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Little Steps, Big Development: Punjab govt launches campaign for holistic development of children
13+ hour, 55+ min ago (486+ words) Chandigarh, Jun 26 (PTI) The Punjab government on Friday launched a new campaign aimed at promoting holistic child development through improved nutrition, early stimulation, growth monitoring, quality pre-school education and active parental participation. Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr…...
SHE - Sampurna Health Enclave Launches in Delhi-NCR, Championing Women's Health
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (548+ words) Dr. Pratim Sengupta described Delhi as a natural choice for taking the initiative to a larger national and global stage. He said: "Delhi gives us the right platform to present ourselves to the nation and the world. Healthcare today is…...
Maharashtra MLAs call for better neonatal care facilities; govt to review expansion plans
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (493+ words) Mumbai, Jun 25 (PTI) Leaders across party lines on Thursday urged the Maharashtra government to expand neonatal intensive care facilities and address the high cost of treatment for premature newborns. State Health Minister Prakash Abitkar assured members of the legislative assembly…...
India's IVF boom has a dark side. Unlicensed clinics, embryo mix-ups & DNA tests
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1751+ words) Such cases have laid bare the dark underbelly of India's booming but weakly regulated IVF industry where the promise of parenthood often collides with patchy oversight." While the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Act was introduced in 2020 to bring order to…...
Hundreds show up at Delhi event to celebrate an Irish author few can understand
1+ week, 2+ day ago (892+ words) New Delhi: What does it take to get a crowd of people in straw hats to squeeze into a cramped room at a fancy museum on a humid summer evening? Surprisingly, a 122-year-old literary text and a 143-year-old author, whom…...
Why a Cambridge professor says UK social media ban is just a lazy fix
1+ week, 2+ day ago (365+ words) New Delhi: The social media ban in the UK has drawn mixed reactions from parents, policy experts, and children. Weighing in on the issue, Sander van der Linden, a professor of Social Psychology at Cambridge University, thoroughly analysed the new…...
Who laughs the most at a dad joke? Science has an answer
1+ week, 3+ day ago (273+ words) Bengaluru: A psychology professor and a graduate student wanted to know what makes a dad joke tick. They analysed over 32, 000 posts made on the subreddit r/dadjokes and found that the best ones have puns and involve family members. So…...
My parents have adapted a bit too well to my absence
1+ week, 5+ day ago (648+ words) The house moves on without you There is a version of coming home that adult children imagine and a version that actually happens. In the imagined version, you return and the house resumes. The rhythms pick up where they left…...
Subscriber Writes: The First Test of India's Right to Die with Dignity
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1000+ words) At 4: 10 pm on 24 March 2026, Harish Rana passed away. Two weeks earlier, the Supreme Court had granted them what years of grief had made inevitable: permission to withdraw life support. Doctors had confirmed, once again, what they had known since 2013: catastrophic…...
Delhi woman with severe hearing loss secures new milestone after cochlear implant surgery
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (440+ words) New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) A 22-year-old Delhi woman born with profound hearing loss has overcome years of communication challenges after undergoing bilateral cochlear implant surgery at a Delhi hospital, doctors said on Friday. Tina Garg, who was an IIT Bombay…...