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  Madhya Pradesh: Newborn girl stabbed in Shajapur hospital dies in Indore

  Crime | February 15, 2020 0:01 IST

  A 3-day-old girl who was stabbed with a sharp weapon in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur district a day after she was born died while undergoing treatment at Indore's MY Hospital, a senior health official said on Friday. 

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  Maternal, infant health improves in India: Study

  India | October 28, 2019 13:29 IST

  Community-based health programmes in parts of India, Ethiopia and Nigeria have been successful in improving health care for mothers and newborns, but inequities still exist, says a new study.  

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  Infant dies in fire at Hyderabad hospital

  India | October 21, 2019 16:56 IST

  A four-month-old child died and five others were injured in a fire that broke out at a private hospital at L.B. Nagar in Hyderabad on Monday, police said.

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  New smart speaker monitor uses white noise to monitor babies

  Health | October 17, 2019 13:37 IST

  White noise will now be used in a speaker that will be able to monitor your baby's breathing and movement as well as soothe sleeping babies. Check out the new research here!

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  Shocking! Delhi mother blames seven-month-old girl for financial troubles, 'kills' her later

  India | September 02, 2018 14:13 IST

  The accused has admitted that she believed that the infant was responsible for the family's 'medical and financial problems'.  

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  Body of infant found in washroom of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi

  India | July 30, 2018 14:02 IST

  Police investigations have begun into the case. 

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  Infant dies in Jharkhand after quack severed his genitals to prove he was born girl

  India | April 28, 2018 13:34 IST

  A newborn baby died at a hospital in Chatra District of Jharkhand after a quack allegedly severed the infant's genitals to prove his ultrasound report true that the woman was pregnant with a girl.

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  Sushma Swaraj offers help on Twitter to baby born with heart disease

  Politics | January 26, 2017 21:59 IST

  Known for extending her helping hands to Indians stranded across the world through social media, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday offered to help a two-day-old infant, who was born in Bhopal with a

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  Infant from Pakistan becomes youngest bone marrow donor in India

  India | December 16, 2016 22:33 IST

  In a heart touching episode, an eight-month-old Pakistani newborn child Rayan has turned into the youngest donor of bone marrow in India after the infant saved life of his elder sister, who underwent successful transplant

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  Rapist marries victim under pressure, sells child born from marriage for Rs 25,000

  India | October 18, 2016 10:11 IST

  a 25-year-old woman has alleged that a man, who raped her in 2014 and later married her when pressurised by the elders of the society after she gave birth to a child, later sold the infant to a childless couple for Rs 25,000.

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  Heart-breaking: Two sisters get locked up in banquet hall in West Delhi, 1 starves to death

  India | September 20, 2016 8:11 IST

  In a heart-wrenching incident, two sisters aged one and three, who were missing for three days, were found locked up in a banquet hall in west Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area. While the infant died of

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  Medical wonder: UK doctors stop 9-month-old infant's heart for 15 hours to perform life-saving surgery

  World | August 30, 2016 15:20 IST

  A nine-month-old UK baby survived against all odds after doctors stopped his tiny heart for 15 hours. Nathan Byrne, who was born with a large hole in his heart and faced certain death, has

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  An infant's 5-month life points to hunger's spread in Yemen

  World | March 29, 2016 12:53 IST

  Hazyaz,Yemen : The baby was born in war, even as planes blasted his village in Yemen. Five months later, Udai Faisal died from war: his skeletal body broke down under the ravages of malnutrition, his

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  New moms don't get physician's advice on infant care

  Lifestyle | July 28, 2015 15:00 IST

  Washington: Many new mothers do not receive advice from physicians on aspects of infant care such as sleep position, breastfeeding, immunisation and pacifier use, says a new study.Health care practitioner groups issued recommendations and guidelines

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  Napping boosts infants' memory

  Lifestyle | January 14, 2015 19:08 IST

  London: While babies devote the majority of their time to sleeping, researchers have now found that napping helps them develop memory and retain new behaviours they have learnt."These findings are particularly interesting to both parents

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  Father beats infant, posts photos on Facebook 'for fun'

  World | August 01, 2014 11:42 IST

  London: A French father who posted a photo of his one-month-old infant showing injuries on Facebook "for fun" has been booked on abuse charges.During questioning, he revealed that he had hit the child because he

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  Life-giving heart procedure on infant a first in India

  India | November 14, 2013 8:59 IST

  New Delhi : In a first in India, a stent was inserted into the heart of a month-old baby girl weighing just 1.8kg at a private hospital here, officials claimed yesterday.  And, what is more,

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  Capital Shame: 26-day-old infant dies after 5 govt hospitals refuse admission citing scarcity of beds

  India | August 28, 2013 22:18 IST

  New Delhi: A resident of East Delhi's Ghazipur Sunil Singh went from pillar to post in at least five government hospitals including AIIMS, on the night Sonia Gandhi fell ill, but could not get admission

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  Emirates detains Egyptian couple carrying infant hidden in carry bag

  World | July 09, 2012 19:11 IST

  Dubai, Jul 9 :  Local newspapers in the United Arab Emirates say authorities are investigating an Egyptian couple who tried to sneak their infant into the Gulf country by hiding him in their carry-on luggage.Monday's

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  Woman Vanishes Leaving Her Infant Inside A Well

  India | April 16, 2012 17:55 IST

  Alwar (Rajasthan), Apr 16: A woman left her three-month-old son inside a 200 feet deep well and vanished on Saturday.  Labourers working in the nearby fields heard the screams of the infant and took him