Beijing | 4 days ago
Sexual revolution ongoing in China, says an author
Beijing, May 14 - Although attitudes toward sex are slowly changing in China, they still remain ambiguous and the ongoing sexual revolution differs from that of the West in the 1960s, according to Richard Burger, author of Behind the Red Door: Sex in China.The sexual revolution in the West was about self-expression and personal freedom. But in China, it's more restrained. It's a relaxation of sexu ... read more

London | 14 days ago
Britain to ban porn from public Wi-Fi
London, May 4 - Pornography is all set to be banned from Britain's public Wi-Fi networks by the year-end, Prime Minister David Cameron’s children’s czar has announced.The move, according to Claire Perry, was vital to prevent children from stumbling across adult material when using wireless internet networks in places such as cafes and railway stations, or seeing others who may be downloading it. ... read more

Mumbai | 15 days ago
A broader 'Shariah' index for compliant Indian stocks
Mumbai, May 3 - The Bombay Stock Exchange - has become the first in the country to launch a unique index for equities that follow the tenets of Islam - the S&P BSE 500 Shariah Index - comprising 500 largest compliant stocks that trade on the bourse. The first such broad-based index has come about thanks to a strategic pact between the BSE and S&P Dow Jones Indices in February. The Shariah ... read more

Beijing | 23 days ago
China destroys 30 mn pirated publications
Beijing, April 25 - Ahead of World Intellectual Property Day Friday, China said it had so far destroyed about 30 million pirated publications across the country this year.According to the country's national anti-pornography and anti-illegal publications office, the publications included pirated audio and visual products, books, digital publications as well as illegal newspapers and magazines, Xinh ... read more

29 days ago
Super-smelly cinema is here, and I'm off
Extreme smelliness is the next big thing in movies. Modules containing 1,000 smells are being bolted to the backs of cinema chairs. Computerized smell-releasers recreate the aromatic pongs of whatever you see on the screen, as tiny motors shake your chair and tiny sprays spurt liquid in your face.You pay extra for this.This type of movie cinema, called 4DX, was invented in South Korea, and is now ... read more

Mumbai | 1 month ago
Who is that girl in 'Aashiqui 2' poster?
Mumbai, April 15 - Not many know that Smiley Suri has posed for the Aashiqui 2 poster because she is director Mohit Suri's lucky charm.The forthcoming romantic musical saga, however, has Shraddha Kapoor as the female lead, while Aditya Roy Kapoor plays her love interest.Smiley had debuted in 2005 with her brother Mohit's second directorial venture Kalyug, about the pornography industry, and the fi ... read more

1 month ago
Miffed with lover, man airs porn on TV channel
Minsk, April 15 - An employee of a Belarusian music TV channel has been detained for allegedly airing pornographic footage on the channel during the daytime after quarrelling with his girlfriend, Belarusian investigators said Monday.On Saturday afternoon, the BelMuzTV channel aired several music videos by the Belarusian rock band Lyapis Trubetskoi, which is unofficially banned on local television, ... read more

1 month ago
'Books having swear words should display warnings'
Moscow, April 13 - Books containing swear words should be sold in plain covers displaying warnings, just like pornography, a top Russian lawmaker has said.We should consider selling such literature in cellophane covers like pornographic publications, with the warning -- Caution - uncensored language, said Stanislav Govorukhin, head of the Russian parliament's committee on culture.Govorukhin is als ... read more

1 month ago
'Books having swear words should display warnings'
Moscow, April 13 - Books containing swear words should be sold in plain covers displaying warnings, just like pornography, a top Russian lawmaker has said.We should consider selling such literature in cellophane covers like pornographic publications, with the warning -- Caution - uncensored language, said Stanislav Govorukhin, head of the Russian parliament's committee on culture.Govorukhin is als ... read more

London | 4 months ago
British girl left in foster care with 'paedophile'
London, Jan 9 - In a shocking blunder, a little girl in Britain was left in foster care with a man who is accused of downloading child pornography.The four-year-old spent a fortnight with the man even after social workers learned of the suspicions about the man, The Sun reported.The British daily was initially barred from reporting the incident. But after a two-month legal battle, a High Court jud ... read more