China permits lesbians to donate blood
China has lifted a 14-year-old ban on lesbians from donating blood, while still barring gays, thought of as a high-risk group for AIDS transmission, from doing so.
The Whole Blood and Component Donor
Bride's new toilet points to social revolution in India
Spotlessly clean and decorated with plastic flowers and balloons for its opening ceremony, Priyanka Bharti's toilet is seen as a gleaming symbol of the empowerment of Indian women.
It has been built
Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests
Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests that often show they were virgins until marriage but shame them nonetheless, doctors at an institute that carries out the tests and a lawyer said.
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Bangladesh's Hindu women fight for divorce rights
Unlike her Muslim compatriots, Tarulata Rani is unable to inherit anything from her family, cannot divorce and cannot claim maintenance from her absent husband - all because she is a Bangladeshi Hindu
Time to change your sari concept
To lure women of today’s generation who are hooked on Western and Northern wear back to traditional silk saris, concept saris are being launched by a host of sari makers.
New concepts like pre-stitch
Samprokshanam for 9th century temple
The samprokshanam for the 9th century Sri Adhimoolar Perumal temple at Vilangattupakkm near Puzhal, which was abandoned about four decades ago and was completely rebuilt recently, was performed amidst
Nagas find identity in Chennai
“Hardwork and simplicity are the identity of Chennai city, which cannot be compared with any other place,” said Wapangtoshi, pastor of Naga Christian Fellowship Chennai (NCFC).
It was not so long ago
If the spirit is willing, why not tie the knot?
You could call it complete bunkum. But families in Barkur village and surrounding areas, and those in far-off places too, believe that by marrying off the ghosts in their families their problems would
Ukrainian and Swedish women named `world’s most beautiful'
A list of cities with the most beautiful women in the world has revealed that men in Russia and Ukraine still have plenty to cheer about.
Travelers Digest’s ‘Top Ten Cities With The Most Beautiful Wo
Mumbai ‘laughter yoga’ club banned for causing ‘mental agony’ to neighbours
The High Court in Mumbai has ordered members of a ‘laughter yoga’ club to restrain their joy after neighbours complain of ‘mental agony, pain and public nuisance.’
The judges have told local police o