An Indian man received unexpected attention at a rural festival in China’s Yunnan province, where locals clicked over 1,000 photographs with him. Wearing traditional attire and joining activities, he described the experience as ‘celebrity treatment’, drawing reactions on social media.
Videos from Hyderabad’s hot air balloon festival went viral on social media, claiming a balloon made an emergency landing in a slushy area due to a technical snag. The operator later clarified that the landing was controlled, routine, and conducted safely, with no malfunction or risk to passengers.
A video of Indian tourists raising ‘Jai Maharashtra’ slogans near a street performer in Paris went viral and sparked online debate. While some users defended it as cultural pride, others criticised the act, saying it showed poor civic sense and discomforted the performer.
A power outage halted Tokyo’s Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku train lines for hours, disrupting lakhs of commuters and forcing evacuations. As videos from the rescue went viral, Indian social media users debated how such an incident would be perceived if it had occurred in India.
Sienna Rose has gone viral on Spotify, gaining millions of streams and chart success. Yet the singer has no interviews or concert news. Netizens and listeners question whether she is human or AI.
The incident was reported from Nandpur village in Nagina tehsil. According to captions shared with the video, the dog had been circling the idol continuously for nearly 36 hours. Some local reports later claimed the behaviour continued for more than 72 hours. The dog was seen pausing briefly before resuming the same movement.
While there is no confirmed origin point, one of the earliest widely shared references appeared on X in May, when a user wrote: 'My dyslexic a** read this as ‘choppelganger’ and I think I just made a word for someone who looks like you but very slightly and subtly worse.'
A 10-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh was left alone to take his mother’s body for autopsy after the family faced social isolation linked to HIV. UP Police later intervened and arranged the last rites.
A Delhi man shared how Blinkit’s in-app ambulance reached his home in six minutes after his grandmother collapsed. Along with the ambulance, two nurses arrived and provided immediate care, helping her regain consciousness before she was taken to the hospital.
Startup hiring practices are under scrutiny after a founder claimed candidates are accepting job offers only to ghost employers or quit within days. His remarks sparked a wider social media debate, with founders backing his concerns while others blamed companies for eroding trust in the job market.
Divye Agarwal, co-founder of social media growth firm Bingelabs, described the episode in a post on LinkedIn, where he recounted how the employee approached the management last year seeking time off due to her mother’s health condition.
Spanish carnival performers dressed as Stephen Hawking appeared in motorised wheelchairs during the Carnival of Cádiz to raise awareness about ALS. The act drew global attention, with mixed reactions online.
Ryanair mocked Elon Musk during an X outage, amid the ongoing exchange over in-flight Wi-Fi. Musk joked about buying the airline and replacing CEO Michael O’Leary with someone named Ryan.
The renewed focus on 2016 gained momentum on TikTok towards the end of 2025. One widely circulated video, posted by user @taybrafang on December 31, featured a montage of visual references from the year, including screenshots of Musical.ly, images of flower crowns, and music charts from that period. Text overlaid on the video read, 'A decade ago TONIGHT.'
A warm moment from Tokyo has captured global attention after Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sang “Happy Birthday” in Italian and surprised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with a cake during their meeting.
An old 1986 newspaper showing math teachers protesting calculators has gone viral, sparking discussions about how fears of technology and job loss often precede adaptation.
A video of a Tesla Cybertruck arriving in Andhra Pradesh during Sankranti celebrations has gone viral, drawing massive crowds and sparking curiosity online. As Tesla vehicles are not sold in India, users questioned who owned the futuristic pickup.
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s AI company xAI, alleging Grok allowed the creation of nonconsensual explicit deepfake images and caused her emotional distress.
Amid speculation that IPL matches could move out of Bengaluru over safety concerns, RCB has proposed installing hundreds of AI-powered surveillance cameras at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. While the franchise has offered to fund the ₹4.5 crore project, the proposal has sparked mixed reactions online.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked online chatter after saying he wants to install bidets at Gracie Mansion. Netizens praised it as the most ‘desi’ move.
Falgun Binnendijk, currently the Mayor of Heemstede in the Netherlands, was left at Matru Sewa Sangh, a shelter for abandoned children and women, when he was three days old. Official records show he was born on February 10, 1985, to a 21-year-old unmarried woman.
A 50-year-old woman from China’s Jiangsu province was admitted to the ICU after consuming a raw fish gallbladder, believing it would cure her headache. Doctors diagnosed fish gallbladder poisoning and acute liver failure, warning that the toxin can be deadlier than arsenic.
Donald Trump posted the mysterious word on his Truth Social account following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, leaving social media users confused and speculating about its meaning.
Elon Musk shared a Grok-generated AI video showing him dancing with Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus, delighting social media users. The fun clip sparked creative remixes online.
James Fishback, running for Florida governor, proposed a 50% tax on OnlyFans creators to support schools and enforce moral standards.
