World Cup Schedule

#	Date & Time	Match	Venue
1	Sat 19 Feb 02:00 PM IST	IND vs BAN	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
2	Sun 20 Feb 09:30 AM IST	NZ vs KEN	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
3	Sun 20 Feb 02:30 PM IST	SL vs CAN	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
4	Mon 21 Feb 02:30 PM IST	AUS vs ZIM	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera
5	Tue 22 Feb 02:30 PM IST	ENG vs NED	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
6	Wed 23 Feb 02:30 PM IST	PAK vs KEN	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
7	Thu 24 Feb 02:30 PM IST	SA vs WI	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
8	Fri 25 Feb 09:30 AM IST	AUS vs NZ	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
9	Fri 25 Feb 02:00 PM IST	BAN vs IRE	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
10	Sat 26 Feb 02:30 PM IST	PAK vs SL	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
11	Sun 27 Feb 02:30 PM IST	IND vs ENG	Bangalore
12	Mon 28 Feb 09:30 AM IST	ZIM vs CAN	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
13	Mon 28 Feb 02:30 PM IST	WI vs NED	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
14	Tue 01 Mar 02:30 PM IST	SL vs KEN	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
15	Wed 02 Mar 02:30 PM IST	ENG vs IRE	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
16	Thu 03 Mar 09:30 AM IST	SA vs NED	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
17	Thu 03 Mar 02:30 PM IST	PAK vs CAN	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
18	Fri 04 Mar 09:30 AM IST	NZ vs ZIM	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera
19	Fri 04 Mar 02:00 PM IST	BAN vs WI	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
20	Sat 05 Mar 02:30 PM IST	AUS vs SL	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
21	Sun 06 Mar 09:30 AM IST	SA vs ENG	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
22	Sun 06 Mar 02:30 PM IST	IND vs IRE	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
23	Mon 07 Mar 02:30 PM IST	CAN vs KEN	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
24	Tue 08 Mar 02:30 PM IST	PAK vs NZ	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
25	Wed 09 Mar 02:30 PM IST	IND vs NED	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
26	Thu 10 Mar 02:30 PM IST	SL vs ZIM	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
27	Fri 11 Mar 09:30 AM IST	WI vs IRE	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
28	Fri 11 Mar 02:00 PM IST	BAN vs ENG	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
29	Sat 12 Mar 02:30 PM IST	IND vs SA	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
30	Sun 13 Mar 09:30 AM IST	NZ vs CAN	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
31	Sun 13 Mar 02:30 PM IST	AUS vs KEN	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
32	Mon 14 Mar 09:00 AM IST	BAN vs NED	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
33	Mon 14 Mar 02:30 PM IST	PAK vs ZIM	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
34	Tue 15 Mar 02:30 PM IST	SA vs IRE	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
35	Wed 16 Mar 02:30 PM IST	AUS vs CAN	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
36	Thu 17 Mar 02:30 PM IST	ENG vs WI	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
37	Fri 18 Mar 09:30 AM IST	NED vs IRE	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
38	Fri 18 Mar 02:30 PM IST	NZ vs SL	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
39	Sat 19 Mar 09:00 AM IST	BAN vs SA	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
40	Sat 19 Mar 02:30 PM IST	AUS vs PAK	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
41	Sun 20 Mar 09:30 AM IST	ZIM vs KEN	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
42	Sun 20 Mar 02:30 PM IST	IND vs WI	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
43	Wed 23 Mar 02:00 PM IST	A1 vs B4 (1st Quarter Final, C)	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
44	Thu 24 Mar 02:30 PM IST	A2 vs B3 (2nd Quarter Final, D)	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera
45	Fri 25 Mar 02:00 PM IST	A3 vs B2 (3rd Quarter Final, E)	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
46	Sat 26 Mar 02:30 PM IST	A4 vs B1 (4th Quarter Final, F)	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
47	Tue 29 Mar 02:30 PM IST	Winner C vs Winner E (1st Semi Final)	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
48	Wed 30 Mar 02:30 PM IST	Winner D vs Winner F (2nd Semi Final)	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
49	Sat 02 Apr 02:30 PM IST	SF1 vs SF2 (Final)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

