Private TV channels in India have been demanding long that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of India allow broadcasting of adult programs in their late night shows. Doordarshan, the state-owned television company broadcasted movies for adults...

China has for the first time in history not only hosted Olympics but also won most number of gold medals. This used to be dominated by USA and the former Soviet Union. The breathtaking opening and closing ceremony along with the modern infrastructure...

Alabama state facing steep rise in its obese population, has decided to crack down on its state employees who are too fat. It has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit failing which, they will have to pay $25 a month for insurance that...

Nokia has opened pre-launch booking to its much awaited N96 a day before Apple is launching its iPhone 3G in India. Nokia will launch the N96, the successor to the highly successful and award winning N95 on 1st October. Given the worldwide craze...

Since the bloody militancy began in Jammu & Kashmir in the late 1980s for independence from India, nearly 100,000 people have been killed in Kashmir alone. Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus were displaced. This has ruined the local economy...

General Pervez Musharraf who seized power through a coup in 1999 overthrowing the elected civilian government of Nawaz Sharif has resigned as President of Pakistan owing to tremendous public and political pressure. This is the first time in...

Michael Phelps made history yesterday after winning his eighth Olympic gold in Beijing. Mark Spitz said, “I was the equivalent of the first man on the Moon. He’s the equivalent of the first on Mars.” Phelps justifies his status as the greatest by...

Pakistan celebrates its 61st Independence Day today with enthusiasm and a renewed pledge to make the country prosperous and strong however, a political paralysis is feared amid mounting speculations that President Pervez Musharraf could quit rather...

For the first time, U.S. scientists have managed to stop the natural ageing process in an entire organ of mice. Researchers used special therapies to stop build-up of harmful toxic proteins in cells. This could eventually lead to full control over the...

The science-fiction portrayals of invisibility, such as the cloaking devices used to hide space ships in Star Trek, might be truly possible. Scientists in the US say they are a step closer in developing materials that could render people invisible. The...