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Doctors Deride Indian Government’s Advice to Pregnant Women

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Doctors Deride Indian Government’s Advice to Pregnant Women

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With all the pregnancy advice and restrictions out there, it can be hard to keep track of which ones are medically proven to be safe and which ones are plain ludicrous. Something doctors say falls into the latter category is the Indian government telling pregnant women to avoid meat, eggs, and “lusty thoughts”.

In a country with already one of the highest rates of maternal mortality, according to UNICEF, medical experts are urging expectant mothers not to listen to this illogical and even dangerous advice.

“The government is doling out unscientific and irrational advice, instead of ensuring that poor pregnant women get to eat a nutritious, high-protein diet,” gynecologist Arun Gadre, who works in the rural areas of India, told ABC News of the new recommendations.

Gadre said: “This is a national shame. If the calories of expectant mothers are further reduced by asking them to shun meat and eggs, this situation will only worsen. This is absurd advice to be giving to pregnant women in a country like India.”

As the Associated Press reported, the government-issued booklet called Mother and Child Care is the “latest push for vegetarianism by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government”.

While a vegetarian diet can be safe and nutritionally adequate during pregnancy, adding more restrictions could only compound a cycle of malnutrition problems in India, where many people already struggle to live on less than $2 a day, according to The World Bank.

According to UNICEF, one-third of women of reproductive age in India are undernourished, which often leads to passing on nutrition deficits to babies, who are often then born with low birth weight. To make matters worse, women often give portions of their meals to their hungry children or husband, the Associated Press reported.

“This kind of advice is detrimental to women’s health,” Amit Sengupta, a physician and health care activist, told The Guardian.

The booklet also says pregnant women should “detach themselves from desire, anger, attachment, hatredness and lust,” the Hindustan Times reported. According to the Associated Press, the booklet also says expectant mothers should “shun ‘impure thoughts’ and look at pictures of beautiful babies to benefit the fetus”.

While it did not advise specifically against having sex, it is an oppressive recommendation and backward logic to ask pregnant women to avoid all thoughts of desire or lust. In fact, there are several benefits to having sex while pregnant, such as increased endorphin levels and lower blood pressure.

Gynecologist and obstetrician Malavika Sabharwal told the Hindustan Times: “Pregnant women need to be happy and instead of being prescriptive about what they should think and do to be happy, we must urge them to do things they enjoy and strongly advise the family be to supportive.”

In a country where improving maternal health care has been a challenge for various socioeconomic and cultural reasons, it is evident that medical experts do not want pregnant women in India to be restricted from more necessities that could only worsen an already troubling situation.

-Agencies

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RLJP President Pashupathi Kumar Paras resigns from Modi Cabinet after his party is denied seats in upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in Bihar

Pashupathi Kumar Paras said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister.

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Rashtriya  Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) President  Pashupathi Kumar Paras on Tuesday resigned from the Modi cabinet, a day after his party was denied any seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. He said the NDA alliance announced the list of 40 candidates for Bihar Lok Sabha election.

He said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister. He had on Friday accused the BJP of not doing justice to his LJP faction and indicated that he may walkout of the ruling National Democratic Alliance. He said they are free to go anywhere and the doors are open.

On Monday, the NDA partners announced seat sharing in Bihar. According to the deal, the BJP will contest 17 seats, while Nitish Kumar led JD(U) will contest 16 and Chirag Paswan’s LJP will fight on 5.

Chirag-led LJP will contest on 5 seats- Jamui, Khagariya, Samastipur, Hajipur and Vaishali. In the last election, the undivided LJP had won 6 seats. Pashupati Paras was expecting these seats for his party. But the BJP went with Chirag. There was no mention of seat sharing with the LJP faction led by Minister Pashupati Paras. When Bihar BJP chief Samrat Chaudhary was asked about it, he said talks with him are undergoing.

Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will contest 1 seat each. Among the key seats that the BJP will be contesting from are Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Aurangabad, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Begusarai, Nawada, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Aara, Buxar and Sasaram.

The JD(U) has been given Valmikinagar, Sitamadhi, Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Siwan, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Nalanda, Jehanabad and Sheohar seats.

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Supreme Court summons Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkarishna over Patanjali’s misleading ads

The SC asked Yoga guru Ramdev to appear in person over Patanjali Ayurved’s misleading ads.

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The Supreme Court today ordered Yoga guru Baba Ramdev to apper in person and address Patanjali Ayurved’s misleading ads in two-weeks time. The Managing Director of Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna has also been called to speak.

The SC banned Patanjali Ayurved on February 27 from running advertisements for its medications, which treat a variety of conditions, including obesity, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and high blood pressure. It also served a notice of contempt to the Managing Director of Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna and warned them not to criticise any medical system in the media.

Additionally, the court criticised the Centre for doing nothing and claimed that they were just sitting with their eyes closed.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) submitted a petition alleging that Patanjali Ayurved had distributed deceptive marketing, which resulted to the issuance of the contempt notice.

A panel of Justices Hima Kohli and Amanullah noted on Tuesday that, in spite of earlier orders, no answer had been filed in the case.

In addition to requesting that Baba Ramdev appear in person, the court sent out a notice in which it questioned why he shouldn’t face charges of contempt of court.

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who was representing Baba Ramdev, was questioned by the court during the hearing about why their response to the contempt notice had not yet been submitted.

The court said, they will now request his client, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, to show up in court. The bench said, both are required to appear in court.

The court announced that the case hearing would not be postponed. The Union Ayush Ministry received criticism by the bench for only filing a response one day before.

In response, the Centre informed the court that more time was required to prepare a suitable answer. The Centre was then requested to submit a new affidavit by the Supreme Court.

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IT dept raids Meghana Foods eateries in Bengaluru

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The famous biryani restaurant Meghana Foods’ locations in Bengaluru, Karnataka, were searched by the Income Tax (IT) department on Tuesday morning. The reason the restaurant is being sued is currently unknown.

According to reports, I-T officials remained silent about the matter. Additionally, the restaurant’s owners were not immediately accessible for comment.

The restaurant, which specialises in Andhra-style food and is famous for its mouthwatering biryani, opened in 2006 in Bengaluru’s Koramangala area. Owned by a corporate company based in Hyderabad, it currently has nine branches throughout the tech hub, including locations in upscale areas like Indira Nagar and Koramangala.

The restaurant posted a statement on its website that read, Meghana is proud to be a favorite among all kinds of masses which range from corporate people and college going students in the afternoons to families and singletons at dinner time.

Meanwhile, 10 people were injured in an explosion at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe earlier this month. After investigation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained a man, wanted in connection with the incident.

According to police sources, a man named Shabir is thought to be a prime suspect in this case. He was seen on security camera footage leaving a bag at the cafe just before the blast.

Since taking over the case on March 3, the anti-terror agency has asked for help from the public in identifying the key suspect, who is thought to have planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the famous Bengaluru café on March 1.

The same day, at approximately 9o’clock in the evening, in an another video the alleged suspect was seen walking around a bus station. It was almost an hour after the explosion at the cafe that he was last spotted boarding a bus.

The investigation team claims that after the incident, the suspect changed his dress and took a bus to several destinations.

The Rameshwaram Cafe reopened with tighter security last week. To protect both customers and employees, metal detectors have been placed at the entry, and now it is ensured that the customers must pass through screening utilizing handheld detectors.

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