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Every day in my clinic, the first advice I give to new parents is to breastfeed. Breast milk is designed for your child immunologically, nutritionally and developmentally. It is the single best thing you can do for your infant’s health.But, sociocultural trends in urban India tell a different story. Nuclear families with both parents working…
Swapnil Soni has followed a fixed routine for the past 17 years. He wakes up at 4 a.m. every day. His wife prepares around 1,000 chapatis with the help of two neighborhood women. She also cooks rice and mixes it with buttermilk (chaas). Swapnil then carries all this food to the outskirts of Narol in…
About 27 million tons of Saharan dust deliver roughly 22,000 tons of phosphorus to the Amazon annually/ Image: NASA In 2015, scientists reported evidence that vast plumes of dust from the Sahara Desert help replenish phosphorus in the Amazon rainforest, linking the world’s largest desert to its largest rainforest through what researchers described as one…
Stray dogs issue: Activists, citizens protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued hearing the case on stray dogs, warning that states will likely pay a compensation for ‘not doing anything’ for every bite that leads to death or injury to either children or the elderly.The apex court also asked…
After a tense first meeting in the Oval Office, the atmosphere was noticeably lighter during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s latest meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, where the US President shared a humorous exchange with reporters as dignitaries gathered for lunch. In a moment captured on video, Trump jokingly ordered the Mar-a-Lago kitchen to serve…
Taylor Swift turns her billion dollar net worth into a heartfelt $1 million donation after dad’s surgery as Travis Kelce stands beside her (Image via Getty) Taylor Swift did something deeply personal, and very powerful. The global pop star donated $1 million to the American Heart Association to honor her father, Scott Swift, after his…
MUMBAI: In the first conviction for feeding pigeons after the Bombay high court ban this July, a metropolitan magistrate court in Bandra has found a 52-year-old Dadar businessman guilty of feeding pigeons in a public place, holding that the act posed a risk to public health and violated government orders.Additional chief judicial magistrate V U…
For many people, feeding pigeons is seen as an innocent act of kindness or even a peaceful pastime. However, what appears to be harmless may actually hide serious health risks. Recently, cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle raised concerns on X (formerly Twitter). “Doctors have been shouting from the rooftops about the dangers of inhaling pigeon droppings…
Sona Comstar honored Sunjay Kapur’s birth anniversary with a meal drive for over 2 lakh children. His widow, Priya Sachdev, shared a heartfelt tribute, calling the initiative a reflection of his kindness. Meanwhile, a legal battle over Kapur’s will continues, with Sachdev dismissing claims of forgery as a ‘bogus challenge’ to the court. To celebrate…
Film-maker Mahesh Bhatt recently made a weird, bold confession. He revealed that when he was a struggler, in order to get money from an investor, he actually fed him human flesh, as per instructions given by a ‘tantrik’. As the ‘Arth’ director spoke about his journey, struggling days, marriage to his first wife and then…
