NEW A vastly improved search engine helps you find the latest on companies, business leaders, and news more easily.<doc-sep>It’s the second Sunday in May, and for those of us in the United States and many other parts of the globe, that means it’s Mother’s Day. In case you were too wrapped up with the excitement this week—perhaps Google I/O—and forgot, Google is ready to remind you, with a new Mother’s Day Google Doodle that extends to the Pixel Launcher. Hopefully, you were prepared for Mother’s Day and aren’t only just now hearing about it from a Google Doodle. Google’s been building up to the holiday with a special Mother’s Day ad campaign “#HeyMom,” and other parenting-related videos. This year’s Doodle features some animated scenes of (familiarly colored) ducks being taken under the wing of a mother duck, both metaphorically and literally. Each scene conveys a sweet, subtle message of what motherhood is about. Beneath it, on the Google homepage, the company has included “Here’s to every parent taking on the role of a lifetime.” According to an interview in Fortune, Google’s Doodle team took special care with this Mother’s Day Doodle to ensure that it used especially low bandwidth to make it accessible to everyone regardless of their potentially poor internet service. That spirit of accessibility inspired today’s Google Doodle. The Doodle team set out to use technology to solve the problem barring many from viewing animated GIF doodles properly: file size. The Mother’s Day Doodle this year is in “a much smaller and more compact format” to make sure that people with all levels of bandwidth can celebrate mothers with Google. The Google Doodle also appears briefly in the Pixel Launcher, to further remind Pixel owners everywhere that it’s Mother’s Day. The trend of Google including a Doodle in the Pixel Launcher is still fairly new, having only just started earlier this year with a Doodle celebrating the Spring Equinox. Now that Google has made Pixel phones more affordable with the launch of the Pixel 3a earlier this week, this particular Doodle could be a new experience for many first-time Pixel owners. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<doc-sep>Mother’s Day 2019: Janhvi Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Aamir Khan shared these photos on Instagram. Mother’s Day 2019: Janhvi Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Aamir Khan shared these photos on Instagram. Janhvi Kapoor, on the occasion of Mother’s Day on Sunday, shared an adorable childhood photo of herself with her late mother Sridevi. Along with the photo, she wrote, “Cherish them, listen to them, give them all the love in the world ❤️ Happy Mother’s Day.” The Dhadak actor lost her mother last year in February. Sridevi passed away after accidental drowning while she was in Dubai to attend a wedding. In the photo, Janhvi is seen sitting in Sridevi’s lap wearing her gold necklace. The mother-daughter duo look lovely in their traditional outfits. Not only Janhvi, but many other celebrities wished their mothers on the occasion of Mother’s Day. From Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Sara Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shilpa Shetty, Soha Ali Khan to Dia Mirza and Genelia D’Souza, celebrities shared heartwarming messages for their mothers on social media. Soha Ali Khan, who embraced motherhood in 2017, shared how a mother’s love is “pure and unconditional”. Posting a picture with daughter Inaaya and mother Sharmila Tagore, she wrote, “It is perhaps only when you become a mother yourself that you realise that, just when you thought there was no more love to give, after your parents, your husband, your family – that your heart will never be yours again … it will forever be lodged in that little bundle of joy who calls you mama. It is a love that brings with it hopes and dreams and anxieties, but above all it is a love that is pure and unconditional. And it changes you forever. Happy Mother’s Day ❤️#happymothersday.” Actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who lives away from her mother, wrote on Instagram, “Missing my mama 🌸 happy mummy’s day!” Genelia D’Souza shared photos of both her mother and mother-in-law and expressed her gratitude towards them. Check out who all wished their mothers on Mother’s Day. Mamma, You are the light of my soul. Each day you embrace life, live it fully and fight the odds you inspire and strengthen me. I am because you are. #MothersDay @DeepaMirza pic.twitter.com/qQgcukJZA6 — Dia Mirza (@deespeak) May 12, 2019 I am because you are. #Shaukat Kaifi. Happy Mothers Day😘😘 pic.twitter.com/9zViAaOHPj — Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) May 12, 2019 Happy Mother’s Day!<doc-sep>Mother’s day is the celebration surrounding the role of the mother in the family. It is to honour maternal bonds, motherhood and role of mothers in the society. It is usually celebrated on different dates around the world in the months of March and May. It is celebrated on the second Sunday of May in India which falls on May 12 this year. The modern celebration began in the United States, however, it does not coincide with every culture in the world which have their own traditions to celebrate this day. Mother’s Day celebrations began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis had a memorial for her mother in St. Andrews Methodist Church in West Virginia which now has the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Anna Jarvis wanted to commemorate Mother’s Day as a recognized holiday, to her mother Ann Reese Jarvis who was a peace activist. Ann Jarvis took care of soldiers on both sides of the American Civil war and created Mother’s Day work clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honour her mother as she believed that a mother is “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”. Mother’s Day is celebrated differently throughout the world. A general celebration includes honouring your mother by making her feel special through gifts, cake cutting, handmade cards or other surprises. Here are some ideas to surprise your mom. Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter<doc-sep>
General News of Sunday, 12 May 2019 Source: indianexpress.com Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of every May to honour motherhood and pay homage to mothers who have and continue to inspire us all. It is believed that the bond between a mother and her child is the strongest, and Mother’s Day appreciates the same. The contribution of a mother in the lives of her children is immense and though a single day is never going to be enough to thank her for the love and commitment, it is essential to acknowledge the same and make them feel special. On this occasion, a number of schools hold programmes involving students and their mothers. This year, the occasion falls on May 12. History Back in 1908, a lady named Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia (where the International Mother’s Day Shrine is held) after her mother passed away in 1905. She earlier had started a campaign to recognise Mother’s Day as a holiday in the United States. The request to make the day a holiday was denied initially but owing to the efforts of Jarvis, who was a peace activist and worked on public health issues, by 1911, all US states started observing the holiday. American statesman and lawyer Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in the month of May as a national holiday to honour mothers in 1941. While UK celebrates it on the fourth Sunday of March in memory of Mother Church on Christian Mothering Sunday, there are also other nations that have associated the day with motherhood. In Greece, the day honours motherhood with the Eastern Orthodox celebration of the presentation of Jesus Christ to the temple. According to the Julian calendar, the occasion is marked on February 2. In most Arab countries, the day is celebrated on March 21, which is the Spring equinox. Some Catholic countries observe it on the Virgin Mary Day. However, in most ex-communist countries instead of Mother’s Day, International Women’s Day is commemorated.