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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

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.