Explained: The row in UK around breastfeeding mothers getting Covid-19 vaccine
The National Health Service (NHS), Britain’s national public health programme, has, while asserting that “the coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective” and “gives you the best protection against coronavirus”, issued an “advice if you’re of childbearing age, pregnant or breastfeeding”. Updated: December 23, 2020 12:37:27 pm
“You should wait to have the COVID-19 vaccine if you re pregnant – you should wait until you ve had your baby (and) if you re breastfeeding you should wait until you ve stopped breastfeeding, NHS says.
Women’s rights organisations in the United Kingdom have accused the government of forcing lactating mothers to choose between getting the Covid-19 vaccine shot and continuing to feed their children the way they want to.
Explained: What next after stay on Uddhav’s Metro move at Kanjurmarg?
In October, Thackeray overturned his former ally and predecessor Devendra Fadnavis s contentious decision of building the project’s car shed at Aarey Milk Colony and relocated it to Kanjurmarg. Updated: December 20, 2020 2:16:44 pm
At Kanjurmarg, where work for the metro car shed project is underway. (Express Photo: Deepak Joshi)
On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court
stayed further implementation of an October 1 order by the Mumbai (Suburbs) Collector that had transferred 102 acres in Kanjurmarg for the 33.5-km underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro car-shed. The High Court admitted the Centre’s petition that the land was an erstwhile salt pan land belonging to it, and took on record claims on the plot staked by two private parties. The relocation to Kanjurmarg had been announced by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Explained: Why Vipul Chaudhary has been arrested in Amul bonus scam
Who is Vipul Chaudhary and why is he an important figure in Gujarat dairy politics? Written by Vaibhav Jha , Edited by Explained Desk | Ahmedabad | Updated: December 23, 2020 12:24:03 pm
On Friday, an Ahmedabad Sessions Court granted relief to Vipul Chaudhary, former Home Minister of Gujarat and former chairman of GCMMF also known as Amul , in an alleged bonus scam of Rs 14.8 crore. (File)
On Friday, an Ahmedabad Sessions Court granted relief to Vipul Chaudhary, former Home Minister of Gujarat and former chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) also known as ‘Amul’, in an alleged bonus scam of Rs 14.8 crore, allowing him to file nomination for the election of Mehsana Dudhsagar dairy management committee elections which are slated for January 5 next year. The court sent Chaudhary to judicial custody on Friday after he was kept
Explained: Tokyo Olympics Costs, IOC, Covid-19, and vaccinations
Official costs this time are sure to increase by at least $2.8 billion. This is the cost organizers reported earlier this month for the one-year delay. Domestic sponsors are being asked to pay more to make up the shortfall. But most of the burden simply falls on Japanese government entities. Updated: December 20, 2020 2:15:15 pm
In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, a man and a woman look at the Olympic rings float in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo.(AP)
Much of the focus on the Tokyo Olympics has been on the unprecedented postponement because of the pandemic, and how the Olympics can be held in seven months.
Explained: Here is how Apple’s reaction to labour challenges in India is different from China
Apple has taken stringent action against one of its vendors, Wistron, in Karnataka. What happened at the Narasapura facility that led to this? Is the company s reaction different compared to China? Written by Aashish Aryan , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 24, 2020 7:17:53 am
Like the other contract manufacturers of Apple, Wistron is also involved in production of its flagship iPhones. The factory in Narasapura is the a new unit from where it had started assembly of the iPhone SE (2020). (Image source: Bloomberg)
Global software and hardware conglomerate Apple on Saturday took a stringent action against one of its vendors, Wistron, by acknowledging that the latter had violated supplier code of conduct by “failing to implement proper working hour management processes”. The statement by Apple was prec