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  Twitter filled with hilarious desi memes after PUBG, 117 other Chinese apps BANNED

  September 02, 2020 21:58 IST

  PUBG banned in India - Desi memes takes over Twitter: As soon as the news of government's ban on PUBG and other Chinese apps broke, people on social media shared their excitement in the form of hilarious memes, jokes, and videos that were excitedly shared on various platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Not only this but various hashtags such as #PUBG, #PUBGBan and #chineseappbanned became one of the top trends on the micro-blogging website.

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  Girl performs backflip in saree and leaves netizens amazed. Video goes viral

  September 01, 2020 12:07 IST

  The viral video of gymnast and fitness model Parul Arora doing a backflip in a saree has gone viral on the internet. So far, it has garnered 7 lakh likes and more than 1.7 million views.

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  Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip tests on pigs leave Twitterati fascinated

  August 29, 2020 17:32 IST

  On Friday, Musk brought three pigs which had different levels of interests in cooperating and one out of the three pigs, Gertrude which had the computer chip planted in his brain, showed the signs of early steps toward the goal of curing human diseases with the similar kind of implant. It began sniffing a straw and eating off of a stool which displayed a drastic difference in a graph tracking the animal’s neural activity.

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  Government official in Philippines caught getting physical with secretary during Zoom meeting

  August 28, 2020 19:32 IST

  The incident came to light as the official, Captain Jesus Estil of the Fatima Dos village council in the province of Cavite, appeared to be unaware that his camera was on. Footage shows that the person had sex in a far corner of the room while the meeting was on.

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  Zomato's wordplay tweet on Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli pregnancy announcement is simply unmissable

  August 27, 2020 18:42 IST

  Following their pregnancy announcement, friends and fans flooded social media with congratulatory messages for the couple. Now, popular restaurant aggregator and food delivery service provider Zomato too has extended good wishes to Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma in a clever wordplay manner that has caught everyone's attention.

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  Mithayi Baat Dijiye: Twitterati jump with joy after Anushka & Virat announce their pregnancy

  August 27, 2020 12:51 IST

  As soon as Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their pregnancy, many celebrities as well as fans congratulated them by commenting on their posts. Needless to add, there were many who went wild with reaction, and soon we saw many welcoming the news with memes and jokes on Twitter.

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  Google asks netizens to caption 'Childish Weeping' picture, sparks 2020 memes

  August 22, 2020 15:00 IST

  Google Arts & Culture account shared a picture and wrote, "#CaptionThis facial emotion." Their caption explained that the image is called "Childish Weeping" and was created by an artist named Franz Xaver Messerschmidt between 1771 and 1783.

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  Kokilaben's dialogues turned into funny song, Smriti Irani says 'Kya se kya ho gaya dekhte dehte'

  August 22, 2020 12:08 IST

  While Twitterverse was oozing out creativity in the form of hilarious memes using Kokilaben's dialogues from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya, music producer Yashraj Mukhate took to Instagram to share a ROFL song that he made out of a particular scene from the show. Smriti Irani gave a thumbs up to the viral video and wrote, 'Kya se kya ho gaya dekhte dekhte'

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  Kamala Harris says 'Chithi' in her acceptance speech, netizens can't keep calm

  August 20, 2020 17:25 IST

  Kamala Harris used the Tamil word, 'chithis.' during her speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday The word which translates to 'aunt' sent Americans Google-ing what it meant, and for Indian-Americans and Tamilians watching from around the world, it came as a pleasant surprise.

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  No fear of coronavirus at drive-through haunted house in Tokyo

  August 20, 2020 10:09 IST

  Production company Kowagarasetai, roughly translated as Scare Squad, has launched a drive-through haunted house in Tokyo in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Snowing cocoa? Chocolate factory glitch dusts Swiss town

  August 18, 2020 16:17 IST

  The nibs, fragments of crushed cocoa beans, are the basis of chocolate. Combined with strong winds on Friday morning, the powder spread around the immediate vicinity of the factory, leaving a fine cocoa dusting.  

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  Man asks Zomato for MS Dhoni special discount for the country, company's reply amuses Internet

  August 18, 2020 13:32 IST

  As an honour to MS Dhoni, the food delivery platform Zomato gave a special discount for people living in his hometown ie Ranchi. After the offer ended on Sunday, a man asked Zomato for the nation-wide implementation of the 100 percent discount offer. The reply left everyone ROFLing!

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  'Finally perfect hater shades': Rapper Kanye West's 'Yeezy' sunglasses amuses netizens

  August 17, 2020 22:28 IST

  The unusual design of the glasses baffled many netizens, while others compared them to odd everyday objects. Kanye West posted the photo on Twitter with a monkey emoji covering its face as the caption.

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  Elon Musk begs Twitterverse to trash him on Wikipedia, his page gets locked

  August 17, 2020 14:38 IST

  On Sunday, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers to trash him on Wikipedia. He tweeted, "Please trash me on Wikipedia, I'm begging you" While Twitterati was surprised by the weird request, they did take him up on it and wrote all sorts of things on his page.

