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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicChildcare

Topic: childcare

Supreme Court’s maternity leave verdict corrects a flawed idea of motherhood in law

In Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of India, the Supreme Court struck down the arbitrary three-month age cap on maternity leave for adoptive mothers.

Breast milk sales picking up in India. Is it dairy or Ayurveda?

Two companies in Bengaluru and Mohali have been quick off the blocks in producing and selling mother's milk. But it's happening in a regulatory vacuum and without any ethical debate.

Childcare closures are preventing UK mothers from returning to work

A record 72.4 per cent of women were employed at the end of last year in the UK, and a reversal of that trend has implications deeper than equality goals.

India’s healthcare delivery can improve if frontline workers are held accountable: Study

A World Bank, Duke University, UPenn study conducted across 120 gram panchayats in UP shows conducting public meetings can improve healthcare delivery.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.