children and parenting

What is ‘normal’ baby sleep?

Kerala tops States in child well-being, Meghalaya trails: Report

Meta rolls out new parental supervision tools in VR

Parents swap, sell baby formula as Biden focuses on shortage

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No child in pre-school should be made to take written or oral test: NCERT

NCERT terms it as a harmful and undesirable practice resulting from misguided parental aspiration.

Over two-thirds of children prefer to learn in the classroom as online schooling becomes a trend: Survey

However, majority of parents unwilling to send their wards to school post lockdown

State attorneys general probing Instagram’s effects on kids

The investigation targets the techniques Meta uses to keep young people on its platforms

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

Q1 FY23: OMCs bleed due to marketing losses

Prices of motor fuels were kept at levels equivalent to $75-80 per barrel of crude

Bharti Airtel Q1: Inline results and stable operating metrics

Results reflect consistent progress made in recent quarters

IRB beats estimates in Q1FY23, but the stock is expensive

The company is trading at a one year forward P/E of 26.6 times against its historical average (5 year average) of 11.8 times

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up