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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...
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...
Quote of the day by Simone Weil: 'Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than...' – French philosopher and mystic's warning on global conflict, power, energy politics and how oil drives war and the economyQuote of the day by Simone Weil: Simone Weil's observation that petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat highl...
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 ...
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.
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.
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...
Malnutrition rate in Chhattisgarh down by 17% in one decadeAccording to the data collected, malnutrition rate in Chhattisgarh has declined to 30 per cent from 47.1 per cent.
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 ...
Government taking various steps to curb malnutrition: Maneka GandhiBihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand are among the ten states having large number of cases of malnutrition.
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...
- 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.
LS polls 2014: Every 2nd child malnourished, but few parties promise solutionAs per the analysis of manifestos of 10 major political parties by CRY, only five have mentioned malnutrition in their manifestos.
Focus on malnutrition, not hungerHunger afflicts only 2% of all households, while malnutrition stunts 45% of all children below five years.
- 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...
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...
- 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%...
India's child malnutrition puzzleOne of the least talked about issues in the debate on India's demographic dividend is child malnutrition.
- 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 ...
- Malnutrition on NDC agenda, says PM
Child nutrition in the country has concerned the Prime Minister to put the issue on NDC's agenda.