People suffering from a dry, scaly skin seem to have an increased risk of depression, anxiety and suicidal feelings. The skin condition, known as psoriasis, is caused by a defect in the immune system that produces skin cells in superabundance. “Psoriasis has long been recognised to be associated with potentially adverse effects on

Want to shed the flab and control blood sugar levels as well? Make sure your daily diet contains foods like asparagus, artichokes and garlic, for a study says that eating them can help fight obesity and diabetes.

Indian-origin Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has landed himself in another controversy by penning one of the darkest travelogues about Africa in decades.
Critics believe his new work, The Masque of Africa, portrays a continent still caught with one foot in its primitive past and obsessed with eating domestic pets.

Pop star Kylie Minogue is reportedly gearing up to tie the knot with her boyfriend of two years Andres Velencoso.
Friends of the 42-year-old singer’s Spanish beau say he planned to propose to her this summer, while her spokesman refuses to deny that the couple may already be secretly engaged, reported the Telegraph.

Madonna is making news for all the wrong reasons — the pop diva stunned guests at her 52nd birthday party by losing it out to cigarettes and alcohol.
The health-conscious star, who is here shooting her new film W.E., was seen with a cigarette in one hand and a stiff drink in the other, as she hosted a party at East L

Old-timer Dracula was voted the top screen vampire on Sunday, beating characters from TV shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Being Human. The Transylvanian count proved to be top of the popularity stakes as Dracula beat the new blood to top the list in a poll commissioned by leading sci-fi and fantasy magazine SFX.

A British pop singer has apparently killed himself by leaping from a satellite mast.
Charles Haddon, 22, frontman for Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, had just played at the gig in Belgium on Friday.
He was said to be “very down” after the gig at the Pukkelpop festival, which attracted 180,000 people this weekend.
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A team of bakers in Britain claims to have created the world’s biggest ever Cornish pasty, using 1,000 pounds of flour and 500 pounds of butter.
According to the Sun, the pasty measures around 15 feet long, weighs 850 kg and contains 364 pounds of beef skirt; it’s also packed with 180 pounds of swede, 100 pounds of potato and 75 pounds of onion.

Hollywood’s “It” couple Jude Law and Sienna Miller have reportedly wed in a traditional “Baci” ceremony in Laos.
The couple took part in the marriage blessing during a holiday in Laos, where their wrists were tied together with sacred thread and they offered coconuts, bananas and rice to the priest who performed the rites, reported Daily Mail.

A British teenager inspired by Robin Hood, a skilled archer popular in British legend, has set a world record in archery by shooting an arrow nearly 500 metres. Zak Crawford, 14, shot an arrow nearly 500 metres — equal to the length of five football pitches — using a recurve bow at the Northern Counties Flight Championships. He