New Delhi: India has an estimated 25 lakh gay population and about seven per cent (1.75 lakh) of them are HIV infected, Government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. "The population of MSM was estimated to be 25 lakhs in India," the governemnt said in its affidavit filed in the apex court, citing figures of the National Aids Control programme. The affidavit, filed by Ministry of health, said that it...
01:43 AM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: India has an estimated 25 lakh gay population and about seven per cent (1.75 lakh) of them are HIV infected, Government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. "The population of MSM was estimated to be 25 lakhs in India," the government said in its affidavit filed in the apex court, citing figures of the National Aids Control programme. The affidavit, filed by Ministry of health, said that it...
08:12 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Tokyo: Hatsune Miku has a following that would make most Japanese pop stars green with envy, with thousands of fans at every concert and a big international following. She never misses a beat, fluffs a line or messes up a step. But then she doesn't really exist. Hatsune Miku is computer generated, based on a voice-synthesizing programme developed by the company Crypton Future Media that allows users to create their...
01:28 PM, Mar 12, 2012
London: Shun 'arrogant' artificial fertilisation treatment; sex is the 'only acceptable' way to conceive - that's Pope Benedict's message to infertile couples across the world. According to the Pontiff, artificial methods of getting pregnant, like the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), were simply "arrogance" and matrimony was the "only place worthy of the call to existence of a new human being". Speaking at the end of a three-day Vatican conference on infertility...
12:45 PM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: India has the world's youngest internet population with 75 per cent of all users under the age of 35 years, said research firm comScore Friday. The findings were announced by comScore's co-founder and executive chairman Gian M. Fulgoni at the second edition of digital marketing event 'ad:tech' being organised here. In comparison to India, the world's average of under 35-year users stood at 52 per cent and 55...
10:55 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Kochi: Catholics in Kerala were elated as Mar George Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, was on Saturday ordained a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the Catholics, who form 50 per cent of the over seven million Christians in Kerala, were glued to the live coverage from the Vatican as Alencherry was ordained by the Pope along with 21 other bishops from...
08:55 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Vatican City: Pope Benedict, putting his stamp on the future of Roman Catholicism, named 22 new cardinals on Friday, the red-hatted "princes of the Church" who are his closest aides and will one day choose his successor. One of the most prominent on the list is Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York. Others are from Italy, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, India, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Germany, China, Romania,...
06:27 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI marked the end of 2011 with prayers of thanks and said humanity awaits the new year with apprehension but also with hope for a better future. "Another year approaches its end, while we await a new one, with the trepidation, desires and expectations of always," Benedict said at the traditional New Year's Eve vespers service, as he delivered his homily from the central altar of...
09:27 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Vatican City: Pope Benedict ushered in Christmas for the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics, urging humanity to see through the superficial glitter and commercialism of the season and rediscover the real significance of the humble birth of Jesus. The 84-year-old pope, celebrating the seventh Christmas season of his pontificate, also urged that those marking the holiday in poverty, suffering or far from home not be forgotten. At the start of...
09:02 AM, Dec 25, 2011
London: Previously unseen footage of Michael Jackson's 1993 'Dangerous' tour, which had been expected to fetch 4-5 million pounds ($6.2-7.8 million) failed to sell at auction in Britain on Saturday. "At this stage it has not sold," said a spokesman for The Fame Bureau auctioneers, who specialise in pop memorabilia. "We are still talking to people, but online it did not sell." He said he was confident a buyer would...
01:32 PM, Nov 27, 2011
Pop sensation Lady Gaga is hitting the headlines once again. She now features in a Coffee table book. ...
11:04 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Sex in a voting booth? Jeanne Moos reports on below the belt advertisements and kissing world leaders. ...
08:59 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Vatican City: The Benetton clothing company withdrew an ad on Wednesday featuring a fake photo of Pope Benedict XVI kissing a top Egyptian imam on the lips after the Vatican denounced it as an unacceptable provocation. Benetton had said its "Unhate" campaign launched on Wednesday was aimed at fostering tolerance and "global love". The campaign's fake photos feature a half-dozen purported political nemeses in lip-locked embraces, including President Barack Obama...
03:55 AM, Nov 17, 2011
About 2.5 weeks old and Facebook's latest app 'Take this lollipop' has more than 10 million likes already. ...
01:12 PM, Nov 16, 2011
London: Pop star Lady Gaga, who recently visited India, is reportedly planning to adopt three kids from an Indian orphanage and one from America. Gaga has set up the not-for-profit group Born This Way Foundation to help people worldwide develop a new standard of care towards one another. "...She's already set up her Born This Way Foundation in India and visited two orphanages while she was there last time. The...
06:20 PM, Nov 13, 2011
London: The bed on which King of Pop Michael Jackson died is up for sale. It is among hundreds of items from the mansion where Jackson spent his final days that are to go for auction next month, reported Daily Express. The various antique furnishings and paintings that surrounded the pop icon as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts will be auctioned on December 17 in Los Angeles....
06:47 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Dr Conrad Murray, who administered a powerful surgical anaesthetic to Michael Jackson has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. ...
08:41 AM, Nov 08, 2011
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The explosion of our times is not the nuclear bomb but the baby boom. You've come a long way baby... ...
04:00 PM, Nov 07, 2011
The world population touched seven billion on Monday but Germany is not part of this baby boom. ...
09:59 AM, Nov 01, 2011
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