Jammu's first Comprehensive Lactation Management Center (CLMC), commonly known as human milk bank, will become operational at a government hospital here by the end of the year, an official said on Monday.The CLMC will help improve the management of sick, underweight and premature newborns, the...
Bhubaneswar, Orissa, the High Court has recently ruled that employees who become mothers through surrogacy have the same right to maternity leave and other benefits as are provided to natural and adoptive mothers.Single judge Justice S. K. Panigrahi issued the ruling on June 25 while hearing a...
Nandita Das joins a distinguished group of influential role models, including Baichung Bhutia, Deepa Malik, Dutee Chand, Neha Dhupia, Kushboo Sundar and Kishwar Desai, who have been supporting Mothers Against Vaping in their campaign against the growing menace of vaping among children and young...
Stockholm, Single mothers are one of the most vulnerable groups in societies around the world. In Sweden, the number of women with these caring responsibilities has almost halved over the past two decades. What has caused this change? Are we seeing a dramatic change in the global trend of...
New Delhi: One's body mass index (BMI) can be explained genetically, researchers have said, adding that children have a 77 per cent chance of developing obesity at the age of 17 if their parents had it at the same age. There was a problem.A team of researchers, including those from Tel Aviv...
London Sanjana Thakur, a 26-year-old writer from Mumbai, beat off competition from more than 7,359 entries from around the world to be named winner of the £5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 in London on Thursday.Sanjana's story titled "Aishwarya Rai" takes her name from the famous...
Shah Alam (Malaysia), Malaysia's decision to amend citizenship laws marks progress for gender equality, but non-retrospective nature raises concerns.In Malaysia, a child born abroad can acquire citizenship if her father is a Malaysian citizen. But the same is not true for Malaysian mothers...
In 2013, Jitendra starred in 'Munna Jazbaati: The Q-tiya Intern'. She later appeared on shows like 'Permanent Roommates', 'TVF Pitchers', 'ImMature' and more.Her show 'Kota Factory' revolves around the life of students in Kota and their efforts to get into an IIT by topping the Joint Entrance...
Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he hopes to see Indian food products on dinner tables across the world.Addressing the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan here, Modi said, "We have to think about the global market. We have to become self-reliant in pulses and oilseeds and a leader...
New York [US], Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday criticized former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal, terming his inappropriate comments against Sikhs as "childish" and asked if Akmal knew about the history of the community.The veteran spinner said that Akmal should never...
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued a notice to the Karnataka government over a report accusing it of sending new mothers and menstruating women to remote and isolated huts in Bisadihalli area of Tumakuru district.In a statement issued on Wednesday, the National Human Rights Commission said the...
Mandrem (Goa) [India], Mandrem Police of Goa launched a crackdown on a major international sex trafficking racket in a joint operation with NGO Anya Rahit Zindagi.Officials said the raid team arrested the ringleader, Jojo Nkintu, a Ugandan citizen, and uncovered a systematic operation in...
New Delhi, 'Mothers Against Vaping', a united front of mothers dedicated to tackling the "vaping crisis" among the youth, has launched a campaign to highlight the harmful effects of nicotine consumption through new technology devices on the eve of World No Tobacco. Called for starting a strong...
Mothers from different walks of life united under Mothers Against Vaping and pledged to protect children from the interference of the global tobacco industry.Khushboo Sundar, actress and politician, special invitee member of the BJP National Executive Committee and member of the National...
Addressing a press conference, Pandian said, "The way Lord Jagannath is being dragged into politics by the BJP, the people of Odisha find it unacceptable."He said that the first self-target of the BJP is the disrespect shown towards its leaders, especially the leaders coming from outside...
However, researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, said the "long-term consequences" remain unclear.The team enrolled (243) children with prenatal or neonatal exposure (96), with or without SARS-CoV-2 infection.They defined perinatal and neonatal SARS-CoV-2 exposure as infants born to...
New Delhi: New research published in the British Medica Journal has found that having an epidural during labor reduces the risk of post-birth complications by 35 percent.Complications referred to as severe maternal morbidity (SMM) may include heart attack, sepsis (infection-fighting chemicals...
New Delhi: Newborns of bilingual mothers were found to respond to a wider range of sound pitches than those of monolingual mothers, according to a new study conducted in Spain.The researchers said babies born to bilingual mothers are expected to be exposed to a greater variety of sound...
VMP New Delhi [India], May 22: World Preeclampsia Day, observed on May 22, aims to raise awareness about preeclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication associated with high blood pressure that can damage various organs such as the liver and kidneys. Is. Preeclampsia contributes significantly to...
Basirhat (West Bengal) [India], West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her 'sorrow' for the women victims of Sandeshkhali and assured that she would visit there after the elections. Notably, several women in Sandeshkhali accused TMC leader Shahjahan Shaikh of "land grabbing" and...