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Japanese netizens are puzzled by Vietnamese convenience stores using increasingly minor characters from Doraemon for their popular steamed buns.

Japan, S Asia
(Doraemon • Familymart • food • funny)

Necklace thief in India swallows stolen goods, police feed him 40 bananas to make him poop it out

Scott Wilson
Jan 18, 2016

Talk about dirty money.

S Asia
(banana • crime • funny • India • stolen • wtf)

Young limbo-skating prodigy has moves like Spider-Man, smashes world record【Video】

Jamie Koide
Jan 14, 2016

An insanely flexible young Indian athlete breaks the Guinness World record for limbo skating.

S Asia
(Guinness World Record • India • limbo • skating • sports • Tiluck Keisam • video)

Japan’s newest and greatest export will be a bullet train built for India

KK Miller
Dec 15, 2015

Amidst talks that strengthened the ties between the two countries comes news that you will soon be able to ride a Shinkansen in India.

Japan, S Asia
(bullet train • cooperation • exports • India • shinkansen • trains • transport)

Toxic bubble froth in Bangalore catches fire, raises environmental flags for the second time

Krista Rogers
Oct 17, 2015

This is one bubble bath that you’ll never want to take a dip in.

Locals in Bangalore, India are calling for immediate action after foam which had accumulated on Bellandur Lake, the biggest lake in the city, was blown onto streets and even caught fire for the second time in only a few months. While experiencing a gigantic bubble bath outside of your bathtub may seem like a fun idea at first, the foam that is spewing out from Bellandur Lake is actually toxic in nature and supposedly has a terrible stench.

S Asia
(Bellandur Lake • Bengalore • environment • foam • Karnatake • toxic • video)

If you haven’t seen this Indian film you should: A true story of a man whose love moved mountains

Meg Murphy
Sep 20, 2015

On August 21, a film was released based on the true story of Dashrath Manjhi. His heartbreaking yet inspiring tale begins when his wife was injured in an accident, and the only medical help available was in the next village over…on the other side of the mountain. By the time Manjhi had made the trek around the mountains and back with the doctor, it was too late, and his beloved wife had died.

Most people would mourn their loss and curse their circumstances, but Manjhi literally took matters into his own hands, in the form of a chisel and a hammer, and set to work digging at the mountain which kept his beloved wife from the help that would have saved her.

S Asia
(India • movies • moving • touching • true stories)

Video from India shows fast way to load construction equipment…or die, whichever comes first

Master Blaster
Jun 17, 2015

If you were charged with the task of putting a mini excavator like to one pictured above onto a flatbed truck in under two minutes, what would you do? If you’re like most people you’d probably find a ramp of some sort.

Or, if you have just that right balance of gutsiness and lack of self-preservation instinct, you might do what these guys in India did. Luckily, they recorded it on video for our enjoyment and as evidence preventing any lawsuit against the makers of the excavator.

S Asia, W Asia
(dangerous • India • loading • mini excavator • video)

Rescued dog becomes rescue dog as Hiroshima stray joins search for survivors in Nepal

Fran W
May 5, 2015

In the wake of the massive earthquake that struck central Nepal last week, non-profit organisation Peace Winds Japan sent a small team of six rescuers and two specially trained dogs to help with the search for survivors.

Remarkably, one of the search dogs who was dispatched to Kathmandu is himself a former rescue: Yumenosuke, a stray dog saved from euthanasia in Hiroshima.

Japan, S Asia
(animals • disaster • earthquake • Hiroshima • Nepal • rescue dog • search and rescue • Yumenosuke)

Disney princesses re-imagined as Indian brides! Which gorgeous gown is your favourite?

Evie Nyan
Jan 18, 2015

Okay, I have a confession to make here – that whole wedding fever that some women get, where they obsess over the minute details of “their” special day? I’ve never really gotten that. I mean, do you know how much weddings cost? It’s a lot of money, and it’s gone in a day. Call me a pragmatist, but I’d rather spend that money on a down payment for a house or on an awesome trip. I also can’t help thinking that it sometimes veers more towards celebrating the bride rather than the union of two people. (It’s no wonder women in Japan have started having solo weddings!) Still, a wedding is a centuries-old tradition, and lots of people love the spectacle and ceremony of it. And what better theme could there be for a glitzy wedding than “Indian Disney Princess”? Canadian formal attire company Wellgroomed Designs have come up with nine concept gowns focusing on specific Disney princesses, and they look amazing!

S Asia
(bride • Disney • dress • indian • Princess • Wedding)

‘Cows can marry’ and other fascinating bovine facts from India

Amy Chavez
Jan 18, 2015

You’ve heard about India’s sacred cow, the Mother of Civilization, a gift from God that has become a part of Indian iconography, religion and culture. The cow protection movement began in 1882, and ended the slaughter of the animals in what was then British India. The cow is revered because it is unique in that it offers five products to humans — milk, curds, ghee butter, urine and dung — all of which are useful to everyday life in India. In addition, the beast of burden has traditionally been used to help plow the fields and pull carts for transportation. If you’re one of those people who likes to dress up your dog, or cat, or buy them their own kotatsu, then we can only imagine what you’d do for a pet cow if you had one! You’ll have no problem understanding the high regard Indians place on the gentle bovines.

Because we at RocketNews24 love all animals, cows included (although some of us delight in their taste while others of us would rather give cow cuddles), we can totally understand the pampering, dressing up, and general all-round generosity the Indians heap upon their beloved cows. We just hope cats don’t catch on to any of this.

Just how far will Indians go to pamper their bovine friends? Glad you asked! Our bovine journalist is about to reveal some fascinating facts about cows in India.