Amrutha Gayathri

Captain of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia that capsized leaving 5 people dead, 42 others injured, and 17 still unaccounted for, has been accused of showing off when he maneuvered the ship dangerously close to the shore for the entertainment of the tourists on the island.

It doesn't matter that some Americans have had enough of the Kardashian family and are actively protesting to take Keeping up with the Kardashians off the air. There are some others who continue to remain hooked! Even legendary investor Warren Buffett isn't, apparently, able to ignore the clan that became famous for reasons nobody really knows any more.

For most of us Friday the 13th was as uneventful as it could get; for the unlucky passengers on board the cruise ship Costa Concordia, on a trip to the Mediterranean, it was one the worst days of their lives.

Joining the list of celebrities, who have stripped for the controversial PETA advertisements, is model-actress Olivia Munn, whose nude poster was released on Thursday. Shot by renowned celebrity photographer Emily Shur, the poster shows Munn posing nude with a tagline: Who Needs Fur to Feel Beautiful?

Experiencing the cuisine and food of a country or a region is considered one the key practices of a good tourist. Food is given due importance alongside climate, accommodation and scenery while choosing a place to visit.

The YouTube effort of a mash-up of President Obama's speeches, showing him singing Born This Way, a song by American singer Lady Gaga, has become a viral hit on the Internet. The meticulously mixed video has already garnered nearly 10,000 likes within a day of uploading and is currently among the most trending videos on YouTube.

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has sparked a controversy, posting a Twitter message in which she offered her support to drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, known as the world's most powerful drug trafficker.

News of the scandalous exploitation of the Jarawa tribe on India's Andaman Island, following the release of undated footage showing members of the ancient tribe coerced into entertaining tourists in exchange for food, has sparked worldwide outrage.

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.

A Muslim cleric from Iran has claimed that the social networking site Facebook is un-Islamic and being a member of it is a sin, the ISNA news agency reported last week.

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of how near the human species is to self-destruction, probably as a result of nuclear weapons programs or climate change, was adjusted, on Jan. 9, to five minutes to midnight - or doomsday!

She is legally blind and has a hard time understanding people when they talk. That however has not stopped this 90-year-old grandmother from dancing to the tunes of tremendously popular electro-pop duo LMFAO.

An interesting bit from Mitt Romney's campaign tour through South Carolina on Friday morning has made it to the top of Internet videos that went viral this weekend.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has found himself in hot water over a statement regarding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and food stamps for the African American community, stirring up heated debates in the blogosphere which accused him of singling out Blacks.

A computer worm dubbed Ramnit is believed to have stolen about 45,000 Facebook login credentials, a digital security firm has warned. The stolen data have been taken largely from Facebook accounts in UK and France, the security firm Seculert said.

Southern California authorities have warned homeless people in Orange County to be careful if they sleep alone on the streets, following reports that a serial killer targeting homeless people has already killed three men.

La Redoute, one of the biggest fashion chains in France, sparked a controversy for publishing a photo advertisement in which a naked man appears in the background of a group of children who modeled in beachwear.

Kim Jong-un, the third and youngest son of Kim Jong-il, the former dictatorial leader of North Korea, is gradually developing a personality cult, in a process orchestrated by the North Korean government and aided by the state-run media.

A sect of self-proclaimed digital pirates, which believes information is holy and copying is a sacrament, has been recognized as an official religion in Sweden.

A toy company has launched figurines, capturing, in quite some detail, the appearance of Steve Jobs, the now legendary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple Inc., complete with his signature black turtle neck, blue jeans and rimless circular glasses.

Humanity survived the hype and dread of the Judgment Day of 1844, the deadly Halley's Comet which almost hit the planet in 1910 with its toxic tail, and the cataclysmic digital failure popularly known as Y2K in 2000. However, for some mysterious reasons, people seem to crave for fresh doomsday predictions as the older episodes and dates are forgotten.

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul claims that there should be no federal laws against sexual harassment and that the victim of sexual harassment bears equal moral responsibility for the act as the harasser.

An independent college in Scotland, sponsored by the Dubai royal family and whose stated aim is to promote multiculturalism, has sacked its Principal - Professor Malory Nye, 47. They have alleged discriminatory practices on grounds of racial and religious bias as the reason for their dismissal.

An Indian biopic, “The Dirty Picture”, on the life of “Silk” Smitha, a South Indian actress known for her erotic roles and films, has been banned by a Qatari agency in charge of censoring films to be screened in the country. The film has already been released in other Islamic nations, including Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the charming duo from the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer, teamed up once again... this time to roll out an adorable duet, covering Nancy Wilson's classic song What Are You Doing New Year's Eve, for Zooey's YouTube channel HelloGiggles.

The leader of the Communist Party in Bohemia and Moravia (two regions of several which comprise the Czech Republic) Vojt?ch Filip, is reportedly facing a police investigation, over a letter of condolence sent to North Korea on the occasion of the death of the country's ruler, Kim Jong-il.

Fox Latin America has apologized for a Facebook poll which sought to uncover people's opinions on who was responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.

Strange as it may sound, the U.S. government has been accused of spreading cancer among South American leaders, by none other than the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.

Apparently, the mysteries shrouding the man termed as the most peculiar and haunted of presidents could be even more complicated than previously thought. A new book titled, Nixon's Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled President, by Don Fulsom, a longtime White House reporter and former United Press International Washington bureau chief, has claimed that the former U.S. President Richard Nixon was involved in a homosexual affair with confidante Charle...