Dalai Lama turns 77, sparks celebrations in Dharamsala
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, turned 77 on Friday.
Scores of his followers prayed for his well being at the Lha Ghyal Ri Buddhist temple here.
The Tibetan cabinet and parliament issued s
Mandatory 'condom use' in porn films up for vote in Los Angeles County
A measure proposing that porn actors in Los Angeles County should wear condoms during filming has gained enough signatures to qualify for ballot and will be put to voters in November's election, US el
Tree frog named after Prince Charles
A newly discovered tree frog has been named after Prince Charles, in recognition of his charity work to protect their rainforest homes.
Hyloscirtus princecharlesi, or the Prince Charles stream tree f
Meet 9-yr-old Indian American Mensa boy who's working on college degree
A nine-year-old Indian American boy is already working on earning his college degree.
Tanishq Abraham was inducted into genius society Mensa at the age of 4, and scored in the 99.9 percentile on a st
Tibet to build USD 4.7 bln tourism park
The government of Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet autonomous region, will invest 30 billion yuan (4.7 billion U.S. dollars) to build a massive culture and tourism park in the next three to five years.
Obama declares health care law is ‘here to stay’
President Barack Obama has said that his signature health care law is 'here to stay' and repealing it is not an option.
Drunk Russian lecturer forces students to sit for 23hr exam
A drunk Russian lecturer forced her students to sit for a 23-hour exam and didn't even allow them out for toilet breaks.
Lecturer Landysh Zaripova, however, frequently left the room and students clai
Children’s ‘Parliament’ in Varanasi
Over one thousand children from the city will form a parliament of their own to take up issues concerning them.
The children will also contest elections, and about 14 of them filed their nominations
India third most preferred FDI destination: UN survey
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report for 2012 has named India as the third most desirable destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by global i
Microsoft to take $6.2 bln writedown for online ad service
Microsoft has announced a 6.2 billion dollars charge to write down the value of an online advertising agency named aQuantive, which the software giant bought five years ago.
Microsoft bought aQuantiv