An artist from Milwaukee, Niki Johnson, has come up with a unique portrait of the former Pope Benedict XVI. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Researchers have developed a female condom that not only provides contraception but can also protect against sexually transmitted diseases and conveniently dissolves gradually over a few days. Researchers at the University of Washington developed the condom from tiny microfibers through a method called 'electrospinning'. ...
05:12 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Hyderabad: The state has seen a significant rise in the use of condoms, which in turn has reduced the risk of AIDS among the high risk group like sex-workers and truck drivers. There has been a 100 percent rise in condom usage in the state for the past four years, said Dr PL Jayachandra Reddy, joint director of AP State AIDS Control Society (APSACS). For 2012-13, the National AIDS Control...
01:17 PM, Aug 13, 2012
London: London Olympic organisers are investigating how a bucket of Australian-tagged condoms found its way into the athletes' village without official consent. Australian BMX cyclist Caroline Buchanan tweeted a photograph from the athletes' village of a container of condoms with a placard reading "Kangaroos condoms, for the gland downunder" with the picture of a boxing kangaroo. She joked that the container seemed to back up rumours that the athletes' village...
07:21 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Chennai; Traffic on Cathedral Road slowed down to a snails pace near the Semmozhi Poonga at noon on Tuesday, as motorists looked on incredulously at two giant condoms, one bright pink and the other bright blue, waving placards from the side of the road. As part of a campaign to promote animal birth control (ABC) conducted by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), two volunteers dressed up as...
12:40 PM, Jul 11, 2012
London: With the 2012 London Games less than three weeks away, a book has exposed that during the event the Olympic Village becomes a party-zone where athletes indulge in wild sex, drinking and drugs. According to the anonymously authored expose, The Secret Olympics, written by a former British competitor, its always a struggle keeping booze and condoms in strong supply. According to the author, organisers at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
01:18 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Malaysia: Malaysian police say they have recovered about 700,000 condoms that were stolen while being shipped to Japan two months ago. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says authorities found hundreds of boxes of condoms at a warehouse and a home last week. Police arrested six men who allegedly were storing the condoms in hope of eventually selling them. Mohamad Shukri said Thursday some of the...
06:11 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police have arrested three suspects involved in the heist of some 725,000 condoms, which have not yet been found. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, the police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says the heist was "an inside job." He said Friday the suspects work for the firm responsible for transporting the condoms from the factory to the port, where they were to be shipped to Japan. Sagami Rubber...
11:36 AM, Feb 18, 2011
New York: Need a condom? There's an app for that. The New York City Health Department on Monday unveiled a smartphone application that will help users locate the nearest place in the area giving out free condoms. "We want New York City to be the safest city in the world to have sex," said Dr. Monica Sweeney, the city's assistant health commissioner. "A lot of people come here for that,...
01:20 PM, Feb 15, 2011
London: A condom firm here is cashing on the popularity of the soon to be married couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, by using their photo on its product pack. The souvenir sheaths are being sold in royal purple packs of three with a picture of Prince William and his fiancee. Blurb on the condom box urges users to 'lie back and think of England' and promises 'a better class...
12:38 PM, Jan 30, 2011
New Delhi: Condoms blocking toilets in the Games village might have come in for some embarrassment but the Commonwealth Games Federation boss Michael Fennell termed it a "positive" story saying that athletes are responsible in promoting safe sex. While sex is not a Commonwealth Games sport, it seems to be an activity in the Games Village at Akshardham housing more than 7,000 athletes, all of whom are in great shape...
01:39 PM, Oct 07, 2010
Sponsors Durex condoms donated 100 shekels to the AIDS Task Force. ...
12:13 PM, May 14, 2010
Adult film studios flayed for failing to require porn actors. ...
01:04 PM, Aug 21, 2009
Pontiff make first statement on issue that has Catholic church divide. ...
06:28 PM, Mar 18, 2009
The Vatican encourages sexual abstinence to fight AIDS. ...
10:19 PM, Mar 17, 2009
Despite global credit crunch, condom sales in the UK have shot up. ...
04:44 PM, Dec 03, 2008
More couples planning to delay childbirth as economy slips. ...
07:27 PM, Nov 18, 2008
NACO had run extensive campaigns promoting safe sex and use of condoms. ...
10:54 PM, Nov 14, 2008
