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Topic: pregnancy

How to Find the Best Health Insurance for Pregnant Women?

Selecting the right health insurance plan will help you get the needed assurance so that you can focus on the pregnancy process.

‘Julie’ tackled pre-marital sex and pregnancy sensitively. It still fell prey to stereotypes

What stands out the most in Julie is the music. Music director Rajesh Roshan says he created the song Dil Kya Kare in 10 minutes. And Kishore Kumar was at his magical best.

Deepika Padukone isn’t faking her pregnancy. Internet ‘critics’ need a refresher on biology

One of the comments on her recent picture, read: “She is not able to do the role of a pregnant woman properly”. It's a nasty cocktail of misogyny and an ignorance of basic human biology.

Prenatal supplements lack critical nutrients–and most women don’t even know it

Some prenatal supplements lack the right amount of folate, almost none contain the right amount of omega-3 fatty acids, and more than half of them contain no choline.

Andhra has 3rd highest C-section rate in India. How it’s trying to reverse trend, with midwives at helm

Pan-India, C-section increasingly becoming an elective surgery rather than one driven by medical necessity. A state govt pilot project, which has kicked off in Tenali, aims to change this.

Moosewala’s baby brother puts focus on artificial reproductive technique law & age limit it imposes

Artificial Reproductive Technique (ART) Regulation Act, 2021, limits the use of such procedures to women between the ages of 21 and 50. The late rapper’s mother is 58.

An email from an AIIMS doctor changed India’s abortion debate. Heartbeat the new flashpoint

Abortion in India is protected by law, not a judgment which can be overturned at any time. There are also no religious & conscientious objection problems, which the West is facing.

SubscriberWrites: The alarming trend of C-section deliveries in India

WHO recommends that the ideal rate of C-section deliveries in any country should be between 10-15%. But in India it has gone up to 23.92%.

Maternity benefits part of woman’s dignity, can’t be based on nature of employment, says Delhi HC

Court rules in favour of advocate denied maternity leave by Delhi State Legal Services Authority. DSLSA argued she had no locus standi to approach court as she was not a regular employee.

Bigger heart to pregnancy nose—unexpected changes your body may undergo before giving birth

Women expect morning sickness or 'glowing complexion' when they get pregnant. But some changes can be a tad more unconventional.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.