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  • Prevention of diabetes in pregnancy crucial to protect next generation from disease: Minister Jitendra Singh

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that prevention of diabetes in pregnancy is crucial to protect the next generation from the disease.

    He released guidelines for management of the health issue, prepared by the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of India (DIPSI).

    Singh is a noted diabetologist and one of the founding members of DIPSI.

    Delivering the keynote address at a National Gestational Diabetes Awareness Day summit, being virtually hosted from Bengaluru, he said that prevention of diabetes in pregnancy is crucial to protect the next generation from diabetes, according to a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.

    The minister said it was way back in 1970s that V Seshiah first gave the concept of ‘Spot Test’ for pregnant women, which in other words meant that any pregnant woman coming to hospital at any stage of pregnancy, fasting or non-fasting, should be subject to a blood sugar test.

    DIPSI is headed by Seshiah, one of the founding fathers of Diabetology in India.

    Many of his contemporaries at that time would not understand what it was all about, but it was in fact not only a revolutionary concept in clinical medicine but also a novel concept at the social level considering the heterogeneity and socio-economic constraints prevailing in the Indian society, said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel.

    He said it has taken almost a quarter century of intense research to institutionalise the concept given by Dr Seshiah and he felt proud to have conducted one of the earliest studies to test the outcome and benefit of tight blood glucose control in pregnant women.

    Singh said it is a matter of pride that the guidelines for the ‘Management of diabetes’ prepared under the guidance of Dr Seshiah are now being followed worldwide and even the World Health Organization has recommended the same, the statement said.

    The entire concept, Singh said, revolves around the fact that a woman with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is prone to increase the risk of future diabetes in the progeny and, therefore, the aim should be to ensure a tight control of blood glucose level so that her metabolic milieu and intra-uterine environment is as normal physiologically as that of non-diabetic pregnant woman and the baby grows inside the womb without even realising that its mother had ever gone through diabetes, it said.

    Singh said the diabetes in pregnancy guidelines being released today will not only contribute to serve the cause of diabetes but also a humble contribution to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘new India’.

    “The new India is comprised of 70 per cent of the population below the age of 40 years and the challenge faced today is increasing prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the young. New India’s strength will be determined by its youth and it cannot afford this youth energy to go under-utilized because of diabetes-mellitus,” he added.

  • UP: Rape survivor lodges case after 27 years as son enquires about his father

    By Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: A woman has lodged an FIR against two men who had allegedly raped her 27 years ago in  Shahjahanpur, UP.

    The survivor, 40, took the step apparently after her son enquired about his father.

    According to the FIR, the incident took place in 1994 when the survivor was 13 years old and lived in Shahjahanpur city at a relative’s house.

    One Naki Hasan, who lived in the complainant’s locality, had entered the house when she was alone and raped her, SP (City) Sanjay Kumar told the media.

    The complainant has also accused Hasan’s younger brother, Guddu, of raping her, said the SP.

    The survivor’s relatives came to know about the assault when she conceived a child, said a relative of the woman while interacting with media persons.

    Local sources said upon seeing her medical condition, her immediate family members had decided not to pursue the case, and instead sent her to live with another relative where she gave birth to a son. The child was later left for adoption.

    Years later, when the mother and son united, the latter asked the victim about his father. The survivor then decided to pursue the case on the insistence of her son, said sources.

    “Her son is very supportive of her and has encouraged her to lodge a complaint,” said a relative, adding the woman has demanded that Naki Hasan and his brother Guddu should be arrested and a DNA test done to ascertain paternity. 

  • Gujarat: No HC nod for termination of rape victim’s 26-week pregnancy

    By PTI
    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has refused to allow the termination of pregnancy of a 13-year-old rape victim and directed the state government to pay her family Rs 1 lakh towards food and medical expenses.

    Justice BN Karia, in his order, refused termination of pregnancy as sought by her family on the basis of the report of her clinical examination by a medical team, which said the fetus was 26 weeks and four days old, and the baby would have a fair chance of survival if given optimum care.

    In vulnerable women, pregnancy up to 24 weeks can be terminated as per the amended Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 2020, the court said in its order passed on Monday, the detailed copy of which was available on Tuesday.

    The HC directed authorities at a medical center at Rajpipla in Narmada district to take care of the victim’s medical treatment, psychiatric counseling etc.

    It said the victim shall be shifted to the civil hospital in Vadodara 10 days before her due date of delivery.

    “The principal secretary of the Department of Health and Welfare, Gujarat shall immediately release a sum of Rs 1 lakh in the account of the father/mother of the victim-girl for food and medical expenses,” the court said.

  • Wasn’t sure about playing again after gaining 23kg during pregnancy: Sania Mirza

    Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has opened up about her time during pregnancy and how she felt she could never return to the court again.
    Sania, who married Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in 2010, gave birth to baby boy Izhaan in October 2018. After that, in January 2020, she made a return to tennis circuit and won the doubles title at the WTA Hobart International 2020 with her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok.

    “Pregnancy is something that I had experienced for the first time in my life. I thought about it and I think we all have a certain picture about it but once you experience it, you really understand what it means. It absolutely changes you as a human being,” she added.
    Later came the part to overcome the physical obstacles and get back to her earlier self to make a comeback to the court.
    “Getting back to shape and form after pregnancy can be a challenge, and I can relate to Serena and every other woman on that. I think it’s normal for everyone because you don’t know how your body is going to react post-pregnancy and during pregnancy,” said the 34-year-old.

  • Now the cow-buffalo pregnancy kit is ready, you will be able to check the animal’s womb in 30 minutes, know the price

    There is good news for farmers and cattle rearers. Now they will be able to learn about the pregnancy of their cattle. Researchers have developed a kit that examines the cow and buffalo’s womb, which will report in 30 minutes whether the animal is pregnant or not. Its special feature is that a kit will allow 10 sample tests. Researchers at the Central Buffalo Research Institute (CIRB), Hisar, have achieved a major feat. He has developed a kit for the screening of cows and buffaloes, which will allow the fetus to be examined in just 30 minutes. At the same time, another research has revealed that the three murrah clones of the country will produce animals of the same quality from the Seema of Jhote (buffalo).

    According to Dr. SS Dahiya, director of IIRB, the scientists and researchers of the institute have prepared a kit for pregnancy testing of cow and buffalo. It is named Preg-D. This will result in a pregnancy test by testing two mL of urine of urine in just 30 minutes. The kit is currently priced at Rs 300. He claimed that for the first time in the country such a kit has been prepared.

    Dr. Dahiya said that research has also been done on the cloned bag of three Murrah breed of the country. Two of these are from the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, while the third CIRB is in Hisar. Their research has known whether the fertility of these clones is similar to that of non-clones. According to the results, their semen can be used to spread germplasm better by artificial insemination.