Statistics released yesterday on the occasion of Youth Tobacco Free Day have revealed that 6 per cent of males and around 8 per cent of females aged to 14 to 19 years smoke daily.

University of Austin Texas has reported an interesting fact related to mothers who tend to feel their self - esteem harmed if fathers participate in the household chores. The analyst evaluated the 78 participants bearing 8 months old babies, on the basis of two kinds of self - esteem, one is self- competence and the other is self - liking.

A recent and surprising discovery has revealed that recession has actually managed to bring families closer. Surprised? Everyone would be, we were too! It looks like facing financial difficulties has actually forced children to move back and live with their parents. Most of the American houses nowadays are then the quintessential "multi-generational" homes.

As sad as it is, even in today's times, gays are fiercely discriminated against. People, it seems, find it very difficult to let others live their lives peacefully and accept them the way they are. Why are gays discriminated against everywhere? Some might come around saying that they aren't and that this is a thing of the past, but that is so not true.

Women bosses are no longer unusual in the corporate world, where many top-flight companies see gender and diversity programs as an essential part.

Today, flexible working, parental leave, mentoring and women's networks have become a common norm in many businesses.

With the election of Roslyn Brock of Maryland as the new Chairwomen of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, there was another generational shift in the leadership of the country's older group for civil rights. 44 year old Ms.

The latest guidelines released by Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have once again stirred the debate on mercy killing. It aims to draw lines between those who help loved ones kill themselves and those who end a life for some selfish motive.

Official figures recently released by the Government revealed that teenage pregnancy rates were falling across England and Wales, but the rate of decline was obviously not sharp enough, as the authorities ended up overhauling the strategy followed to curb teenage pregnancy.

Facebook users in United Kingdom, United States, Thailand, Mexico and other nations had to face difficulty logging in the site while others were shut out and some came across trouble trying to upload photographs, post anything following some technical server problem.

Chief Commissioner Simon Overland has said that the permanent Indian population in Melbourne is not facing more attacks than the rest of the general public.