Beijing: In a bid to offer sex education to primary school students for the first time, China has introduced a text book that has gone overboard with controversial illustrations and descriptions that has left parents fuming. The textbook titled 'Growing Steps' has many controversial passages and appears with illustrations for students aged six to seven years old. There was widespread concern among parents over such blatant description bordering on pornography,...
12:23 PM, Aug 20, 2011
New Delhi: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday sparked off a debate by saying that homosexuality is 'unnatural' and a 'disease'. Speaking at an AIDS conference in New Delhi, Azad said that gay sex is unnatural and leads to more AIDS cases. He added that the phenomenon has been transported to India from 'foreign shores'. "The disease of 'Men having Sex with Men' (MSM), which was found more in...
07:11 AM, Jul 05, 2011
Beijing: Allowing boys and girls to peep into each other's bathroom to understand gender roles seems to be the new Chinese way to teach sex education in school. Third graders at the Chaoyang district school in Beijing received their first lesson in sex education in the form of a toilet tour on Monday. Giving children an opportunity to peek into the other gender's bathroom is a way to help boys...
05:36 PM, Dec 29, 2010
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National Institute for Clinical Excellence will ask primary school to start sex education when pupils are five. ...
11:08 AM, Jun 18, 2010
The lessons though are not about sexual intercourse but about understanding male and female bodies. ...
12:43 PM, May 27, 2010
The explicit pictures are out, and so are words like intercourse, condoms, and masturbation. ...
12:05 PM, Sep 27, 2008
The bold cover page of a college magazine is making the management hot in the collar. ...
08:31 AM, Sep 27, 2008
Denizens are enraged by explicit sex education lessons in Western Australia schools. ...
04:29 PM, Aug 25, 2008
The main aim of this course is to clear sexual myths and educate people about sex. ...
09:26 PM, Jun 08, 2008
Wellington: South Africa open hostilities on Friday against New Zealand on a six-week tour they hope will climax with a 3-0 Test sweep that would see them topple England from the top of the Test rankings. The tour begins in earnest with a Twenty20 international in Wellington but most attention will focus on next month's Test series as South Africa, currently second in the ICC world rankings, look to become...
03:21 AM, Apr 24, 2008
Chennai: India suffered a humiliating 0-4 Test series whitewash against Australia last month and had the dubious distinction of losing their eighth successive match overseas but the Cricket Board on Monday ruled out any inquiry into the performance of the team in the disastrous tour. Board President N Srinivasan said there was no need for an inquiry and the selectors and coaches will look into ways of improving the performance...
04:30 PM, Apr 23, 2008
Adelaide: The Australian media Saturday slammed the Indian cricket team for its disgraceful lack of fight in the 4-0 Test series whitewash by Australia and compared the gait of the visiting batting greats returning to the dressing room to flag at half-mast. India's lack of fight has been disgraceful but Australia's bowling has been as remarkable as the batting of Michael Clarke and the revival of Ricky Ponting, a write-up...
04:17 PM, Apr 16, 2008
Team India's coach officially quitted on Tuesday, terming his stint an incredible experience. ...
10:16 PM, Jan 11, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi said his team were happy to play their World Cup knockout stage matches in India despite earlier voicing concerns about security. "It does not matter to us where we play our quarter-final. The biggest issue for us was to qualify for the knockout stage and we have done that now," Afridi said on Geo TV. "We are ready to play our quarter-final at any venue...
12:20 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Hambantota: Junaid Khan has long dreamed of bowling for Pakistan alongside Mohammad Amir — instead the youngster was selected for the World Cup only after his fellow left-arm paceman was banned from cricket for five years. Khan, 21, could make his one-day international debut Wednesday against Group A opponent Kenya after an impressive three-wicket haul against England in a warmup match last week. Amir was banned by an ICC tribunal...
07:30 AM, Dec 20, 2007
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