Offbeat

With the number of coronavirus infections growing, China has imposed a lockdown in the city of Wuhan - the centre of the outbreak.

Popatrao Baguji Pawar's unmatched contribution to transforming his impoverished village has been recognised with the Padma Shri - India's fourth highest civilian honour.

Pune Police's witty reaction to a number plate with "Khansaab" written on it has won them many fans.

The Sussex vs Cambridge contest for the most number of followers has captured social media's attention - leading to multiple news stories, tweets, Facebook posts and even some memes over the last few days.

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy began trending on Twitter after pictures of him touching Ratan Tata's feet emerged online.

The latest optical illusion baffling social media users features two grey blocks that are of the exact same shade, but look inexplicably different.

Bear Grylls' tweet referring to Rajinikanth as a "Bollywood superstar" left many annoyed.

Twitter users are joking that Prince Harry has found a new job quickly after stepping back from his royal duties - all thanks to an advert going viral online.

A Kansas resident will now probably make sure to double check all chairs and sofas before sitting down, after finding a 6-foot snake in one of them.

Mark Shrayber took to Twitter on Saturday to talk about what happened when he noticed that his legs had turned blue.

A picture going viral online shows a supersized bug that appears to be right out of a horror movie.

Tulasi Gowda has not received any formal education, but has an endless knowledge of plants and herbs. She is known as the 'Encyclopedia of forest' for her vast knowledge.

To celebrate the 71st Republic Day, 50 members of the Indian Whistlers' Association (IWA) whistled the song Mile Sur Mera Tumhara.

Licypriya Kangujam, the eight-year-old climate activist from Manipur who has been called 'India's Greta Thunberg', explained in a series of tweets Monday why she objected to the moniker.

A video shows a Canadian man using a cup of coffee to free three kittens whose tails were frozen to the ground for hours after being abandoned.