Fitness and fasting: Making exercise during Ramadan work for you

It’s a dilemma faced by many Muslims every year. INNLIVE breaks down how you can both fast and exercise.

Going to the gym on an empty stomach, without any water and slightly sleep-deprived during the long summer days of July may seem a little loony. Yet all across the world, many Muslims choose to do this. On the first day of Ramadan, my friend and I went to the gym, naively thinking we’d be the only Muslims there. How wrong we were.

Human Interest Story: Six Best Global Festivals That Will Blow Your Mind

There’s something about festivals, be it a giant, joyous party or a respectful honouring of tradition; a seemingly bizarre adherence to ritual or a celebration of a quirky obsession – it’s a uniquely human thing to be involved in.

We like to get together to dance, sing, eat, laugh, drink, dress up, light fires, take our clothes off, throw tomatoes at each other, roll around in mud – just about anything really, but we seem to like doing it in really large groups with bags of enthusiasm. This selection from 50 Festivals to Blow Your Mind should give party-loving travellers plenty of ideas for their next trip.

Jasmine to chocolate: In sex-shy India, flavoured condoms are way more popular than regular rubbers

A sex worker blows a condom for decorating a tram during an AIDS awareness campaign in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 1, 2007. India has the world's third biggest caseload of people living with the deadly virus. After originally estimating some 5.7 million were infected in India, the U.N. reduced that estimate to 2.5 million.

In a country where talking about sex remains a taboo, and the act of buying contraception is often shrouded in secrecy, flavoured condoms are having a moment.

Burning Story: Indians spited by the H-1B clampdown can get another visa to work in the US—as long as they can spare $500,000

As the H-1B visa program goes on the chopping block, a 27-year-old visa is getting some new attention. Meet the EB-5.

The way things stand, most H-1B applicants come from India and Southeast Asia. They enter the H-1B lottery and then, if they receive a temporary work visa, may have to wait more than a decade for permanent residency.

Investigation: Can't Get A Loan? These Fintech Lenders Want To Help You When Traditional Banks Won’t!

Unless you have a platinum credit card to flaunt, you're probably among millions of Indians who may know a thing or two about just how nerve-wracking and arduous the process of getting a bank loan is. Thanks to internet.

And despite the exhortations of PM Narendra Modi, getting big banks to deem you credit worthy is a feat in itself--you must rank high on parameters like where you work, how much money you make, your credit score, your tax filing history and even your marital status-–to land a loan.

Gripping Story: China's Growing Clout?

Leaked Report Reveals China's Designs On Pakistan Economy And Culture, on the other hand, China-Pak Economic Corridor Not Directed At India, Will Remain Neutral On Kashmir. 

Pakistani newspaper Dawn has published details from a leaked report, outlining China's plans for Pakistan, all of which sounds rather concerning from an Indian vantage.

Manisha Koirala interview: ‘No matter how much heartbreak you suffer, you should not lose hope’

The 1990s star will be seen in the June 2 release ‘Dear Maya’.

There is a warm, fuzzy embrace of anticipation around Manisha Koirala’s upcoming film Dear Maya, directed by debutante Sunaina Bhatnagar. And it has little to do with the fact that it is the actress’s first release after six years. The 1990s movie star has emerged from a long battle with cancer and other personal crises. In the June 2 release, Koirala plays a recluse who is the subject of a thoughtless prank and then goes missing.