Human Interest
FBI going undercover on Facebook
San Francisco, March 17 (DPA) US law-enforcement agents are being trained to use social-networking sites like Facebook to befriend suspects and collect evidence, according to documents released by advocacy group The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Now, sexual minority groups seek reservation
By Pradipto Tapadar--- Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) With the women's reservation bill getting through the Rajya Sabha hurdle, sexual minority groups in Kolkata are now seeking a similar quota for themselves as well as reservation in other fields such as health, education and employment. Sexual minority groups comprise gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals. ...Where a 200-member family is one village
By Syed Zarir Hussain---- Nepalipam (Assam), March 17 (IANS) It's all in the family. Three generations of one family, numbering now around 200, live in a village in Assam - populating its two schools and even buying provisions from the cooperative store run also by a relative. ...World's shortest man dies
London, March 16 (IANS) The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 29 inches tall, has died at the age of 21, a media report said Monday....A papad seller fights for his rights - for 28 years
By Kanu Sarda----- New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Mohammad Samad Khan, a papad seller in West Bengal, has been fighting for his rights with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the energy giant, for the past 28 years but has not lost hope. ...Villagers turn radio jockeys in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 15 (IANS) Sporting multi-function wireless head phones, their heads bobbing in tune to the beats in front of studio mikes and confident fingers tapping the keys on the console-- they are not the stylish urban radio jockeys but ordinary villagers playing on a community radio. ...Cafe looks for 'common ground' between Tibetans and Chinese
By Jaideep Sarin---- Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), March 14 (IANS) It's called Common Ground Caf� and true to its name it aims to serve as a bridge between the Tibetans and the Chinese - spicing things up with Taiwanese, Tibetan and Chinese cuisine and cups of coffee and tea!...Surprising, Muslim women oppose quota within quota
By Vivek Shukla----New Delhi, Mar. 13: Away from the unprecedented political storm that has hit hard all the political parties, barring perhaps Left parties, on the issue of quota for Muslim, OBC and Dalit women in women reservation bill, the mood among Muslim women is rather unexpected for Yadav trio- Mulayam, Laloo,Sharad and their ilk....Cuba, Russia sign telecommunications pact
Cuba, Russia sign telecommunications pact Havana, March 13 (IANS) Cuba and Russia have signed a pact to collaborate in the telecommunications field, Prensa Latina reported. Both sides will jointly develop information technology, Russian Deputy Communications Minister Dmitry Severov said here Friday after a meeting with his Cuban counterpart. At the meeting, Moscow and Havana discussed proposals related to telecommunications, radio-electric spectrum, info Havana, March 13 (IANS) Cuba and Russia have signed a pact to collaborate in the telecommunications field, Prensa Latina reported.rmation technologies and training. The Russian minister will end his Cuba visit Saturday. ...'Black' woman's tale drives Nepal rights campaign
By Sudeshna Sarkar----- Kathmandu, March 10 (IANS) Dark, untouchable and a slave, yet Kali is the heroine of a campaign to protect the rights of the disadvantaged communities of Nepal, especially women....
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