World Cup Statistics

Batting

• Highest individual score  


• Leading run scores  


• Best batting strike rate  


• Best batting averages  


• Most 50s  


• Most 100s  


• Most 6s  


• Most 4s  

S no.	Highest Runs vs team
1.	Gary Kirsten (SA)	188* vs. UAE
2.	Sourav Ganguly (IND)	183 vs. SL
3.	Vivian Richards (WI)	181 vs. SL
4.	Kapil Dev (IND)	175* vs. ZIM
5.	Craig Wishart (ZIM)	172* vs. NAM

S no.	Total Runs
1.	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	1796 (36 Matches)
2.	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	1537 (39 Matches)
3.	Brian Lara (WI)	1225 (34 Matches)
4.	Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	1165 (38 Matches)
5.	Adam Gilchrist (AUS)	1085 (31 Matches)

S.no	Highest Strike Rate
1.	Shane Watson (AUS)	170.58 (8 Matches)
2.	Dwayne Smith (WI)	163.33 (6 Matches)
3.	Chris Lewis (ENG)	155.76 (9 Matches)
4.	Andy Blignaut (ZIM)	138.20 (7 Matches)
5.	Ian Smith (NZ)	132.69 (17 Matches)

S no.	Highest average
1.	Shane Watson (AUS)	145 (8 Matches)
2.	Lance Klusener (SA)	124 (14 Matches)
3.	Andrew Symonds (AUS)	103 (18 Matches)
4.	James Franklin (NZ)	95 (9 Matches)
5.	Michael Clarke (AUS)	87.2 (11 Matches)

S no.	Total Fifties
1.	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	13 (36 Matches)
2.	Graham Gooch (ENG)	8 (21 Matches)
3.	Martin Crowe (NZ)	8 (21 Matches)
4.	Steve Tikolo (KEN)	8 (23 Matches)
5.	Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	8 (25 Matches)

S no.	Total hundreds
1.	Sourav Ganguly (IND)	4 (21 Matches)
2.	Mark Waugh (AUS)	4 (22 Matches)
3.	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	4 (36 Matches)
4.	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	4 (39 Matches)
5.	Rameez Raja (PAK)	3 (16 Matches)

S no.	Total Sixes
1.	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	30 (39 Matches)
2.	Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	28 (25 Matches)
3.	Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	27 (38 Matches)
4.	Sourav Ganguly (IND)	25 (21 Matches)
5.	Matthew Hayden (AUS)	23 (22 Matches)

S no.	Total Fours
1.	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	189 (36 Matches)
2.	Adam Gilchrist (AUS)	141 (31 Matches)
3.	Stephen Fleming (NZ)	135 (33 Matches)
4.	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	130 (39 Matches)
5.	Brian Lara (WI)	124 (34 Matches)

Bowling

• Best bowling  


• Leading wicket takers  


• Most economical  


• Most expensive  

S no.	Best Performance
1.	Glenn McGrath (AUS)	7/15 (7 Ovrs) vs. NAM
2.	Andrew Bichel (AUS)	7/20 (10 Ovrs) vs. ENG
3.	Winston Davis (WI)	7/51 (10.3 Ovrs) vs. AUS
4.	Gary Gilmour (AUS)	6/14 (12 Ovrs) vs. ENG
5.	Shane Bond (NZ)	6/23 (10 Ovrs) vs. AUS

S no.	Total Wickets
1.	Glenn McGrath (AUS)	71 (39 Matches)
2.	Wasim Akram (PAK)	55 (38 Matches)
3.	Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)	53 (31 Matches)
4.	Chaminda Vaas (SL)	49 (31 Matches)
5.	Javagal Srinath (IND)	44 (34 Matches)

S no.	Most Economical
1.	John Snow (ENG)	1.80 (3 Matches)
2.	Derek Underwood (ENG)	1.86 (2 Matches)
3.	Geoff Dymock (AUS)	2.06 (3 Matches)
4.	Geoff Arnold (ENG)	2.35 (3 Matches)
5.	Bishan Bedi (IND)	2.46 (5 Matches)

