What's more shocking is that the 15-year-long study by international researchers has found that exposure to mobile handsets can also affect the heart rate of an unborn child to some extent. The study concluded that the use of mobile phones by pregnant women -- even as little as two or three times a day -- was enough to up the risk of hyperactivity and behavioural problems in kids.
Child labour is an issue in India which must be tackled soon.
Legendary coach Arsene Wenger is set to visit India in the second week of October to finalise the setting-up of a central academy.
'Seek medical help if after five days of the first symptom the fever has not subsided.'
If gender disparities are eroded with more women being better-educated, that pool also becomes smaller.
BJP leader Anil Vij on Tuesday skipped Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's swearing-in ceremony where, according to the outgoing CM M L Khattar, he would also have been inducted in the cabinet.
'Elections are fought to win.' 'In our party, the leadership takes the final decision, and our leaders are very clear about it.'
A sixth world title added to her cabinet, ace Indian boxer MC Mary Kom, on Wednesday, said she is now aiming for a gold in the Olympics.
The counting was scheduled to start at 5 pm Friday, but it could not be taken up as the Bharatiya Janata Party approached the Election Commission alleging violation of rules by three MLAs of the state's ruling alliance of Maha Vikas Aghadi.
It has sought a direction to the Centre to 'forthwith comply' with the directions passed by the top court in 2015 and file a complete status report.
The Group of Ministers will examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks for dealing with matters of sexual harassment of women at workplace and recommend action required for effective implementation of the existing provisions, as well as for strengthening the existing legal and institutional frameworks for addressing issues related to sexual harassment at workplace, the statement said.
This visit by the prime minister comes weeks ahead of the 'pran pratishtha' or consecration ceremony of the Ram temple.
Indian conditions up there with the hardest: Ben Foakes
An increasing number of overweight and under-exercised children are staring at serious heart problems if parents don't step in
The Manipur Police personnel allegedly drove the two women from the Kuki-Zomi community, who had sought refuge in their official Gypsy, to a mob of around 1,000 Meiti rioters in Kangpokpi district, the Central Bureau of Investigation chargesheet has said.
She asked people who came in contact with her to get themselves tested at the earliest.
The committee will hold regular meetings with district officials and collect information of registered and unregistered inter-faith and intercaste marriages; on such marriage that took place in places of worship and marriages took place after elopement.
If your child is spending too much time online, an Internet de-addiction clinic can help him or her use technology in a healthy manner, reports Indulekha Aravind.
India's report outlining its steps towards the promotion and protection of human rights will be taken up for review as part of a mechanism under which UN member States review the human rights performance of fellow States, on Thursday in Geneva, according to the ministry of external affairs.
Sushmita Dev said it would have been better if there were more women MPs in the panel.
Share a warm bond with your sibling? Then you are more likely to end up with the same level of education.
rediffGURU Mayank Kumar offers guidance about degree courses, campus, job-linked and executive programmes and studying abroad.
Poonawalla wished the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi success for the vaccination programme.
The government is also thinking of introducing direct benefit transfer for women
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Delhi High Court's verdict decriminalising homosexuality, on the ground that it would adversely affect children's rights.The commission, in its petition, contended that gay sex would have an adverse impact on the psychological, physical and mental development of children.The petition is likely to be taken up on September 14 when the apex court would hear similar petitions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged bureaucrats to make national interest the sole basis of their every decision, saying the country has put its faith in them and they must uphold that trust.
It pains to think that all over the world, children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives.
It pains to think that all over the world, children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives.
The Centre's programmes of maternity benefit and Child Protection Services also got a major boost in the Budget.
Other world leaders too voiced concern against terrorism and vowed to fight it collectively.
Begin the year-end review by assessing whether your portfolios are on track to achieve your life goals.
He said in the last five years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the role of zonal councils has changed from advisory nature to action platforms.
Whether it was the MGNREGS or the NFSA or the Aadhaar-based DBT scheme for cash transfer, the Modi government has built on the basic architecture created by the Singh government. Policy makers in the Modi government, instead of discarding them as products of the previous political regime, worked on them, expanded their scope and reach, and used new tools to improve their performance, explains A K Bhattacharya.
Opposition leaders slammed the Centre on Wednesday for its 'limited' focus on important sectors like health and education in the Budget for 2023-24 fiscal.
A part-time job will not only support you financially but also help you learn skills that will help you grow in your career.
The population is important and so is the talent, he said about China, the world's second-largest economy after the United States.
The expansion was the first by Sarma since he assumed chief ministership of the state about 13 months ago.
The Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday India, despite making significant improvement in access to primary education, will not meet the millennium development goal targets as in the case of other countries in the Asia Pacific region.
A proposal of the Women and Child Development Ministry to give greater powers to the National Commission of Women has faced legal hurdles as the law ministry has raised queries on the move.
