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FIGHT AGAINST MALNUTRITION
Odisha makes progress in its fight against malnutrition, but there’s still a long way to goTo achieve the next set of milestones, Garg says the focus will be on delivering services to people in areas that are hard to reach. But st...
Proper nutrition vital to build prosperous nation, says PM Narendra ModiAsserting that proper nutrition is vital to build a prosperous nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for undertaking effort...
Congress slams PM Narendra Modi, wonders if he will fight next election in PakistanCongress leader Manish Tewari said, "Prime Minister has suddenly started lecturing the people of Pakistan about its new developmental imper...
Maneka Gandhi says budget of her ministry not slashedGandhi claimed that the budget of her ministry had not been reduced but there were an addition Rs 10,000 crore for the programmes.
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.
UN report says support the poor to beat povertyAccording to FAO, social protection helped lift up to 150 million people out of extreme poverty in 2013 alone.
Union cabinet ministers Maneka Gandhi and Birender Singh protest against cuts in budget allocationThere are rumblings of dissent within Modi government, with at least two Cabinet ministers complaining against massive cuts in budget alloc...
ICICI Bank adopts village in Gujarat to make it digitalKochhar briefed Patel about how the village will be covered through networking and wi-fi facility, stated an official press release of stat...
Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography sale proceeds to help NGOTendulkar has been involved in supporting the initiatives of Apnalaya over the last two decades and is committing a minimum of Rs 25 lakh f...
Why India needs a 'quinoa revolution' to solve malnutrition, diabetes and cardiac problemsHollywood stars glorified it, NASA de-mystified it. It is now up to India to embrace the healthy food and check malnutrition.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel sets targets for her governmentGujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has drawn up a 100-days agenda for her government which would focus on 11 key subjects.
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 ...
- 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%...
- Activists slam Pepsico for `influencing' public policy on nutrition
Activists are up in arms against an international food conference co-sponsored by Pepsico, labelling it is an attempt to influence public p...
- Karat justifies anti-Americanism while refuting Sen’s charge
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat refuted that its actions were dictated by ‘gut anti-Americanism’ and that it had neglected issues like ...
- Britannia fortifies brand with wellness cookies
The Rs 2,700-crore Britannia now sells roughly 50% of its biscuits fortified with vitamins and micro-nutrients, with focus on bolstering th...
- MDG goals hit by world economy decline: UN
UN Secretary General warned that the decline in world economic growth increases the challenges of the less-developed countries in their hop...