Sno	Most Expensive
1.	Dwayne Leverock (BER)	7.74 (23.3 Ovrs, 3 Matches)
2.	Ryan ten Doeschate (NED)	7.55 (20.0 Ovrs, 3 Matches)
3.	Liam Plunkett (ENG)	6.95 (23.0 Ovrs, 3 Matches)
4.	Nicky Boje (SA)	6.54 (22.0 Ovrs, 5 Matches)
5.	Tapash Baisya (BAN)	6.44 (24.5 Ovrs, 5 Matches)

Fielding

• Most catches  


• Most stumping  


• Most run outs  

Sno	Most Catches Taken
1.	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	25 (39 Matches)
2.	Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	18 (38 Matches)
3.	Chris Cairns (NZ)	16 (28 Matches)
4.	Brian Lara (WI)	16 (34 Matches)
5.	Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	16 (35 Matches)

Sno	Max stumping done
1.	Moin Khan (PAK)	7 (20 Matches)
2.	Adam Gilchrist (AUS)	7 (31 Matches)
3.	Kiran More (IND)	6 (14 Matches)
4.	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	6 (21 Matches)
5.	Romesh Kaluwitharana (SL)	4 (11 Matches)

S no.	Highest run outs done
1.	Jonty Rhodes (SA)	5 (24 Matches)
2.	Dwayne Bravo (WI)	4 (9 Matches)
3.	Chris Harris (NZ)	4 (28 Matches)
4.	Lou Vincent (NZ)	3 (6 Matches)
5.	Mark Waugh (AUS)	3 (22 Matches)

Teams

• Highest team total  


• Lowest team total  


• Largest victory margin (Rns.)  


• Largest Victory Margin (Wts.)  

Sno	Highest Runs
1.	IND	413 vs. BER
2.	SL	398 vs. KEN
3.	AUS	377 vs. SA
4.	IND	373 vs. SL
5.	NZ	363 vs. CAN

Sno	Lowest Runs
1.	CAN	36 vs. SL
2.	CAN	45 vs. ENG
3.	NAM	45 vs. AUS
4.	SCO	68 vs. WI
5.	PAK	74 vs. ENG

S no.	Victory by Highest margin by run
1.	IND	257 vs. BER
2.	AUS	256 vs. NAM
3.	SL	243 vs. BER
4.	AUS	229 vs. NED
5.	SA	221 vs. NED

S no.	Victory by Highest margin by wickets
1.	IND	10 vs. ZIM
2.	WI	10 vs. PAK
3.	WI	10 vs. ZIM
4.	SA	10 vs. KEN
5.	SL	10 vs. BAN

5 for 15 for England against Zimbabwe - all of them lbw, an ODI record for England at the time.

“The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love”

Why do girls fall in love with bad boys?

 

Why is it that a bad boy is so appealing to a girl?

 

 

 

 

Narcissistic, thrill-seeking and deceitful men are the kinds that sweep women off their feet because they associate these traits with masculinity, according to a new study .

 

Adrian Farnham, a professor of psychology at University College London, argued that "dark side" traits can have "bright side" consequences, especially in the workplace.

"These people may be particularly good at certain types of work involving quality control, auditing, checking etc.," the Daily Star quoted Farnham as saying.

"Equally, the flamboyance and theatricality of histrionic types may make them excellent public speakers or 'creative'."

 

The study also found women were more likely than men to be excitable, moody, perfectionist or aggressive.

 

 

 

It takes women just 3 minutes to make up their mind about Mr Right.

 

Women take just 3 minutes to decide whether she likes a man or not, according to a new study.

The research showed that the average female spends the time sizing up looks, physique and dress-sense as well as taking in scent, accent and eloquence of a potential suitor. Women also quickly judge how he interacts with her friends and whether he is successful or ambitious.

According to the study, women believe 180 seconds is long enough to gauge whether or not he is Mr Right, or Mr Wrong.

 

That is the genius of women.

