Tag: India
Japheth Omojuwa: Africa’s emerging pharmaceutical revolution (Y! FrontPage)
by Japheth Omojuwa Government should provide the environment for pharmaceutical businesses but like other businesses, government has no business in ...
Cost saving or just meanness? You won’t believe what death defying job these men have (LOOK)
How do you keep the fun going at fairs in a country affected by frequent power cuts and blackouts? Simple, just hire ...
The ‘human computer’: Indian math prodigy with super brain, Shakuntala Devi passes at 83 (PICTURED)
Quick: What’s the cube root of 61,629,875? Stumped? Shakuntala Devi, the woman known as the “Human Computer,” could tell you, ...
Just terrible: 5-year-old rape victim fighting for life after being held hostage and tortured for 2 days (PHOTOS)
A five-year-old girl is fighting for life after being raped and tortured by a man in India who held her ...
Tunji Andrews: Ethical corruption – Calling a spade a spade
by Tunji Andrews You get to ask yourself, how Nigeria then grows at an average of 7% GDP year on ...
Shirt made of pure gold goes for $250,000: Indian man hopes it will help him get married (LOOK)
An Indian man has bought one of the world’s most expensive shirts, made with more than 3kg of gold ...
Off all things: India warns of elephant attacks at polling stations (PHOTO)
© ANI ANI / REUTERSTwo elephants attacked Mysore, a town in India’s southern Karnataka state in 2011. The elephants , ...
O, the angel: 16-month-old baby suffers rare brain condition, may help get to her (PHOTOS)
A family from India are unable to afford medical treatment for their 16-month-old daughter, who suffers from a rare medical ...
Rapist allegedly burnt to death by his victim in India
A woman in India is being investigated for murder after her alleged rapist died in a house fire, Al Jazeera reported ...
Man axes 4 women and 5 girls aged 2 – 9 to death in India because his wife left him
A man has gone on a rampage with an axe in a village in central India, killing four women and ...
Child bride: Meet the 40-year-old man that married an 11-year-old (PHOTO, VIDEO)
40 year old man prepares to marry 11 year old girl. The sad phenomenon of child brides and even child grooms continue around ...
“I sleep with them in turns” – 21-year-old has 5 husbands, all brothers (SNAPSHOT)
Brothers Sant Ram Verma, Bajju Verma, Gopal Verma, Guddu Verma and Dinesh Verma with their wife Rajo Verma and her ...
Just horrible: Gang of 8 men tie up the husband and rape Swiss tourist in India
A Swiss female tourist was gang-raped in rural central India, police said on Saturday, the latest victim of sexual violence ...
Gold, splashes, and naked monks: SEE Images from Hinduism’s holiest celebration (PHOTOS)
Once every 12 years, tens of millions of Indians gather for one of Hinduism’s holiest celebrations at the confluence of ...
Brave cat takes on crocodile in India – and prevails (WATCH)
Do you think he’s lost one of his nine lives? Astonishing footage shot at an Indian zoo shows a gutsy ...
#WarAgainstRape: India sets harsher punishment for rapists, including the death penalty [DETAILS]
President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent on Sunday to new rape laws recommended by the government. Separately, five men have ...
Fight back: Women given knives by religious group to fend off rapists
India’s radical Hindu nationalist party governing Mumbai has handed out kitchen knives and chili powder to women following a gang ...
Too many madmen on the loose – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze What I will like to hear, will be the defence that will be presented by the person ...
This makes us sad: India’s capital, New Delhi, records 2 rapes a day, a 24% rise in 2012
The protesters claimed it, the media reported it and the Opposition parties harped on it. Still, the biggest confirmation of ...
Meet the woman who has not eaten nor drunk anything for 12 years (PHOTOS)
Irom Sharmila – who holds the record for the world’s longest hunger-strike – passed another dark milestone in history today ...
Out of hand: 7-year-old Indian girl raped in school toilet
A seven-year-old girl has been raped in a school toilet in the Indian holiday state of Goa, sparking mass protests ...
7 men arrested and paraded in another bus passenger gang rape in India (MUGSHOT)
by Isi Esene The Indian police have arrested six suspects and a bus driver for allegedly gang-raping a woman who ...
Farewell: Veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa buried in Lagos (PHOTOS)
by Isi Esene Enebeli Elebuwa, the veteran Nollywood actor who died recently in an Indian hospital after a prolonged illness ...
Train mows down and kills 5 elephants in India, woman venerates dead elephants with flowers (LOOK)
A passenger train has plowed into and killed five elephants of a herd crossing railroad tracks in eastern India. R.N. ...
Costly delay: Groom arrives 8 hours late, bride’s family marry her off to someone else
Being late for his own wedding proved costly for a bridegroom as he and his relatives were beaten up by ...
Notice me, ladies: Man splashes £14,000 on a solid gold shirt with Swarovski crystal buttons (LOOK)
It is often said that money can’t buy love. But trying telling that to a wealthy Indian man who splashed ...
Shame: Indian top politician beaten by villagers after ‘entering a woman’s home and raping her at 2am’ (PHOTOS)
Pictures have emerged of a leading Indian politician being beaten by villagers after allegedly raping a woman in her home ...
“Rape capital of India”: Student in Delhi gang-raped and then thrown out of bus
A 23-year-old Indian student has been allegedly gang-raped inside a private bus in the capital, Delhi, police say. The woman ...
Good news for women: Kitchen vinegar comes to the rescue for cervical cancer
Smear tests to check for abnormal cells that lead to cervical cancer are expensive and require specialist equipment. So doctors ...
Blood flows in holy ceremony: Muslim devotees turn mosque floor red (LOOK – GRAPHIC CONTENT)
Blood is seen on the floor of a mosque as Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a holy procession.Shi’a Muslims ...
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