Jaswant to visit Japan on November 23
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh is going on a three-day visit to Japan from November 23, marking what is possibly the end of a chapter of open hostility that began when India went nuclear last May.

For the last word on AIDS, try to make sense of these letters first
So you think you know all you need to know about AIDS, right? OK, what's your assessment of the QOL of PLWHAs in India? Or the KABP of MSMs? No go? Here's an easier one then: do you think TIPs for CSWs work?Face it, you can't pretend to be hip and aware of HIV/AIDS armed with only the condom.

Central Govt not to intervene in Kerala problem -- Rajagopal
Union Minister of State for Law, Justice and Company Affairs O. Rajagopal on Tuesday ruled out any Central intervention in the state in the backdrop of reports of breakdown of law and order.

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