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Pepsi pipped Aircel to become the new title sponsors of the Indian Premier League. Chinese internet users are rallying around a Beijing blogger who's been detained by police after posting a joke on Twitter about the pivotal Communist Party congress. Actor Shah Rukh Khan has dismissed reports of a "patch up" between him and the Dabangg star Salman Khan. Kristen Stewart has expressed a desire to work in a Bollywood film with Hrithik Roshan. The rate of new HIV infections in India has dropped by an encouraging 57% over the last decade. These constitute the most widely read up issues to which the full stories can be found by clicking on the following links:

Soft drink giants Pepsi on Wednesday became the new title sponsors of the cash-rich Indian Premier League after it won the bid for title rights for five years by paying a whopping Rs. 396 crores. Pepsi pipped Aircel, which had offered Rs. 316 crores, in the bid for the title sponsorship of the Twenty20 tournament.

Hundreds of Chinese internet users are rallying around a Beijing blogger who's been detained by police after posting a joke on Twitter about the pivotal Communist Party congress.

Actor Shah Rukh Khan has dismissed reports of a "patch up" between him and the Dabangg star Salman Khan.

Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart has expressed a desire to work in a Bollywood film with Hrithik Roshan.

The rate of new HIV infections in India has dropped by an encouraging 57% over the last decade thanks to increased domestic spending towards the AIDS response.