The Daily Populous

Tuesday January 9th, 2018 morning edition

image for India's gay prince opens his palace to LGBT people

A gay Indian prince has opened up his 15-acre palace grounds to vulnerable LGBT people and is said to be constructing more buildings to house visitors.

The controversial Section 377 of the country’s penal code bans sexual activity that is “against the order of nature” and many have interpreted the wording to include gay sex.

"If I could undergo these problems then any other gay person could face a similar situation,” he said.

Prince Manvendra's charity provides counselling, clinical services and support groups to thousands of men who have sex with men.

The prince himself was forced into marriage in 1991 but has since said the relationship was "a total disaster".

Prince Manvendra, who had a highly traditional and conservative upbringing, appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show back in 2007.

The ruling leads the way for discriminatory practices against LGBT people in the country to be challenged in the courts. »

Prevalence and Trends in Prepregnancy Normal Weight — 48 States, New York City, and District of Columbia, 2011–2015

Authored by cdc.gov

Entering pregnancy outside a normal weight (body mass index [BMI] of 18.5–24.9 kg/m 2 ) is associated with adverse maternal and infant health outcomes; given these outcomes, Healthy People 2020 includes an objective to increase the proportion of women entering pregnancy with normal weight.

Given these outcomes, Healthy People 2020 includes an objective to increase the proportion of women entering pregnancy with a normal weight from 52.5% in 2007 to 57.8% by 2020.

* Because recent trends in prepregnancy normal weight have not been reported, CDC examined 2011–2015 National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) natality data, which included prepregnancy BMI. »

Kushner Under Fire for Receiving $30M From Israeli Firm While Shaping Middle East Policy

Authored by commondreams.org

"There has indeed been clear collusion proven between pre-inaugurated Trump and a foreign power—with Israel, to sink Obama's U.N. policy on settlements.".

The firm also bought several floors of the former New York Times headquarters building in Manhattan from Lev Leviev, an Israeli businessman and philanthropist.

"There has indeed been clear collusion proven between pre-inaugurated Trump and a foreign power—with Israel, to sink Obama's U.N. policy on settlements," Greenwald wrote. »

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon’s Trade Group Joining Net Neutrality Court Challenge

Authored by fortune.com

The Internet Association, a trade group that counts Airbnb, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other giants as members, said Friday that it will join in legal action aimed at restoring net neutrality regulations.

The order opens the door for internet service providers to throttle, block, or charge more for certain content.

Since the FCC vote to repeal net neutrality rules in December, opponents of the decision have been preparing to fight it in the courts. »

Chinese dating apps closed after women revealed to be robots

Authored by bbc.com

A number of Chinese mobile applications have been shut down after it was revealed women on their platforms were actually automated robots, it's reported.

According to the Modern Express newspaper, police have closed down mobile apps associated with 21 companies and arrested more than 600 suspects operating across 13 provinces, after discovering that messages from some women were being automatically generated by computer programmes.

They wrote computer programmes which generated greeting messages and compliments from fake accounts, and targeted these at newly registered users. »