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16 yrs consent age for sex existed in IPC in 1860: Shinde

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday cited the 153-year-old Indian Penal Code to defend his proposal for lowering the consent age for sex to 16 years, days after the anti-rape Bill......

Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe is no more

Nigerian writer and author of 'Things Fall Apart', Chinua Achebe has died in a hospital in the United States at the age of 82, after suffering from illness. His close friend and Nobel prize winner......

Govt raises age of consent for sex back to 18. Your say?

Facing strong opposition from various political parties on lowering the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years, the government has agreed to stick to 18 years and also water down provisions on......

The religious dilemma over consent sex age

In the process of wooing women with its anti-rape legislation, UPA ministers have warned that the Congress could end up alienating the Muslims. Sunita Moga reportsThe raging controversy over the......

Should age for consensual sex consent be lowered to 16?

Attempts to lower the age of consensual sex sonsent in India from 18 to 16 have become a talking point. When the sexual offences Bill was passed, naysayers had maintained that setting the age of......

How retailers can redefine shopping experience

In today's digital age, companies need to build an integrated communication strategy to stay ahead of the game. It is difficult being a marketer in the digital age but now you feel you are on top......

How Kerala is wooing tourists from Middle East, Russia

Buoyed by the growing popularity of its 'Age Halt' programme that provides Ayurveda treatment on the go, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation is all set to woo tourists in a big way, especially......

Sebi mulls steps to check risks from new-age apps

The free messaging services available on these platforms seem to have added to their attractiveness among the manipulators Amid a large-scale usage of smartphone messaging services like BlackBerry......

Pension may be linked with inflation index: Govt

Old age pension is likely to be linked with inflation index on the pattern of MNREGA besides being made universal by doing away with above poverty line and below poverty line criteria, the......

Why is online shopping yet to pick up in India

Online shopping is yet to pick up in India where television has the most perceived advertising persuasiveness across all age groups, according to a survey.Companies in India might be rushing in to......

Hindi cinema FINALLY plays its age!

It is enormously heartening to see young people play young people in the movies, writes Raja Sen.Hindi cinema is growing up to the idea of playing it's age. One of my favourite performances in 2013......

Gippi and the Age of Change

The cheerful arrival of Gippi is an indicator of the healthy trend that Bollywood has given up with the formula films, writes Ankur Pathak.Much to the delight of its patrons, Bollywood is......

Was Bombay Jayashri's Life of Pi song inspired?

There are remarkable similarities between Bombay Jayashri's Oscar-nominated song in Life of Pi and Irayimman Thampi's age-old composition. We make a case for the 200-year-old melody.Almost every......

Who is YOUR woman of substance in Bollywood? TELL US!

It's the age of the woman of substance in Bollywood. This Woman's Day, we celebrate girls who've done their time in the trenches and come on top to claim their rightful place in the scheme of......

Nagarjuna: I can do only mature love story at this age

Nagarjuna Akkineni is looking younger in his films of late. "The youngsters have complimented me on my looks saying, uncle, you look so young," says the super star.In Greeku Veerudu (titled Love......

Tendulkar's 10 gems in international cricket

Age is only a number, as Sachin Tendulkar has proved over the years. The batting maestro who turned 40 on Wednesday still continues to be an integral part of India's Test team. He......

Former England captain Denness dies aged 72

Mike Denness, the only Scotsman to captain England, has died of cancer at the age of 72, the BBC reported on Friday. Denness, a stylish right-hander who led England in 19 of his 28 tests, dropped......

'IOA mulls amending constitution in line with Sports Code'

The suspended Indian Olympic Association is willing to amend its constitution in line with age and tenure guidelines of the controversial Sports Code of the government, a top IOA official said on......

Mexican weightlifter Soraya Jimenez dies at age 35

Mexican weightlifter Soraya Jimenez, a gold medalist at the Sydney games in 2000, died at age 35 on Thursday from a heart attack, Mexico's Olympic Committee said. Jimenez, who was battling various......

Spinners playing massive role in T20s: Kartik

Former India player Murali Kartik on Thursday said that spinners have come of age and are playing a big role for their teams in the Twenty20 format of the game. "The first time I......

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Q. why internet is so popular in the world .. ???
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Q. UPA GOVT. IS GOING TO ARRANGE COACHING CLASSES FOR IIT/IIM COACHING FOR MUSLIMS ONLY,IS IT NOT AGAINST SECULARISM?WHY NOT FOR ALL POOR AND DESERVING CANDIDATES?INTENTION OF GOVT. YOUR VIEWS.
Ramesh Agarwal: A. The internet has grown so popular as it is easy to use and you can find virtually every piece of information on the internet just a click...... more

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Q. Middle aged women look attractive and sexy to me than teen.Why this is so?
Shrikant Mopagar: A. yes,we should have a common policyweight age maybe given,at the most more

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Alcoholics who smoke may show 'early ageing' of brain

The study looks at the interactive effects of smoking status and age on neurocognition in one-month-abstinent alcohol dependent (AD) individuals in... ...

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Shetty says Indian sports facing crisis

Mumbai: Even as the BCCI grapples with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, its General Manager (game development), Ratnakar Shetty, said cricket is not... ...

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The rise of CLOUD computing

The benefits of Cloud Computing are innumerable and difficult to ignore. However, the various legal and security issues still need to be wrangled... ...

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Dispel Myths About Vitiligo, Say Experts

A lot of social stigma is attached to vitiligo and adolescents who are afflicted often slip into depression, say doctors. The social stigma is... ...

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Kudumbashree targets employment for one lakh people this year

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government's Kudumbashree initiative considered as one of the largest women's empowerment project in the country plans... ...

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