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'एक देश एक चुनाव' बेहतर विचार है, पर यह आगामी आम चुनाव में संभव नहीं: नीतीश कुमार बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने कहा कि 'एक देश एक चुनाव' बेहतर विचार है, पर यह आगामी आम चुनाव में संभव नहीं है. Source link

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BJP May Propose Polls Along With Those In US, Russia: Shiv Sena

BJP May Propose Polls Along With Those In US, Russia: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut also wondered how holding simultaneously polls will benefit the country.

Mumbai: 

Taking potshots at the BJP on the ‘ one nation, one poll’ proposal, the Shiv Sena today said it “may even propose to hold the elections simultaneously with those in the US and Russia.”

Sena’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut also wondered how holding the Lok Sabha and assembly polls…

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Government to Outsource Syria Debate to One Poll

The government has decided to outsource any further ethical debate over the bombing of Syria to multiple-choice pollsters One Poll. “Morals are difficult,” said David Cameron. “I think it’s much better if we privatise these kinds of decisions to anonymous Internet button clickers .” One Poll are said to be delighted to have beaten ATOS to the cushy job of weighing up ‘good’ and ‘bad’ murders.…

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"Women are more attractive than men, and can be good ego accessories!" says app about looks

Beauty and the beast? Most men consider their other half to be the most attractive

MOST men think their other half is better looking than they are, it emerged yesterday.

And they prefer it that way because it boosts their self-esteem.

Sixty per cent of men questioned in a survey said their wife or girlfriend was more attractive than them.

But only 25 per cent of women thought their partner was better looking.

Source: Express, 30th November 2013

We have something of a mixed bag of genderism to unpack in this story from the Express: firstly, the implication that men are less attractive than women, which comes with a whole host of problematic attendant assumptions around the value of looks in one gender or another, and the related value of that particular gender. It's flattering and helpful to neither men nor women.

Plus, we have the equally insidious suggestion that having an attractive woman on one's arm is a boost to the self-esteem of men. Clearly this sets up all manner of implications, from the reduction of women to a mere accessory to male ego, all the way to the definition of masculinity being reflected and represented by the attractiveness of partner a man can attract.

In a few short sentences, we've some pretty ugly assumptions and unhelpfully genderist messages sent - and to what purpose?

But how do ugly men end up with a beautiful girl who might usually be out of their league?

Well, being funny, a good listener and having nice manners are the key attributes, according to the survey by lookalikes site Celebalike.com.

All this, simply to advertise an app about celebrity lookalikes? Was it really worth it? Well, if you were the makers of the app surveying the headlines, or if you were Bad PR regulars OnePoll, the company hired to produce the 'data' behind this story, you might well think it was worth it.

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A nation of budding foodies: Today's children have more adventurous tastes than their parents did

Smoked salmon, goat's cheese, garlic and salami might have seemed like exotic fare to previous generations but for today's children they are nothing out of the ordinary.

A new survey has found that parents are encouraging their children to try more adventurous foods and more than half of all parents say that their children boast a far more sophisticated palate than they had at the same age.

Source: Daily Mail, 14th October 2013

Gone is the myth that children are too picky to eat anything a little unusual, then - the modern child can chew through all manner of grown-up food. Which is handy, given the company that employed Bad PR regulars OnePoll to come up with this finding:

A study carried out by dairy company Applewood Cheese across five generations of Brits across the UK revealed that nearly four-fifths of parents encourage their children to eat more worldly and stronger tasting foods than they were exposed to in their own youth.