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TopicMothers

Topic: Mothers

SubscriberWrites: My Mother, the Maker of Everything

SubscriberWrites: My Mother, the Maker of Everything

The Bengali mother is finding her voice in movies. No longer a martyr

Director Amlan Ganguly is trying to portray a more authentic representation of the modern-day mother in his films. The role of Una played by Devlina Ganguly in Agol is the face of that change.

Inspired by MLA mom, Maharashtra govt proposes nursing rooms for lactating women in all workplaces

Last week, govt called for feedback on its draft notification on ‘Hirkani’ rooms. Need for such spaces came into focus after MLA Saroj Ahire attended assembly sessions with her baby.

Baby infected with coronavirus in the womb

Blood tests from the baby confirmed it had severely low oxygen, and throat swabs showed that both mother and baby were suffering from Covid.

Women with Covid can breastfeed babies after taking strict precautions, says Lancet study

Study says the risk of Covid-positive women passing the virus to their babies is very low, but larger studies are needed to better understand the risks of transmission.

For the LeT, convincing mothers is one of the key steps to recruiting for Jihad

LeT is recruiting not just a member or a fighter but the entire immediate and extended family.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.