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Such Ru guanyao wares -- known for their intense blue-green glaze and ice-crackle pattern -- are extremely rare (Photo: AFP)

Song dynasty bowl breaks auction record for Chinese ceramics

The 13-cm (5-inch) bowl, used to wash brushes, was fired in the famed Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) kilns in Ruzhou.

3 Oct 2017 5:16 PM IST

Oliver Struempfel competes during his world record attempt, carrying 27 beer mugs at the traditional festival Gillamoos in Abensberg, Germany. He succeeded. (Photo: AP)

German barman breaks world record, carries 27 litre steins of beer for...

Strumpfel, who had to train for the event in the gym to build extra strength, however, is not new to the world of...

4 Sept 2017 10:11 AM IST

Haldwani: Artist Prakash Chandra Upadhyay holds the record of creating the worlds smallest pencil, the 5mm long & 0.5mm wide pencil is made of wood and H.B. lead. (Photo: ANI/ Twitter)

Uttarakhand man creates world's smallest pencil, sets record

Due to his extraordinary talent, he has been conferred with the Assist World Records.

23 Feb 2018 10:56 AM IST

Nazare is on Portugals Atlantic coast between Lisbon and Porto (Photo: AP)

Brazilian surfer creates world record thanks to 80-feet-high wave in...

That overtook the previous record of 78 feet (23.77 meters) set by American Garrett McNamara in 2011.

30 April 2018 7:15 PM IST

Also at the awards, Koxas compatriot Lucas Chianca was awarded the Best Mens Overall Performance trophy. (Facebook Screengrab/ Rodrigo Koxa )

Surfer creates world record, rides biggest wave ever

Koxa, who risked his life catching the 80-feet wave, said winning the award was 'the best day of my life.'

30 April 2018 12:29 PM IST

Before the match, there was a shadow of doubt over the Rohit Sharma-led Indian side, but all of those doubts were cast aside after the Men in Blue convincingly won the second T20I. (Photo: AFP)

India overtakes Australia to create new world record

The Indian team once again established themselves as one of the most feared sides in the world after handing Bangladesh...

8 Nov 2019 3:08 PM IST

Laurent, inspired by Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, has said he wants to research artificial organs. (Photo: Instagram)

Boy wonder falls short of being world's youngest graduate

Belgian boy wonder drops out of Dutch university at the age of 9.

14 Dec 2019 4:00 PM IST

Nintendo reprinted Super Mario Bros. from 1985 to 1994 numerous times, resulting in 11 different box variations.

Extremely rare 1985 Super Mario Bros sells for a record USD 100,150

An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros., released by Nintendo in 1985, achieved the world record.

18 Feb 2019 11:37 AM IST

The award was presented by Universal Book of Records India representative KV Ramana Rao and Telangana representative TM Srilatha. (Photo: ANI)

Hyderabadi man sets world record for serving food to over 1,000 people...

Kumar achieved the target on Sunday after he served food to more than 1,000 people at three different places.

27 May 2019 11:23 AM IST

The team of divers managed to remove 1,626 pounds of trash and 60 pounds of fishing lines from the ocean floor. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

633 divers set world record for seabed clean up in Florida

The world record for the largest underwater clean up was set by 633 divers who cleaned up the ocean floor at a beach in...

26 Jun 2019 6:42 PM IST

The visual that comes to mind is the DC Comics superhero Flash. The achievement of record internet speed seems like comparable to how the Scarlet Speedster seemingly violates the laws of physics. But it turns out

In a flash! Imagine downloading 1,000 HD movies in a split second,...

A team at University of Australia recorded a data speed of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) from a single optical chip a...

23 May 2020 5:53 PM IST

The record speed was achieved by transmitting data through a much wider range of colours of light, or wavelengths, than is typically used in optical fibre, the researchers said.

You can download Netflix entirely in a second at the record internet...

Researchers from University College London achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a secondfive times faster...

24 Aug 2020 9:34 PM IST