'I call the HIV virus my friend'

December 1 was World AIDS Day. This day marks the struggle for unityof 40 million affected by AIDSacross the world. A struggle to fight the spread of AIDS. A fight toend prejudice against the HIV......

The woman who redefined 'positive'

I first met Kousalya in 1999. She was just back from a hospital and looked extremely thin, tired and weak. But her strength shone through in a joke she cracked.Visits to hospitals had become a part......

'Pak gets first of eight Orion aircraft'

Pakistan navy got the first of the eight Orion aircraft ahead of schedule from the United States as part of a$1.3 billion defence deal, officials said.Pakistan will get eight P-3C Orion aircraft as......