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TopicPregnant women

Topic: pregnant women

Centre, Yogi govt at odds over new ultrasound norm for pregnant women at UP private hospitals

Last year, UP govt decided to offer e-Rupee vouchers worth Rs 300 to pregnant women for ultrasound in pvt diagnostic centres. This year's revision in rates has come under Centre's lens.

‘Pregnant person’ — not just women, trans men & others can also be with child, says Supreme Court

Bench led by CJI has used term 'pregnant persons' in judgment & explained why. Last year, CJI had stoked controversy by observing that there was no absolute concept of man or woman.

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.

Chennai startup finds a solution for ‘overqualified housewives’. No more motherhood penalty

Women brilliant in academics and jobs are forced to sit at home after giving birth. So, 30-yr-old Sankari from Chennai created a platform that provides jobs to women paying 'motherhood penalty'.

Pregnancy doesn’t always save women from death row, like in Jawan. It’s a double-edged sword

Deepika Padukone’s pregnant character in Jawan gets five-year relief from hanging. In real life, a judge told Shabnam Ali: 'You are also a mother. But you didn't show any mercy.’

7 months pregnant woman accuses in-laws, husband of setting her on fire in Bawana, Delhi

Delhi Commission for Women chief on Monday, issued a notice to Delhi police seeking details of the FIR & arrest of the accused. Delhi Police has said that no arrest has been made yet.

1.4 million unplanned pregnancies were reported in 2021. Put women’s healthcare on priority

Sexual and reproductive ill-health accounts for one-third of the global burden of disease among women of reproductive age. We need to act fast.

Newborns to entreprenuers—Indian hospitals need a perinatal service package. It’s a win-win

Many Indian hospitals don't have in-house physiotherapists or dieticians & most new mothers pay little attention to themselves. But there's a solution.

Pregnant woman injured in Russian attack on Ukraine maternity hospital dies with baby

Russia claimed Ukraine had armed the maternity hospital to use as base, Ukraine President called the hospital offensive ‘genocide’.

ANMs unable to detect high-risk pregnancy, but here’s how Assam is fixing it: IAS officer

UNICEF and Assam govt carried out a pilot project in some districts. The main objective was to understand the critical gaps in the state's sub-centres and ANMs.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.