In the backdrop of rise in number of HIV positive prisoners, the Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to examine the possibility of allowing jail inmates to have sex with their wives in privacy.

A social networking website has been launched for people living with HIV and AIDS to help them connect with each other, exchange ideas and share information.

Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic started, according to new data published by UNAIDS on Tuesday.

Medical authorities in Moscow have registered over 50,000 HIV-infected cases, including 32,000 city residents.

More than 1.5 million women with HIV in Asia were infected by their husbands or boyfriends and 50 million more are at risk of infection, according to a report released on Tuesday.