Tiger mom's memoir meets ferocious roar

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China: A new memoir of bad-ass parenting, Chinese style, from a self-proclaimed tiger mother has unleashed a ferocious roar.

Fallout was swift for Yale law professor Amy Chua after she published a stark essay in The Wall Street Journal describing the harsh words and heavy handed methods she used with her two teen daughters.

New Zodiac Ophiuchus: Top trending story today

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New Zodiac Ophiuchus

If the star doctors are to be believed, there is a new Zodiac sign jostling for space with its 12 more popular brothers in the astrological chart. Say hello to Ophiuchus, Zodiac No. 13.

Ophiuchus is a rarely used astrological sign that is not included in most versions of the Zodiac calendars. It is also known as 'Serpentarius' with its dates falling between November 29 and December 17.

Plane delayed to help man bid final farewell

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London: A pilot delayed his plane by 12 minutes so that a passenger could board the flight to be able to say goodbye to his grandson, on life support after being brutally assaulted by his daughter's boyfriend.

The man's three-year-old grandchild was in Denver, US, and was due to be taken off life support ahead of donating his organs to 25 people.

Now love commandos to help love bloom

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New Delhi: Love commandos, a group of volunteers who claim to be on a mission to help "love birds", said that all the states must set up block level love birds help committee to promote love, peace and a casteless society.

"We demand setting up of block level love birds committees by the state to empower the couples so that the country can move towards a casteless society which can only be achieved by promoting love and love marriages," said Harsh Malhotra, a member of the group which was formed six months ago.

Scientists dissect anatomy of conflict in love

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Washington: Some of the most intense or volatile emotions felt by people occur during a conflict in romantic relationships.

A research turns the spotlight on how a person perceives his or her partner's emotion during a conflict that greatly influences different types of thoughts, feelings and reactions in themselves, the journal Personal Relationships reports.

Malaysians to honour Indian god of war, fertility

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Kuala Lumpur: To give thanks to a powerful god for blessing him with a longed-for daughter, Sharma Muthu will skewer his tongue with a spear for Malaysia's largest Hindu festival.

The government official will be one of many thousands who will go into a trance and pierce their bodies with hooks and spears to honor Lord Murugan, the god of war and fertility, at his limestone cave temple in the Malaysian capital.

Credit cards saves bouncer from knife attack

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Berlin: A wallet stuffed with 20 plastic cards and a stroke of luck saved a pub doorman in western Germany from serious injury during a knife attack.

A customer ejected from the pub in the city of Witten on Sunday stabbed its 31-year-old doorman four times in the chest with a knife, police said. But a fat wallet in the bouncer's breast pocket stopped the blade from piercing his body.

Sex in space: will the earth move?

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Washington: NASA must study the topic of sex in space, experts have suggested.

According to them, the US space agency has always been silent on the subject of sex in space -- how would it work? Or can a child be conceived in zero gravity?

Does courtship bring genes into play?

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Washington: Being around the opposite sex activates genes to perform certain courtship rituals, says a new study.

Scientists have edged closer to understanding our mating behaviour by studying how genes interact in fruit flies during such interactions.

Lohri, Infosys results top news trends today

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Lohri

Lohri, is celebrated every year on 13th of January. It is a festival to worship fire. Lohri Festival is celebrated with great pomp in North India. At this time Earth starts moving towards the sun marking the auspicious period of Uttarayan. First Lohri is very important for the newly wed and the new born babies as it marks fertility. At night, people gather around the bonfire and throw til, puffed rice & popcorns into the flames of the bonfire. Prayers are offered to the bonfire seeking abundance & prosperity. People make merry by dancing & singing traditional folk songs.