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A study on the link between humour and testosterone has done a complete u-turn when the researchers conducted a follow-up in the world’s second most populous country. The Norwich University Hospital study that said that men are likely to be funnier than women and that humour rises from testosterone said that their findings were “hideously incorrect” when they decided to continue the study in India. The study now says that based on the Indian part of the report, the study is “entirely misguided and unfounded” and that there is no way that Indian men either have a sense of humour and that there is no way that it is “linked to testosterone.”

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When an unidentified Australian decided to show his support to the Indian fightback on the first day of the Boxing Day test, little did he know that his bare-all support would create an international incident. The man is now being sought for extradition by Indian authorities after a lawsuit was filed by a Jaipur lawyer whose sentiments were hurt on seeing the Indian flag being desecrated. The lawyer is also taking the BCCI to task in order to make them accountable for what kind of attire is given to protect a streaker’s modesty.

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It would seem that 2008 might herald the long awaited birth of online gaming in India. For a country dominated by techies, it is indeed pathetic that the few sites that cater to online gamers involve 20 year old technology and packaging and a meagre selection of 1995-age games. Packaged as made for casual gamers, these sites are about to receive a proper kick in the pants with the launch of World of India, a massive multiplayer online game that is targeted entirely towards users in India. Adapted from the legendary World of Warcraft, this game feeds off Indian tastes and likes – namely singing, dancing and over the top emotion.

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The globally successful horror film 28 Weeks Later might be planning a sequel in India. This film is one of many popular English movies that are looking to base their stories in India. The film, centring on a virus that turns people into angry beasts, would look to tap into local talents and abilities and feed off the normal demeanour of the people in the country and incorporate that into the story line.

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The Vatican is under pressure from social groups to reinvent the figure of Jesus Christ. These groups believe that calling a size zero person the son of God sends a very wrong message to impressionable young children who might start associating skinny body types to be desirable and next to God. These groups, comprising mother support groups, anorexia support groups and women support groups, believe that there is nothing wrong in depicting Jesus Christ in a fuller, plumper body image worthy of a man who could make fish appear from thin air. They believe that people would still believe he died for their sins even if Christ may not necessarily look like it.

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A recent poll has showed that more than 90% of Indians are surprised that the world regards them as “conservative.” According to the survey, most Indians think themselves to be broad and open minded, forward thinking and even progressive and they are amazed that anyone would consider them anything but that. The survey also highlighted the fact that the remaining people, roughly 7%, knew that Indians are conservative and were not surprised by the fact that the remaining people were surprised. The survey, funded by the United Nations Development Programme aimed at highlighting the reasons for this find and interviewed close to 1,300,000 people from six metros.

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A recent study based in the University of Michigan in USA has highlighted a growing concern amongst several intellectuals worldwide. The study to find out just how countries rank in terms of short term memory has revealed that India ranks as the country where people have the shortest possible short term memory. The survey studied people from nearly a 100 countries and found that Indians have a short term memory of less than a second. What is surprising is that the Maori tribals of New Zealand have the best short term memory amongst those surveyed.

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