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Sadhguru reveals the superfood women should eat daily, says the ancient millet is the ‘most female-friendly cereal’Spiritual leader Sadhguru has highlighted ragi (finger millet) as a highly beneficial cereal for women, particularly in combating anemia an...
Is Gen Z getting ‘dumber’? Video explains why IQ may be falling for the first time in human historyYoung adults, Gen Z, might be experiencing a decline in cognitive skills compared to their parents. This trend, observed by neuroscientists...
More, the merrier: Women in policymaking drive better social outcomes, economic gains, NCAER study showsThe ongoing parliamentary session addressing the 33% Women's Reservation Act underscores its profound economic and social advantages. Studi...
Economic Survey 2026 calls for more awareness on health supplements, flags rising lifestyle diseases due to nutrition gapDietary reforms are now a public health priority for preventing non-communicable diseases. The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights nutrition...
PM Modi to launch campaign for strengthening healthcare for women on September 17Narendra Modi will soon launch a health campaign. It is named 'Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan'. The 8th 'Poshan Maah' will also be l...
Union Budget 2025: Enhanced cost norms for Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 programs announcedIn the Union Budget 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in the cost norms for nutritional support programs l...
Revamped health schemes to focus on kids' nutrition"The idea is to come up with a comprehensive physical and mental development programme for schoolchildren, with a focus on nutrition to min...
An alarming number of pregnant women suffer from malnutrition: UNICEFMany pregnant and nursing women experience malnourishment.
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.
Over 80 per cent beneficiaries on Poshan Tracker successfully Aadhaar seeded: WCD MinistryAccording to the ministry, the migration facility for pregnant women and lactating mothers from one anganwadi centre (AWC) to another withi...
67% girls in urban slums didn't attend online classes during first lockdown: ReportThe study by NGO "Save The Children" in February last year also found that 68 per cent of girls, aged between 10 and 18 years, faced challe...
Mission Poshan 2.0 launched in Budget to improve nutritional outcomesOut of Rs 24,435 crore allocated to the Women Child Development (WCD) Ministry, an amount of Rs 20,105 crore has been assigned to Saksham A...
Need to intensify efforts to address all causes of anemia: Healthcare expertsAccording to the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey, approximately half of the women of the reproductive age group are anemic and 41 p...
States want 'Sabla' in all districts, government excuses citing fund crunchThe move by the states has, however, led the ministry to increase the allocation of funds from Rs 75.50 crore earmarked initially to Rs 475...
Government has "wonderful" schemes, but nothing on ground: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court today pulled up the government for the mismatch between the "wonderful" welfare schemes for children belonging to lower s...
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd gets India CSR Community Initiative awardJSPL's CSR programme is Kishori Express - an adolescent anaemia control drive on wheels for timely detection and rectification of anaemia a...
Rajasthan fared poorly in implementing prohibiting pre-natal sex selection law: CAGAlso the same was not being provided to a large number of adolescent girls, the report added.
'Make nutrition as one of the indicators of development'The Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security today convened a meeting of technical experts on the steps required to improve nutrition.
- 'Urja' kits for adolescents soon to make them nutrition wise
The kit, which will be brought out in next two months and circulated in schools across India will contain information for children of Class...
- MNC in secret pact with universities for food education
Four public-funded national universities have entered into a "confidential" pact with Nestle, one of the biggest baby food and commercial f...