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Missing sex talk? Doctors link STI rise among youngsters to awareness gap

Bengaluru: Doctors in Bengaluru are reporting a rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents and young adults, prompting calls for greater awareness, comprehensive sex education and easier access to healthcare rather than moral judgement or stigma.Gynaecologists across the city say they are increasingly diagnosing STIs in patients as young as 17 and 18 years….

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BJP’s Nainar Nagenthran courts controversy with remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Vijay

State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday courted a controversy with a personal remark against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, recalling the latter’s recent “father’s missing” comment in the assembly.Ministers and TVK leaders condemned Nagenthran’s remarks, dubbing them “uncivilised.”…

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J&K CM Omar’s Article 370, PoK remarks draw BJP fire

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday slammed Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for criticising the abrogation of Article 370 during his Independence Day speech and accused him of creating an atmosphere of confusion in the Valley.Reacting to Omar’s speech, leader of opposition in Jammu and…

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Meet Jamie Bell, the 18-year-old London teen who started selling old Lego at 13 and generated over $400,000 in annual sales, with nearly $68,000 profit

Teenager Made More Than $400,000 in a Year Selling Old Legos in eBay Auctions: ‘I Had to Get an Accountant at 16’ An 18-year-old student from South London has turned a small teenage hobby of reselling second-hand Lego into a business with annual sales of more than $400,000 (£312,000). Jamie Bell runs the business, called…

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Commercial whaling killed 350,000 blue whales and 725,000 fin whales; more than 40 years later, the giants are slowly returning to the southeast Atlantic

After commercial whaling nearly erased them, blue and fin whales are slowly reclaiming the southeast Atlantic Commercial whaling killed an estimated 350,000 blue whales and 725,000 fin whales during the 20th century. More than 40 years after commercial whaling ended, however, the two largest whale species are slowly returning to parts of their former range…

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