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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...- Who gets what in Vijay’s Tamil Nadu Cabinet as Congress, VCK, IUML join power tableTamil Nadu's political landscape has shifted with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay forming a 35-member coalition ministry. This new government...
- Jwala Gutta, Indian badminton player, donates 60 litres of breast milk to govt hospitals. Here’s whyFormer Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta donated approximately 60 litres of breast milk to government hospitals in Hyderabad and Chennai....
- Eat & Live Well: India has lot to learn from JapanAs National Nutrition Month concludes, India faces rising undernutrition and obesity issues. Japan's success in health and wellness offers ...
- NHRC core group to discuss food security crisis amid coronavirus pandemicET gathers that the NHRC has called a meeting of its Core Group on Right to Food and Nutrition and has sought details from various ministri...
- Cabinet gives ex-post-facto nod to MoC between health department, Gates FoundationIt covers areas of cooperation aimed at reducing maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality, improve key nutrition outcomes by im...
- PM Modi to review progress of 30 'aspirational' districts on November 6The prime minister will interact with chief secretaries and secretaries to review the progress made by these 30 most underdeveloped distric...
- Need for India to do well on human development index: Amitabh KantAmitabh Kant said several Indian states remain backward on human development indicators "because of legacy issues".
- People with metabolic syndrome may need more vitamin ESan Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) People with metabolic syndrome need significantly more vitamin E, an antioxidant important for cell protection...
- Government launches national biotechnology programmeIn a significant decision, the government today launched a national programme which aims to turn India into a biotechnology hub and the sec...
- Key to continued economic prosperity: Three ways India can improve child nutritionIndia has the know-how and financial capacity to ensure that every child not only survives, but thrives.
- Greater investment may reduce child stunting in South AsiaUNICEF sought concerted efforts for eradication of child stunting in S Asia, saying greater investment in child feeding was key to addressi...
- How India can boost its GDP by ensuring food for allThe World Bank estimates that India loses 2-3% of GDP primarily because of poor nutrition, leading to lower productivity and loss of econom...
- School dropout scenario in India 'extremely high': UNICEFThe school dropout scenario in the country is "extremely high" as over 80 million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary ...
- Ministry of science and technology, Gates' Foundation to invest $2 million to support development of 'Next Generation Toilet'The department of biotechnology and the Gates' Foundation will each invest $1 million for the project.
- Government notifies food security lawGovt has notified the landmark food security legislation, giving a legal right on highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the countr...
- 55% of India’s population poor: ReportUNDP survey uses composite indicator to put poverty figure at 645 million.
- CAG report on midday meal quality raises stinkThe Comptroller and Auditor General has raised some issues about quality and delivery in the biggest school meal scheme, the national progr...
- Arjun rejects Maya's demand for packed food in schoolsThe human resource development ministry has rejected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s demand for pre-cooked and frozen food to be se...
- HRD ministry plans nutritious midday meals for childrenThe biggest school meal scheme, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, better known as the midday meal scheme,...
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