Competitive federalism should extend beyond economic metrics to include early childhood education (ECE). Studies show ECE boosts cognitive ...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that strengthening soil with essential minerals, particularly zinc, can help combat...

A study has found that adding zinc to soil in farmland can help prevent childhood stunting, a condition caused by chronic undernutrition, i...

The paper titled 'Reversing the Gaze Re-examining Estimates of India's Development Indicators by International Organisations' said on one h...

LFPR is defined as the number of women in the labour force, both employed and unemployed, as percentage of working-age female population (a...

The blanket use of the global benchmark overstates India's child malnutrition problem. This is not to suggest that malnutrition is not a se...

Popular British TV personality Bear Grylls, known for shows like Man vs Wild, has been spotted in Mumbai. In a video shared by paparazzi on...

The neighbouring Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too are in the 'serious' category but ranked higher than India in this year's hunger inde...

With 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million)...

India is ranked 114th in terms of under-five stunting prevalence, 120th in terms of under-five wasting prevalence and 170th in terms of ane...

All 15 States/Union Territories have rates below 51 deaths per 1,000 live births, although there is considerable variation among the States...

NGO CRY today initiated a campaign to reach out to over 2.5 lakh children to raise awareness about their rights.

Short maternal stature, extreme poverty, poor dietary diversity and mother's lack of education are among the top five risk factors for maln...

Between 2006 to 2014, stunting levels in children under five declined to 39% as compared to global level of 24%, according to the India Nut...

The strategies or policy interventions available to resolve malnutrition are not being implemented due to lack of money, skills, or politic...

The data shows that almost half of Indian children are underweight and stunted, and more than 70% of women and kids have serious nutritiona...

Why is it that the country with surplus production of food grain often cannot feed nutritious food to its citizens? Why do we have a very h...