Hong Kong, China – March 20, 2017 – Charles Chen Yidan, co-founder of Tencent, one of China’s largest internet service companies, launched the Yidan Prize which will award nearly $8m (£6.64m) every year to two research projects that have the potential to “transform” global education, thus setting the new world record for the Biggest education prize. Photo: Charles Chen Yidan, …

ऊना: चैत्र नवरात्र आज से शुरू हो गए हैं। देशभर में भक्ति की आलौकिक सुंगध है। नवरात्रों में मां दुर्गा के सभी शक्तिपीठों में श्रद्धालुओं भक्तिभाव से दर्शनों के लिए जाते हैं। सभी शक्तिपीठों को फूलों से सजाया गया है। इन शक्तिपूठों की काफी मान्यता है, इनमें से एक हैं मां चिंतपूर्णी धाम है। चिंतपूर्णी मंदिर भारत के प्रमुख तीर्थ …

Sydney, Australia – March 21, 2017 – The boys from How Rediculous were on a mission to break the Guinness World Record for the longest golf putt-non-tournament and they succeeded; by draining a 135-yard (120m / 395ft) left-to-right breaker on a course in Western Australia, Brett Stanford has set the new world record for the Longest golf putt-non-tournament. Photo: Brett …

Publisher: Michael O’Mara / Hachette India Pages: 160 Price: Rs 250 Questions may seem incomplete without answers but responding to some particular ones, say “To be or not to be?”, “How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?”, or even “You talkin’ to me?” (for Robert De Niro fans) may seem pointless, if not …

Tampa, Florida, USA – March 17, 2017 – A record-setting one thousand pounds of smoothie was blended individually by people on bikes in Tampa, Florida, with the help of 250 pounds of Cabot’s Greek Yogurt by Vermont’s own Cabot Creamery, which sets the new world record for the Largest Smoothie. Photo: A 100-strong team spend seven hours mixing up the …

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – March 17, 2017 – Juan Licerio Alcala, who works at the luxury hotel Grand Velas Los Cabos in Cabo San Lucas, is serving up a Kobe beef, lobster, beluga caviar and black-truffle Brie cheese- stuffed taco for $25,000 – thus setting the new world record for the Most Expensive Taco. Photo: A Mexican chef is …

Basel, Switzerland – March 17, 2017 – Romanian Cristina Neagu, 28, won the 2016 IHF World Player of the Year; it’s the third Player of the Year award after Neagu had won it already in 2010 and 2015 – thus setting the new world record for the World’s First female handball player to win three IHF Player of the Year …

Moscow, Russia -March 12, 2017- Russian flour exporter JSC MAKFA broke a Guinness world record by preparing 12,716 pancakes to celebrate the week before Lent; a total of 16 professional chefs gathered to cook the pancakes in a tent outside a public art gallery in Moscow, setting the new world record for Largest serving of pancakes. Photo: Russian flour exporter …

Beijing, China – March 12, 2017 – Chinese ethnic minority group Dong from the central and southern mountains of China, broke the Guinness world record for the world’s longest feast table with more than 10,000 people seated at a 3.7 kilometer (2.3 miles) long table. Photo: The Chinese ethnic minority group Dong from the central and southern mountains of China, …

Dubai, UAE – March 13, 2017 – The Islamic Fashion Design Council (IFDC) is the first to bring out a virtual fashion week as a part of their Pret-A-Cover program; each Cover Magazine will have a Pret-A-Cover Fashion Week section; this section keeps you up-to-date on trends in modest fashion on a weekly basis, thus setting the new world record …