Dynastic Politics: In Politics, It's All About Loving Your Family, But Voters Won’t Have It Anymore

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

As the results to the Assembly polls show, dynastic politics have cost political parties dear, especially the Congress.

Hindu mythology is littered with references to the obsessive love that parents have for their children. Bollywood has drunk deep from that wellspring, the “mere paas ma hai” school of thought reigning supreme over many decades.

JNTUH 'Evaluation Process' Questioned

By ANNIE SADAF | INNLIVE

Engineering students of colleges affiliated to Jawharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad have sought changes in the exam evaluation system, claiming that currently professors spend hardly a few minutes to correct each paper.

Several complaints have been registered in the past about lapses in the evaluation process. Recently, members of the JNTU-H Students' Joint Action Committee (JNTU-HSJAC) shot off a letter to varsity authorities highlighting the plight of thousands of students.

New ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Gene May Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke: Research

By SARAH WILLIAMS | INNLIVE

A gene, thought to be inactive in adults, may actually play a vital role in preventing heart attacks and strokes and could also delay some of the effects of ageing, scientists have found.

Finding a way to augment the expression of this gene in adult cells may have profound implications for promoting health and possibly reversing some of the detrimental effects with ageing," said Gary K Owens, from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine.

How India’s Archaic Laws Have A Chilling Effect On Dissent?

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

Citizens should no longer have to worry about being 'punished by the process' of being subjected to bad laws and the whims of poorly trained police.

In 2012, political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was charged with sedition for uploading some of his sketches that were critical of the government. “I found a lawyer who fought my case for free,” he said, adding that fighting a criminal case can prove too expensive for an artist.

No Squeeze, No Wheeze, No Navel Please: How Indian Advertising Lost Puritanism?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Between Doordarshan and the Advertising Standards Council of India, ads could not be remotely racy, but the agencies kept trying anyway.

In mid-1995, Tuffs shoes ran a half-page ad in the Times of India featuring supermodels Milind Soman and Madhu Sapre in the nude except for their shoes and a strategically positioned python wrapped around them. The brand, the advertising agency Ambience, the founder of the agency, Ashok Kurien, the models and all involved with the ad were taken to court for obscenity.

Exclusive: Sexual Violence Routinely Used As A Weapon In Conflict Zones Across South Asia

By MENAKA RAO | INNLIVE

In Kashmir and Balochistan, Chhattisgarh and Nepal, sexual violence is used with impunity to subjugate women, say researchers.

There is an exponential increase in the incidence of sexual violence – which is often used as a tool of punishment, for revenge and to teach other communities a lesson – in areas of conflict in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These are the findings of a three-year long project exploring sexual violence and impunity in South Asia, which were discussed during a conference in New Delhi on Saturday.

Feature: Have You Tried Online Weightloss?

By AEMAN FATIMA | INNLIVE

It is the age of restlessness. People want to look good, stay healthy and happy without investing time for it. In their hectic, maddening lifestyles they harbor the will to lead a healthy life but lack the time and energy to do so. But then, technology has made it easy for them by offering solutions like, weight loss and exercise apps. Another fad which is widely picking up is signing up for online diet programmes.

Microsoft To Tackle Terrorist Content Across Services

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Microsoft aims to ban online terrorist content with the help from its users and online reporting tools.

Microsoft: "We have a responsibility to run our various Internet services so that they are a tool to empower people, not to contribute, however indirectly, to terrible acts."

Microsoft has announced the action it plans to take to ban all terrorist content from a selection of its consumer services.