India to ignore Myanmar issue despite Obama's appeal
US President Barack Obama's impassioned appeal to India to speak out against the military junta in Myanmar is unlikely to impact New Delhi's policy. Myanmar is one of the few spots where India does no
Nepali boy could be youngest Everest conqueror
London: A Nepalese boy aged nine is on the way to becoming the youngest person to climb the world's highest mountain, Everest.
Tseten Sherpa, who scaled a 6,000-metre peak last week, could beat the
Quake blamed for rise in divorces
New Delhi: More people got divorced in Southwest China's Sichuan province than in any other part of the country in the first three quarters of this year, with some experts blaming the devastating Wenc
F1 champ Button escapes attack
Brasilia: Formula One world champion Jenson Button has escaped unhurt from an attempted armed attack as he was driven away from the Brazilian Grand Prix circuit in Sao Paulo on Saturday, according to
Oz women’s demands for ‘designer vaginas’ triple
Melbourne: An Australian analysis has pointed out that the number of women opting for vaginal 'rejuvenation' surgery has tripled in the past decade.
Doctors have warned that pornography might be the
Manmohan-Obama connect: That special chemistry
New Delhi: Three decades may divide them, but no two world leaders share that special chemistry and intellectual delight of being in each other's company as Barack Obama and Manmohan Singh do. And it
Spanish women are ‘world's greatest flirts’
Melbourne: An online study released by a dating website has revealed that Spanish women are the most flirtatious in the world.
Spanish women were found to be the most likely to ‘make the first move’
Facebook hopes to dominate mobile world
London: Social networking site Facebook has worked out a strategy by which it can become a dominant force in the mobile world, by making the mobile phone a more social experience and offering shopping
Mystery suicide by hundreds of birds in Jatinga
Haflong: The tranquillity of Jatinga, a scenic village nestling among the Borail Hills range, is shattered every night by a disturbing occurrence - the 'mass suicide' of hundreds of birds.
Locals hav
New Barbie is a 'gift to paedophiles'
London: Child protection experts have branded a new Barbie doll that features a hidden camera and costs 59.99 pounds as a 'gift to paedophiles'.
The Barbie Video Girl has a tiny recording device on