Fasting best way to quit smoking: Pakistani expert
August 5th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Along with a bundle of blessings, fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan also helps people quit the bad habit of smoking, a Pakistani doctor ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Dharun Ravi finds support from gay rights advocates
May 21st, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) Indian American student Dharun Ravi, who is set to be sentenced Monday for hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Saudi king issues decrees to ease domestic tensions
March 18th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, March 18 (IANS) Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Friday issued a host of royal decrees to ease economic and social pressures on his kingdom, Xinhua cited Saudi Arabia's official ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Australian High Commission brings social change for slum kids
November 12th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) As many as 170 children from various slums in the city gathered here Friday to celebrate their joining of colleges after the Australian High Commission funded their ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lesbian partners tying the knot with gay couples to satisfy their parents
June 8th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): There is an increasing trend of fake marriages between lesbian couples and gay partners in order to escape family and social pressures.Zhang Nana and her partner Shenlan ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
One in four women ambivalent about pregnancy
May 7th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (IANS) A widely held assumption was that women of childbearing age fell neatly into two camps: those trying to have children and those not trying to have children. A ... Read more...
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Four gay couples tie the knot in Chandigarh
July 8th, 2009 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) Enthused by the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising gay sex, at least four gay couples in this city have performed wedding rituals at a prominent temple, declaring themselves ... Read more...
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Girl arranges widowed mother’s wedding in West Bengal
February 23rd, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Overcoming family and social pressures, a teenaged daughter got her widowed mother, in her mid-30s, married to a close relative, winning accolades from social activists in West Bengal.
Deepa ... Read more...
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Personal intervention can cut binge drinking
January 31st, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): A new study from The University of Texas School of Public Health has found that brief and personal intervention can significantly reduce drinking among risky college drinkers.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Alcohol turning womens bodies into wineglass figures
June 29th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 29 (ANI): With the ladies catching up really fast with their male counterparts in the drinking stakes, their waistlines are also drawing near mens beer bellies, says a new ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Teen girls who date gang members twice as likely to become pregnant
May 24th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington , May 24 (ANI): Girls who date gang members are twice as likely to become pregnant as compared to those not seeing boys involved with gangs, according to a new ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Even in monkeys, boys prefer wheeled toys, girls dolls
April 5th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by admin
London, April 5 (ANI): American psychologists say that they have found male monkeys to prefer boys toys in a study.Kim Wallen, a psychologist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center in ... Read more...
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Dr Haneefs lawyers named The Weekend Australian’s Australians of the Year!
January 19th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by admin
Sydney, Jan 19 (ANI): Its a tale of two lawyers who were like any other legal professionals till July last year, but suddenly rose to fame after they decided to defend Indian ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Heres why teens perpetuate a family cycle of alcohol addiction, abuse
December 13th, 2007 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 13 (ANI): Two new studies have helped explain why teens exposed to foetal alcohol are at high risk for heavy drinking and perpetuating a family cycle of alcohol addiction.This happens ... Read more...
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