkata and Mumbai, Indians are finding more international travel destinations within their reach than before. The once-haloed ‘foreign trips’ are no longer a luxury but rather a must-do on the list of... [Read More]

20sld1 Getahead reader Jyotika visited Bhutan last year with her husband Rohit Gupta. She shares with us her experiences.My husband Rohit and I visited Bhutan in October 2009. We landed in this beautiful country through the border town of Phuentsholing, which we reached by taking a West Bengal State... [Read More]

06sld-obidoslane If you ever find yourself in Lisbon, Portugal, you’ll really be missing out if you don’t tour the nearby towns of Obidos, Batalha, Nazare and Fatima. Abhijit Masih recounts his remarkable day trip to these four destinations, taking in all they have to offer.While the capital... [Read More]

13sld-malpe-udupi We invited readers to send in their favourite travel pic — that one photograph that perfectly captures the beauty of a place they visited. And we have been inundated with stunning pics of every corner of India.Here we feature photographs readers sent in of some of India’s serene... [Read More]