India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus before target date: PM Narendra ModiPM said India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus much before the target date set for December this year and described the achieve...
Uttar Pradesh tops list of states where petrol outlets rig fuelUP, Rajasthan, TN, Punjab, Maharashtra topped the list of states where oil retail outlets were involved in malpractices such as under-measu...
India may attain its targeted maternal mortality ratio soon"24 States and UTs having already achieved the replacement level of fertility of 2.1," Health Minister J P Nadda said.
Sanitation: A look at the progress in BRICS and South Asian countriesThe world has missed the MDG (millennium development goals) target by nearly 700 million people.
India will meet under-five mortality rate target of 2015: GovernmentUnion Health Ministry said key interventions are being made under the National Health Mission to bring down the child mortality rate across...
No of hungry people in India falling but rising in Pakistan: ReportIndia and neighouring nations are lagging far behind in achieving the illenniMum Development Goal (MDG) of halving hunger by 2015.
LPG dealers to protest policy changes of oil companiesAll India LPG Dealers Federation would take out a march, protesting the policy changes with respect to 'Marketing Discipline Guidelinesof o...
Distributors want licence to sell cylinders in blackThe federation has alleged that the marketing discipline guidelines (MDG) are being misused for arm-twisting dealers by corrupt authorities.
India to meet poverty reduction goal by 2015: UN ReportDespite widespread poverty in the country, India is on track to meet UN's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of poverty reduction by 2015, a...
India will not be able to achieve crucial MDG targets: ReportIndia's poverty ratio is likely to be 26.7 per cent by 2015 while child mortality ratio is seen at 52 per thousand live births.
- At 217 million, India houses largest number of malnourished in the world
India has cut the number of undernourished by less than 10% since 1990 & is one of the nations FAO says won't meet its MDG target.
- Can the SDGs achieve what the MDGs could not?
With the Millennium Development Goals completing its cycle in 2015, Sustainable Development Goals have been in the spotlight of internation...
- Millennium Development Goals: India makes impressive progress in 10 out of 22 indicators
India, compared to most Apac nations, has made very slow progress in eradicating poverty over the last 10 years.
- UN ties up with Google, Cisco to fight poverty
The United Nations joined hands with Google and Cisco to launch an innovative online site to track progress toward the goal of halving glob...
- Simple solutions for social goals: Sachs
India does not require miracle solutions for meeting its millennium development goals (MDG) of water, sanitation, education and health, Dr ...
- India way off development goal: ADB
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said India, despite making significant improvement in access to primary education, would not meet t...
- India unlikely to meet MDG targets: ADB
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said India, despite making significant improvement in access to primary education, will not meet th...