Palestinian Embassy calls for urgent medical aid: "If not India and Indian people, then who?"Palestine's Embassy in India has issued a dire plea for immediate medical aid, warning of a healthcare sector collapse due to ongoing confl...
20 Jun, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
Who was Daveigh Chase? 'Lilo & Stitch' voice actor and 'The Ring' villain dies at 35 - Check cause of deathActress Daveigh Chase, famous for voicing Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara Morgan in The Ring, has passed away. She was 35...
18 Jun, 2026, 06.56 AM IST
BJP’s incompetence exposed by women, children health data, claims KhargeCongress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has criticized the BJP government. He claims NFHS-6 data reveals the government's incompetence in health...
05 Jun, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
D.C. mother charged with homicide after baby, left alone for four days at home, found dead and decomposingA mother faces serious charges after her infant daughter died. Police found 13-month-old twins in a D.C. apartment. The girl was pronounced...
05 Jun, 2026, 09.42 AM IST
India's future being gutted: Congress slams govt over child malnutritionThe opposition party's criticism came after the women and child development ministry said on Friday that about 17 per cent children in the ...
27 Jul, 2024, 08.36 PM IST
Malnutrition in India: A comprehensive strategy to combat for better futureNot only are important nutrition programmes underfunded, but little funding is also not being used efficiently.
26 Dec, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
Most states won't meet Poshan Abhiyaan targets to curb child malnutrition: StudySome of the states, which have reported the worst cases include Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and Tripura.
18 Sep, 2019, 11.13 PM IST
Munde assures implementation of scheme to check malnutrition, child deathsThe lifestyle of the region and geographical conditions are responsible for malnutrition, hence it is necessary to educate the people and b...
22 Sep, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
22 per cent of under-5 deaths in 2013 occurred due to Malnutrition in India: ReportIndia accounts for most deaths of children aged below five years every year, with 50% of these caused mainly by malnutrition, a new policy ...
29 Mar, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Social norms biggest challenge in child rights: UNICEFGiving the example of child malnutrition, he said more than half of the infants in the country are not exclusively breastfed during the fir...
23 Nov, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
- Maharashtra government signs MoU with Jamshedji Tata Trust, UNICEF
Maharashtra government's Women and Child Development department today said it has signed a MoU with the Jamshedji Tata Trust and UNICEF.
01 Aug, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
- Rs 2 lakh crore sought by ministry to tackle malnutrition
"We have sought about Rs 2 lakh crore in the next five- year plan for the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, which is sev...
11 Jan, 2012, 10.18 PM IST
Malnutrition: Miserable state of affairs in Sonia's pocket boroughRae Bareli may be the bastion of India's most powerful woman but when it comes to the state of children and their mothers there, this Uttar...
11 Jan, 2012, 02.43 PM IST
- Malnourishment a national shame: Manmohan Singh
Calling malnourishment "a national shame", Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India cannot hope for a healthy future with 42%...
11 Jan, 2012, 08.46 AM IST
India's child malnutrition puzzleOne of the least talked about issues in the debate on India's demographic dividend is child malnutrition.
29 Apr, 2011, 04.51 AM IST
- India below sub-Saharan Africa in hunger index
Despite robust economic growth in recent years, India’s record on hunger is worse than that of nearly 25 sub-Saharan African countries and ...
15 Oct, 2008, 01.49 AM IST
- Malnutrition on NDC agenda, says PM
Child nutrition in the country has concerned the Prime Minister to put the issue on NDC's agenda.
16 Jul, 2007, 09.45 PM IST