The study also found women rarely change their mind about a man after their initial reaction - and believe they are 'always right' in their assumptions and judgments. The report was commissioned among 3,000 adults to mark the release of Instinct, a new book by Ben Kay.

 

"I think a lot of people believe in trusting their instincts when dating. Â It makes and it seem more magical, like it's coming from somewhere deeper. But it's surprising how quickly women make a decision. That's barely enough time to finish a drink together," the Daily Mail quoted Kay as saying.

"It's interesting that so many women trust their instincts and yet still give men the opportunity to change their minds. Some men might think this is leading them on but I would imagine most women just want to give every bloke a fair shot," Kay added.

 

Women prefer straight-talking sexist men!

 

When it comes to men, women prefer straight-talking sexist ones, who speak their mind, according to a new study.

 

Despite years of protests from many angered by sexist blokes, the survey found that women are more unnerved by not knowing a man’s views on their place in the world than by overtly sexist attitudes.

 

To reach the conclusion, hundreds of women from the University of California were asked their views in tests taken in a variety of fictional office sets. Students taking the test in an office full of pictures of nude women fared the best, while women in the neutral office, featuring just a few stacks of paper, scored the worst.

“Ironically, if you know your enemy you’ve got a better chance of dealing with it than if you are constantly wondering whether you will be judged unfairly,” The Daily Star quoted study leader Dr Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, as saying.

 

Men more generous in presence of pretty ladies

Men become more charitable when in the presence of a woman they find pretty compared toone they find unattractive, say a group of psychologists.

however, women are not influenced by who they were with and showed little change in the amount of money they gave.

Professor Robin Dunbar, from the institute of cognitive and evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University who led the study, said that men appeared to use acts of generosity as a way of appealing to females they were attracted to.

“Buying presents to impress women has been a key part of mating rituals in humans for some time, but it appears that it is the act of generosity rather than the gift itself which is being used as a mating signal,” the Telegraph quoted him, as saying.

“We have found in previous studies that women are attracted to generous men. They seem to like heroic types for short term relationships, but altruists for long term relationships.

“Generosity could be a way for men to show their suitability to invest in a relationship and help in rearing offspring,” he added.

 

 

Researcher Wendy Iredale, form the department of psychology at the University of Kent, conducted the study with 45 male and 45 female volunteers who were asked to play a series of games that earned them up to 24 pounds in money.

The participants, who were not told the purpose of the study, were then asked if they would like to donate some of the earnings to charity.

On each occasion they were either left alone to donate, or observed either by a member of the opposite sex or the same sex as they made their donation. They were then asked to rate the attractiveness of the person in the room with them.

The scientists found that men donated between 50 per cent to 100 per cent of their earnings when a woman was in the room and were more generous when they were being watched by a woman they thought was attractive.

When they were with a man or unaccompanied they donated less than 40 per cent. The female volunteers donated an average of around 40 per cent regardless of who was in the room with them.

The research is published in the Personality and Individual Differences journal.

 

Courtesy: ANI

 

 

Flimfare 2011 award winners 

POPULAR AWARDS

Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan for 'My Name is Khan'. 

Best Actress: Kajol for 'My Name is Khan' 
Best Film: Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan take the award for 'Dabangg' 
Best Director Award: Karan Johar for My Name is Khan. 
Best Debut Director: Manish Sharma for Band Baajaa Baaraat 
Best Debut Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh for Band Baajaa Baaraat 
Best Debut Actor (Female): Sonakshi Sinha for Dabangg 
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Ronit Roy for 'Udaan' 

Best Supporting Actor (Female): Kareena Kapoor for 'We Are Family' 

FILMFARE CRITICS AWARDS 
Best Actor (Critics): Rishi Kapoor for 'Do Dooni Chaar' 
Best Actress (Critics): Vidya Balan for 'Ishqiya' 
Best Film (Critics): Vikramaditya Motwane and Sanjay Singh for 'Udaan' 

SPECIAL AWARDS 

Shah Rukh Khan and Yash Chopra present Amitabh Bachchan an award for completing 40 years in the film industry. 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan presents Madhuri Dixit Nene an award for completing 25 years in the film industry. 
Best Scene of the Year Award: Golmaal 3 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 
Prabodh Chandra Dey popularly known in Bollywood as Manna Dey was felicitated with one of the most prestigious award of the night - The Lifetime Achievement award. 

