Gay tourism destinations - those which showcase liberal attitudes toward same gender couples and boast extensive gay infrastructure offering socializing opportunities - have been recognized as a lucrative niche tourism segment.
Controversy over the involvement of local police in the alleged exploitation of a few Jarawa (an indigenous people) women on India's Andaman Island has led to the Ministry seeking reports from the island's administration.
Gold traders in India, the world's biggest buyer of bullion, stepped up buying for the upcoming wedding season, as gold prices stayed near the week's trough, giving silver a boost.
The Rio de Janeiro's winter 2012 fashion week got under way this Tuesday with a series of couture collection displays by designers like Alexandre Herchcovitch, Erika Frade and Alessa Migani.
The head of global sovereign ratings for Fitch, one of the world's premier credit rating agencies, riled up the Italian government today by saying the country was the pivotal factor on which the European financial crisis hinges, and suggesting the country's credit rating could be further downgraded.
Shares of silver mining companies rose on Tuesday as the price of the metal jumped, outperforming the rest of the market.
India's central bank has allowed four more banks to import precious metals, a move that would boost competition and help reduce premiums in the world's biggest importer of bullion.
Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines Ltd has told aviation minister Ajit Singh that it will not be able to maintain normal operations without a temporary bank overdraft, the Financial Express newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The art of contortion creates nearly impossible feats with the human body where toes wiggle next to ears and backs become like bendy straws, but contortionists say that their extreme acts takes practice and some flexibility, not a freak physique.
The next ice age, due in the next 1,500 years, won't arrive because of high levels of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, scientists reported Monday.
China's growing demand for energy means oil should fundamentally have the most upside when compared to other publicly traded commodities, a Goldman Sachs analyst told a financial strategy conference in London Monday.
Oil, gold and base metals are Goldman Sachs' top commodity picks this year, with big upside risk in oil due to tight fundamentals and a potential Iranian conflict, the investment bank said on Monday.
On the eve of her 30th birthday Kate Middleton dazzled on the red carpet of the War Horse premiere, wearing a full-length Alice Temperley evening gown, but when the lights went down at the screening, the Royal Duchess of Cambridge let her guard down and cried, according to the film's director, Steve Spielberg.
Exiled former president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has announced he will return to the country at the end of January to take the helm of his party's parliamentary election campaigning, as, he said, he is the only one capable of doing so.
Blue Ivy Carter joined a very auspicious and rarefied club when she entered the world Saturday: Babies with strange names and celebrity parents.
The grey-haired men stood admiring the line of luxury cars at London's ExCel centre while at a nearby stand a woman handed over money for a silver cigarette case -- not the usual things you would expect to buy at a boat show.
High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1,500 years, an article in the journal Nature Geoscience said on Monday.
She will celebrate her birthday without much fanfare.
While everyone thought Robert Pattinson and his on-screen girlfriend Kristen Stewart were living it up in Los Angeles, the couple was suddenly spotted having a romantic getaway in New York City over the weekend, according to Hollywood Life.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Greece on Monday it would not be possible to give further aid without rapid progress on its second rescue package, including a voluntary write-down on Greek debt held by private creditors.
A stylish birthday it is for Kate Middleton who turns 30-years-old Monday. During her last moments of 29, the Duchess of Cambridge stepped out in an Alice Temperley gown, stunning the crowd yet again.
Kate Middleton will celebrate her 30th birthday on Monday, and palace officials have indicated that the Duchess of Cambridge will have something low-key and private.
