iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. government has apparently resorted to packing powerful painkillers in diplomatic pouches usually reserved for sensitive documents in order to circumvent import laws in Iraq and ensure paramilitary medics are well-stocked in case of emergency, according to a new government report. The disclosure came in a State Department Inspector General report published online Monday that said for more than a year contract medics on protective detail for U.S. officials..

Ashrrita Chinchankar(MUMBAI, India) -- When Ashrrita Chinchankar’s mother, Pooja, first started working as a flight attendant for Air India, she would look at the few female pilots she saw around her and feel awe at their air of command and the respect they were accorded. This was 1980, when women in positions of power in India were few and far between, despite a female prime minister leading the country. "She would look at the airline captains and always think - how cool would it be to have a d..

Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Fitbit(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Defense is prohibiting personnel from using geolocation features on their devices while serving in certain locations after concerns that the information transmitted from such devices was jeopardizing the security of American forces around the world, including those deployed in classified or sensitive areas. The new policy, which is effective immediately, follows reports from earlier this year that some wearable electronic dev..