FILMFARE MUSIC AWARDS 
Best Music Composer: Sajid Wajid won the Best Music Composer Award for Dabangg. 
Best Lyrics: Gulzar won the Best Lyrics Award for the song 'Ibn-e-Batuta' (Ishqiya). 
Most Promising Talent in Music: Sneha Khanwalkar for 'Love Sex aur Dhokha' 
Best Playback Singer (Male): Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for 'Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji' (Ishqiya) 
Best Playback Singer (Female): Shared between Mamta Sharma for 'Munni Badnaam Hui' (Dabangg) and Sunidhi Chauhan for 'Sheila Ki Jawani' (Tees Maar Khan) 

FILMFARE TECHNICAL AWARDS 
Best Choreography: Farah Khan for 'Sheila Ki Jawani' from Tees Maar Khan. 
Best Dialogue: Habib Faisal for Do Dooni Chaar 
Best Screenplay: Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane for Udaan 
Best Story: Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane for Udaan 
Best Background Music: Amit Trivedi for Udaan. 
Best Action Director: Vijayan Master for Dabbang 
Best Cinematography: Mahendra Shetty for Udaan 
Best Action Sequence: Vijayan Master for Dabbang 
Best Editing Award: Namrata Rao for 'Love Sex aur Dhoka'. 
Best Production Design Award : Mukund Gupta for 'Do Dooni Chaar'. 
Best Sound Design Award: Shared by Pritam Das for 'Love Sex Aur Dhoka' and Kunal Sharma for 'Udaan'. 
Best Costume Design Award : Varsha and Shilpa for the film Do Dooni Chaar.

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Immigration  fraud : plight of Indian students

Hundreds of Indian students, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of deportation from the US after authorities raided and shut down a university in the Silicon Valley on charges of a massive immigration fraud .The Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, a major suburb in San Francisco Bay Area, has been charged by federal investigating authorities with being part of an effort to defraud, misuse visa permits and indulge in money laundering and other crimes.
According to a federal complaint filed in a California court, the University, which was raided and shut down last week, helped foreign nationals illegally acquire immigration status. The university is said to have 1,555 students. As many as 95 per cent of these students are Indian nationals, the complaint said.
Investigations by Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) found that while students were admitted to various residential and online courses of the university and on paper lived in California, in reality they "illegally" worked in various parts of the country as far as Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
ICE has called it as a "sham university." The ICE investigations found that more than half of these students were reported to be residing in a single apartment located in Sunnyvale California. For a student to maintain an active immigration status, they must show proof that they are making reasonable process towards completing coursework and physically attend classes. During the course of the investigation ICE found that the university gave the residential address of its students in order to conceal that they did not live in California, said the court papers.
The Indian Government and the Indian Associations in America are trying to help the Indian Students. Authorities from customs enforcement in US who interrogated scores of Indian students mostly from Andhra Pradesh conned by the sham Tri-Valley University, Shackled ankles of several victims with Radio tracking devices.  The Government of India reacted very strongly because Indian students are radio-tagged. It cautioned the US government not to treat students like criminals

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Gary Kirsten New Coach for Mumbai Indians

According to The Times, London, Kirsten's rapport with Sachin Tendulkar could lead to the former South African opener being appointed in a top position in Mumbai Indians which is to appoint a director of coaching before the IPL 4.

 

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"Kirsten could easily take up such a position while still developing his international academy that is in the planning stage at Claremont Cricket Club in Cape Town," it added.

The report also said current India bowling Coach Eric Simons could not be ruled out as a possible candidate to replace Kirsten.

"The Indian cricket board has not yet started a process to recruit a successor to Kirsten, but it is not unlikely that it will approach Simons as a candidate. Simons, a former Proteas all-rounder and national coach, was highly regarded by the Indian team when he came aboard this summer," the report said. 

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Good news for senior Citizens

Corrupt Couple

The illegal assets of the IAS-officer couple caught in Madhya Pradesh for corruption allegedly exceed Rs 300 crore.

