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Onlooker to associative: 6 types of play important for child development
Creative and free play is an essential part of a child’s growth and development. Children engage in role play, imaginative play or use objects in a new way. Through play, your little one learns to explore, which improves their sensory and…
7 things busy dads can do to spend quality time with children
Working mothers are advised on how to balance parenting with professional commitments. We empathise with their challenges but also expect them to never disappoint as a caregiver for their child. The perspective changes when it comes to a…
Rani Mukerji: When you are parenting, there will be conflicting ideas
Mardaani 2 actress Rani Mukerji recently opened up on how raising a child can lead to parenting conflicts.
The celeb mom spoke to Neha Dhupia on her chat show No Filter Neha about how she has fights with husband Aditya Chopra over their…
Polar bears are inbreeding as climate change melts away Arctic ice
A Polar Bear was spotted along Essen Bay on Prince George Land in the Russian Arctic Scientists blame Climate Change for the increasing presence of Polar bears closer to inhabited areas Though still rare, close encounters with Polar bears…
Sharp dip in antibodies after three-four months of receiving Covid vaccine
NEW DELHI: In what appears to be the first evidence showing the need of booster doses, especially for those who are immune compromised, researchers found waning antibody levels three-four months after receiving Covaxin and Covishield.…
Are Indian women paying a motherhood wage penalty?
Maternity and motherhood challenges are the two most common reasons a woman in India takes career break. A survey conducted by AVTAR — a firm dedicated to creating inclusive workplaces — on second careers of women professionals (women…
Bangladesh’s schools, colleges reopen with strict COVID-19 protocols
Dhaka, Sep 12 (UNI/Xinhua) Schools and colleges in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday after being closed for more than one and a half year as fresh COVID-19 cases have begun to fall.
Educational institutions in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere…
Customer food choices can be improved by healthier supermarket layouts
Removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing fruit and vegetables near store entrances prompts customers to make healthier food purchases, suggests new research from the…
How to support new millennial parents at work
Organisations are about to be confronted by an unprecedented problem that will have a direct impact on their survival – the rise of millennial parents!
Millennials currently constitute 50 per cent of the workforce, slated to grow to over…
Parents reveal what they fear most for children growing up today
Cyber security issues, mental health problems to climate change, children of today are faced with many challenges, which makes their growing up years even more complex and hard to cope with. Parents on a Reddit thread recently opened up on…
Right-wing group storms Christian prayer center over charges of conversion
Udupi, Sep 10 (UNI) Activists of a right-wing group on Friday barged into a Christian prayer center in Karkala and disrupted a prayer meeting on allegations of religious conversion, according to police.
During the incident, a heated…
CoWIN launches new API for business entities to track vaccination status of individuals
New Delhi, Sep 10 (UNI) CoWIN has developed a new API that will let organizations know the vaccination status of their employees, associates, or customers, the union health ministry said on Friday.
The API, Know Your…
PM takes stock of vaccines, oxygen at a high level meeting
New Delhi, Sep 10 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 related situation, and reviewed the prevailing Covid-19 scenario, preparedness of the health systems to respond,…
Prepaid electricity metres in all Karnataka govt offices
Bengaluru, Sep 7 (UNI) To trim expenditure, Karnataka government will plan to install prepaid electricity metres in all government offices in the state, Karnataka Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar announced on Tuesday.
Addressing press persons…
Corporate Learnings from Warzone: Maj. Gen. CP Singh
There are no runners up in war. Either you are a winner or you do not exist. The ‘Baptism By Fire’ in armed forces is always hands on and does not permit any second chance to improve your performance. When the risks of losing are so…
Young Indians more vulnerable to heart attacks, say doctors
Cardiologists say they have, over the last decade, seen an increase in persons suffering heart attacks in their 20s and 30s.
The death of actor Sidharth Shukla at a young age following a heart attack has sent shockwaves across the…
80-year-old retired government teacher never too tired to guide a curious student
PATNA: A teacher never retires, says Rajendra Dubey, who is in his eighties. He retired as a government teacher on October 30, 2003, but continues to teach students of various schools free of cost at his residence in the morning and…
Delhi: Over 1 crore people receive single dose, 40 lakh get both jabs
New Delhi, Sep 4 (UNI) Over 1 crore people in Delhi have received at least a single dose of Covid-19 vaccine while more than 40.5 lakhs have received both the shots, data from CoWIN portal showed on Saturday.
As per the data, 1,00,40,816…
Sanjay Gandhi was warned by Rajiv against flying the plane he crashed in
New Delhi, Sep 2 (UNI) Sanjay Gandhi, the elder son of Indira Gandhi, was warned by Rajiv Gandhi that he should not fly the plane in which he crashed, leading to his death, Rahul Gandhi said in a video on Thursday.
In a video released…
Science and Technology basic prerequisite for self-reliant India
New Delhi, Sep 2 (UNI) Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said Science and Technology is a basic prerequisite for self-reliant India, and the country is going to play a big role in the scientific world through coordinated…
