Daughters in the White House

From Bill- Clinton to George W. Bush to the charismatic Barack Obama, the recent US Presidents have one thing in common — all have daughters and no sons.

While Bill Clinton has only one daughter, both George W.Bush and Barack Obama have two each.

In fact,go through the 17 men who have been either President or Vice-President since 1961 — from the era of John F.Kennedy to that of Obama and their daughters actually outnumber their sons, by 28 to 27.

It was nearly 16 years ago when Bill Clinton’s daughter Chelsea called the White House home. Chelsea went to a local school and had always tried to lead a normal life as the First Daughter.

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Fresh snowfall, rains lash Jammu and Kashmir parts

Upper reaches of Kashmir experienced fresh snowfall while plains witnessed continuous rains bringing sharp fall in the temperature affecting the normal life. Roads were flooded with water and drains choked across the city and its outskirts.

Since last evening Srinagar and almost all parts of Kashmir witnessed heavy rains affecting normal life. With the rains, the temperature recorded a decline and traffic and pedestrian movement was affected due to water logging and blocked drains in Srinagar city and many other areas.

Fresh snowfall was experienced in the upper reaches of Karnah, Lolab, Sadhna Top, and Zed Gali in the north besides tourist resorts of Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Pahalgam and Yusmarg. Gulmarg today witnessed season’s third snowfall. These places may witness more snow in coming the two days,” MET officials said.

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