The Enforcement Directorate has found several violations relating to foreign currency and investments. "This is a mind-blowing figure... hard to believe that officers can raise illegal assets of Rs.300 crore or even more. Several businessmen in the state are struggling for years to keep their empire over the Rs.100 croremark, but the Joshi couple have really produced a shocker.

The officer was reacting to a report of the income-tax department that said in its 7,000 page report to the state government that the 1979 batch IAS couple - Arvind and Tinoo Joshi - have properties, investments and valuables worth at least Rs.300 crore.

Arvind Joshi was in charge of the rehabilitation of victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

"The IAS couple's story is unbelievable, but it's fact. They have probably set an example for the country's hundreds of corrupt people holding high posts in state governments and at the centre. I wish no one excels them," an income-tax official said in a lighter vein.

The IAS couple was suspended in February last year when an income-tax raid found a little over Rs.3 crore in cash at their Bhopal residence.

The department recently handed over a comprehensive report to the state government as well as the Lokayukta (ombudsman) in which it listed out the illegal assets it had unearthed during last year's raid.

The report says the couples owned at least two dozen flats in Assam, New Delhi and Bhopal, and have about 400 acres in various districts of Madhya Pradesh, like Sehore, Raisen, Balaghat, Mandla and Umaria.

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Marriage is good for physical as well as mental health

Long-term committed relationships are good for mental as well as physical health and this benefits increases over time, suggests a new study. David and John Gallacher from Cardiff University say that on average married people live longer.

They say that women in committed relationships have better mental health, while men in committed relationships have better physical health, and they conclude that, "on balance it probably is worth making the effort."Men's physical health probably improves because of their partner's positive influence on their lifestyle and "the mental bonus for women may be due to a greater emphasis on the importance of the relationship", they write.

But the journey of true love does not always run smoothly, maintain the authors, pointing to evidence that relationships in adolescence are associated with increased adolescent depressive symptoms. But the journey of true love does not always run smoothly, maintain the authors, pointing to evidence that relationships in adolescence are associated with increased adolescent depressive symptoms.

They also confirm that breaking up is hard to do, saying "exiting a relationship is distressing" and divorce can have a devastating impact on individuals. Having numerous partners is also linked with a risk of earlier death. They conclude that while relationship failures can harm health this is not a reason to avoid them. A good relationship will improve both physical and mental health and perhaps the thing to do is to try to avoid a bad relationship rather than not getting into a relationship at all.
(The study has been published in the Student BMJ)

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Short Temper

(Continued from the last blog)

It is perfectly natural to lose your temper sometimes. Many situations and circumstances arise in everyday life who will anger, irritate and frustrate you, and often you will find it difficult controlling your emotions. When you feel overwhelmed by rage, your muscles tense, heart rate increases, breath becomes shorter and faster and temples start pounding.

There are definite triggers that may cause you to lose your temper - stress, anxiety, demanding workloads, hectic lifestyles, family, social and financial responsibilities and unrealistic expectations of people. If someone constantly calls you names, bullies, torments or humiliates you, this is bound to cause a reaction.

There are various solutions and coping mechanisms such as psychotherapy, anger management, communication skills training, or self-control training are all ways to control angry and aggressive behaviors. These strategies will teach you to draw boundaries, take positive control of negative emotions and channel them more constructively.

By including relaxation techniques such as deep breathing exercises, visualization techniques, repeating positive affirmations, meditation or yoga into your lifestyle can make a significant difference in helping you to control your temper and remain calm.



Last week Questions:
We gave 10 questions to answer.  The answer may differ from a person to a person.  However, the right situation is appended here under.

Those who have marked

I don't feel angry at all eight times out of 10.
I feel slightly annoyed seven times out of 10.
I feel little angry six times out of 10.
I feel moderately angry six times out of 10.
I feel very angry seven times out of 10 and
I feel furious eight times out of 10

are strongly advised to consult a psychologist or psyche-therapist or psychiatrist for counseling to lead much happier life.

 

Newsenviews Team