World Records
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Longest nails to longest hair on teenager: India holds 80 Guinness World Records
India also held the dubious distinction of having the world’s most polluted city – Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
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A ledger gives a sense of how the East India Company was singed by the 1666 London fire
Judging from the entries for the cost of drinks, moving goods from the ravaged Company headquarters was thirsty work.
Margaret Makepeace
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T-Series’ Bhushan Kumar wins Guinness World Records certificate for most YouTube subscribers
The 36-year-old Indian music production firm surpassed its major online rival PewDiePie, which has 96 million subscribers.
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Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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World’s oldest man and Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal dies at 113, say reports
Kristal married another Holocaust survivor after the second World War and moved to Israel in 1950.
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Watch: Competitive eating legend sets a spicy world record not for the faint-hearted
Who can eat the most Bhut Jolokia chilli peppers in two minutes?
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Watch: They broke the world record for the highest basketball shot from a dam. Yes, that's a thing
How ridiculous!
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Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch this jump: Even by the weird standards of Guinness World Records, it's extraordinary
A bungee jump, a biscuit and a cup of tea.
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Watch: Indian man hugs his way into Guinness World Records in hilarious video
These are some mad hugging skills, with an assured place in the history of social affection.
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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Video: This American teenager just set a world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours
Inspired by his father's battle against cancer, Andrew Shapiro pulled off 7306 pull-ups in 24 hours.
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The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film