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India makes gains in child, maternal health but nutrition challenges persist: SBI report- 90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parameters
- From struggle to stardom: 5 famous actors whose fathers were farmers, from Pankaj Tripathi to Manoj Bajpayee
- 37.7% Anganwadi children stunted, 17.1% underweight: Govt dataOver 37.7% of children enrolled in Anganwadis are stunted and 17.1% are underweight, according to recent Poshan Tracker data. The Ministry ...13 Mar, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
- Breaking the Cycle: Food Security Act helps 1.8 million children grow stronger, shows studyThe National Food Security Act of 2013 significantly reduced child stunting in India by preventing stunting in 1.8 million children across ...11 Jan, 2025, 10.58 AM IST
- Swachh Bharat Mission helped reduce child mortality in India: Arvind VirmaniA NITI Aayog study reveals the significant impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission's toilet construction on reducing child malnutrition and mor...12 Dec, 2024, 09.51 PM 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
- Study finds adding zinc to farmland soil can prove helpful in preventing childhood stunting in IndiaA study has found that adding zinc to soil in farmland can help prevent childhood stunting, a condition caused by chronic undernutrition, i...31 Aug, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
- India ranks 107 on 2022 Global Hunger Index, behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and NepalIn Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India. Neighbouring countries - Pakistan (99), Bangladesh (84), Nepal (8...16 Oct, 2022, 09.18 AM IST
- View: GHI a misleading hunger index, may not be applicable to IndiaGHI remains a misleading hunger index as its methodology ignores genetic factors for which norms on stunting and wasting may not be applica...22 Oct, 2021, 11.49 PM IST
- View: India need not worry about indicators like Global Hunger IndexThis ordinal valuation of ranking often masks the kind of changes taking place, which may be gradual and in the right direction. The simpli...22 Oct, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
- Committed to tackling challenges of undernourishment, child mortality: Rao Inderjit Singh"The government of India is committed towards tackling the challenges through some of the recent initiatives of various like Swasthaya Bhar...28 Nov, 2019, 04.29 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
- India ranks 103 on global hunger indexAccording to the report, prepared by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, India is among the 45 countries that have "serious levels of hu...15 Oct, 2018, 09.46 PM IST
- India below Bangladesh, Rwanda in global hunger rankingsOther neighbours Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are all ranked above India.13 Oct, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
- Looming threat! Automation threatens 69 per cent jobs in India, says World BankResearch based on World Bank data has predicted that the proportion of jobs threatened in India by automation is 69 per cent, in China it i...05 Oct, 2016, 02.21 PM IST
- India loses 12 billion dollar in GDP to vitamin, mineral deficienciesAccording to the report titled 'Nutrition in India', stunting in children, between six to 24 months of age, can be reduced significantly.14 Nov, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
- India ranks with Africa on nutrition; 50% children underfedThe data shows that almost half of Indian children are underweight and stunted, and more than 70% of women and kids have serious nutritiona...21 Sep, 2012, 10.04 AM 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
- 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
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