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87 per cent people suffering from HIV were ffound to be heterosexual (Photo: AFP)

Indore doctor calls for HIV awareness among LGBT

"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community only should not be accused for rise in AIDS due to unsafe sex."...

1 Dec 2016 6:29 PM IST

The shocking incident led to her being sacked (Photo: YouTube)

Teacher sacked for having sex with students in car

kelsey Leigh Gutierrez admitted to having sex with the two teenagers and rating them on basis of sexual performance.

1 Dec 2016 5:34 PM IST

Its not a bitter pill, its a power capsule (Photo: Twitter)

Ad compares sexual wellness to demonetisation

The advertisement for a product called stay-on called on people to stop whining, stop complaining. Just stay on

1 Dec 2016 4:55 PM IST

A 24-year-old woman in Telangana chose to write her exams a few hours before her wedding ceremony. (Photo: Pixabay)

Telangana bride delays wedding to write exam

She even appeared for the exam dressed in her wedding attire.

1 Dec 2016 4:19 PM IST

$\So we really just hope this makes a point about the nature of the pharmaceutical industry,\ (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Sydney students recreate price gouged HIV drug

US drug company chief Martin Shkreli became a global figure of hate after buying the rights to Daraprim and then raising...

1 Dec 2016 3:14 PM IST

Miami has overthrown Baton Rouge, Louisiana as the riskiest city for HIV (Photo: AFP)

Miami opens first needle exchange to curb HIV

'We have a serious heroin epidemic. We were a cocaine town, but now we have this transition into opiate use.'

1 Dec 2016 2:25 PM IST

Age at smoking initiation and cessation, both key components of smoking duration, are important predictors of mortality. (Representational Image)

Quitting smoking in 60s can still extend life

Moreover people aged 70 or older currently smoking were more than three times more likely to die than never-smokers.

1 Dec 2016 9:45 AM IST

In people with type 2 diabetes, the short stimulus triggered by GLP-1 is not sufficient to maintain a proper blood sugar balance. (Representational Image)

Platypus venom may help treat diabetes

This may pave the way for potential new treatments for Type 2 diabetes in humans.

1 Dec 2016 9:35 AM IST

Those sleeping less than six hours a night 13 per cent more likely to die than those sleeping between seven and nine hours. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sleep deprivation costs UK 40 billion pounds a year

The calculation is based on tired employees being less productive or absent from work altogether.

1 Dec 2016 9:27 AM IST

Textile artist Neha Puri Dhirs pieces often involve geometric patterns based around circles.

The changing fabric of an artist's work

Hand-woven fabric from various weaving clusters is procured and then the design is actualised on the surface of the...

1 Dec 2016 2:45 AM IST

Examples of Sangeeta Guptas artwork

When silence is golden

If the art is coming out of silence within you, not pre-thought, pre-planned but spontaneous then it goes on to surprise...

1 Dec 2016 2:39 AM IST

An exhibition featuring Baluchari sarees at Kolkatas Birla Academy

Baluchari, Bengal and beyond

The great doyenne of textiles, Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay, had initiated a project reviving the Baluchari many decades...

1 Dec 2016 1:16 AM IST