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  Raveena Tandon asks Anand Mahindra to book the all new Thar for her

  August 16, 2020 11:30 IST

  As soon as the first look of Mahindra SUV Thar with all-new exteriors and interiors was released, people on social media shared their excitement about the new beast. Raveen Tandon also expressed her excitement about the same.

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  5 viral posts on Independence Day that touched our heart

  August 14, 2020 19:22 IST

  Independence Day is a national occasion that fills us with a sentiment of devotion towards our country and patriotism is noticeable all around. It is a day on which Indians celebrate by flying kites and playing energetic melodies. Not only this but with the advancement of technology the celebration has also extended to social media posts that are shared by people all over.

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  Canada's Niagara Falls illuminates with colours of Indian national flag on 74th Independence Day

  August 16, 2020 9:48 IST

  On 74th Independence Day, world-famous Niagara Falls will have the flag hoisting ceremony on the evening of August 15. It will be for the very first time that the Indian Tricolour will be hoisted at the iconic location in Canada on Saturday.

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  Treasure-hunter finds 3,000-year-old hoard in Scotland

  August 11, 2020 20:33 IST

  Metal detectorist Mariusz Stepien said he was "shaking with happiness" when he made the discovery in June, in a field near the village of Peebles, about 22 miles (36 kilometers) south of Edinburgh.

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  JACKPOT! Labourer finds diamonds worth Rs 35 lakh in Panna mine

  August 06, 2020 20:38 IST

  While digging a shallow mine, the labourer, identified only as Subal, found three diamonds with net weight of 7.5 carat, Panna district's diamond officer R K Pandey said.

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  Tanzanian miner, who had become overnight millionaire, strikes it rich again with huge gem find

  August 05, 2020 17:05 IST

  That's called LUCK! A small-scale miner in Tanzania who had become an overnight millionaire over a month ago when he unearthed two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found has struck it rich again, digging up a third stone weighing 6 kilograms (13 pounds) with an estimated value of USD 2 million.

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  Sudarsan Pattnaik's sand art of Ram Mandir ahead of 'bhoomi pujan' leaves netizens mesmerised

  August 05, 2020 6:49 IST

  Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a five-feet tall replica of the Ram Mandir on the uri beach in Orissa ahead of the bhoomi pujan for which he used about four tonnes of sand. It took around five hours to create this sculpture.

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  Rahul Modi trends on Twitter, netizens crack up with 'bizarre coincidence'

  August 04, 2020 22:02 IST

  Tuesday saw Rahul Modi trending on Twitter. Apparently, UPSC candidate Rahul Modi had roll number 6312980 and his name is a unique combination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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  Here's what Adar Poonawalla has to say about Anand Mahindra 'Big V Covid vaccine'

  August 04, 2020 0:10 IST

  Apart from welcoming Amitabh Bachchan once he got discharged from the hospital on Sunday, Anand Mahindra in a new tweet said, "As I had said, you possessed an inbuilt vaccine codenamed the Big V. "Now we need @adarpoonawalla to find a way to extract it from you, manufacture it & give us all a dose...," he light-heartedly added.

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  Radhika Apte gets K3G style welcome by Netflix, netizens can't stop laughing

  August 02, 2020 18:53 IST

  Earlier, Radhika Apte was seen in Netflix’ Sacred Games as Anjali Mathur, as Kalindi in Lust Stories and recently, she also got featured as Nida Rahim in Ghoul. She proved her capability whenever she was given a project to work on.

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  Elon Musk says Aliens built the pyramids, netizens debate it was the Dinosaurs

  August 01, 2020 7:04 IST

  On Friday, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to Twitter to claim that "Aliens built the pyramids obv (obviously)", hinting that Pharaoh Ramses 11 was probably out of this world too. In the following tweet, he wrote, "Ramses 11 was :D."

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  Florida man uses coronavirus loan of $4 mn to buy Lamborghini

  July 30, 2020 21:30 IST

  David T Hines of Miami, Florida received nearly $4 million in federal loans for helping businesses during coronavirus pandemic but he spent the amount on luxury items, including a a new Lamborghini Huracán sports car.   

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  VIRAL: Man shares video of oximeter detecting heartbeat of a pencil

  July 30, 2020 9:54 IST

  Ever since the spike in COVID-19 cases, the demand, as well as the online sales of pulse oximeters, have increased. However, the latest video doing rounds on the internet shows the machine measuring the oxygen level of a pencil.

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  All about 'Kaal Patra,' the time capsule to be buried under historical Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

  July 28, 2020 14:03 IST

  Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust member Kameshwar Chaupal told ANI that a time capsule called the 'Kaal Patra' will be buried beneath the construction site of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Know everything about time capsule that will be placed inside a Tamra Patra (copper plate) before being placed below the site.