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GI tag puts Mandu's Khurasani Imli on the global mapMandu's unique Khurasani Imli, the fruit of the iconic Baobab tree, has received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This recognition is se...- He used his airline to rescue refugees from Pakistan, donated 300 acres to India: Meet the Tamil Nadu Padma awardee who gave everything to the nationTamil Nadu industrialist Dr. R.M. Alagappa Chettiar, a visionary beyond business, utilized his private airline for crucial refugee rescue o...
- BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
- 90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parametersIndia's National Family Health Survey-6 shows significant improvements in maternal and child health. Vaccinations and antenatal care have i...
- $9 million meal? Warren Buffett and Stephen Curry charity dinner fetches record-breaking bidA charity auction offering a private dinner with Warren Buffett and Stephen Curry has fetched a record $9 million bid. With Buffett matchin...
- Community-led nutrition initiatives in rural India can boost diet diversity, empower women: StudyWomen in Rajasthan's Pindwara village have improved nutrition via kitchen gardens, while Chhattisgarh revived traditional crops for a bette...
- Rationalisation of govt bodies: WCD ministry 'officially' dissolves Food and Nutrition BoardThe Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has officially dissolved the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), a technical wing of the ministr...
- COVID-19 disrupted food security for millions; will likely reverse progress on ending hunger by 2030: Dr Harsh VardhanAddressing the 54th Commission on Population and Development on the theme 'Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development...
- Cargill collaborates with UNWFP to launch nutrition program in RajasthanThe program, is in alignment with the government of India's national nutrition strategy and the Prime Minister’s overarching scheme for hol...
- Govt to focus on women, children, disadvantaged classes: SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 35,600-crore outlay for nutrition-related programmes for 2020-21 and an amount of Rs 28,...
- PM Narendra Modi lauds Bohra community for peace and developmentDawoodi Bohras are an economically sound community that are present in good numbers in Gujarat, Modi’s home state.
- India cannot afford to have generations of stunted children: Maneka GandhiGandhi, while chairing the second meeting of national council on India's nutrition challenges, said the states also need to identify people...
- Government wants to team up with corporates, NGOs for Nutrition Mission PlanOfficials at the Women and Child Ministry said that the government is specifically looking at collaborations with corporates and NGOs in th...
- Niti Aayog panel suggests 10-point nutrition action planThe Aayog made the pitch, citing the benefit to cost ratio of 16:1 for 40 low- and middle-income countries, adding that there is a well-rec...
- Tata Trusts, MP government join hands to work in healthcareAs part of a a MoU signed with the state, Tata Trusts will also work together with the govt in overseeing successful execution of the ident...
- States to discuss social service delivery models on MondayNITI Aayog has planned a day-long national conference on Monday where states/UTs will share their notable practices in social sector servic...
- National Nutrition Week: Government to focus on child malnourishmentThe Women and Child Development Ministry has decided to intensify its efforts in battling malnourishment among children.
- Egg-less meals at anganwadis? Madhya Pradesh's ban pitches nutrition against politicsThe only explanation for the egg ban is that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a “strict vegetarian” and eggs are a “sentimental issu...
- For an aspiring global power, India suffers from shocking levels of malnutritionGood news is that the BJP manifesto said that “extreme poverty and malnutrition will be treated as a national priority and will be addresse...
- Food policy: The national fight against malnutritionThe absence of a national programme to fight malnutrition denies such a platform, and results in an information void on what interventions ...
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