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INDIA MALNOURISHMENT
Question is affordability, whether other expenditure can benefit people more than freebies: CEA Nageswaran pitches for focused welfare interventionsNageswaran said the issue should be looked at sensibly rather than on an emotional plane and the question that needs to be asked is if it i...- 9-year-old in France rescued from van, unable to walk after months of confinementA young boy has been found after being locked in a van for over a year. Police discovered the 9-year-old in a shocking state. His father cl...
- 11,000 litres of milk dumped into Narmada; netizens furiousA viral video shows nearly 11,000 litres of milk being poured into the Narmada river, sparking outrage. Critics condemn the act as harmful ...
- Global Hunger Index 2024 ranks India under 'serious' categoryThe Global Hunger Index 2024 ranks India 105th, under the 'serious' category, with high levels of undernourishment and child mortality. Ind...
- Cheetahs brought to KNP to divert attention from demand to shift Gir lions: Kamal NathTaking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled government at the Centre and Gujarat, Nath claimed when he was the chief minister of...
- Over 33 lakh children in India malnourished, 17.7L of them severely malnourished, says dataAlso, India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is beh...
- UP having most malnourished children in country, reflects BJP govt working in wrong direction, alleges Akhilesh YadavYadav was addressing a press conference in Lucknow, he said, "Central government said we will make 5 trillion economy, Uttar Pradesh govern...
- Cuddles Foundation helps malnourished kids suffering from cancer in BengaluruA nonprofit addresses missing links in cancer treatment of malnourished kids. It also provides meals and supplements to the children and th...
- 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...
- Dubious distinction: India leads world hunger list; overtakes ChinaGlobally , the number of undernourished people has fallen by 216 mn between 1990 and 2015. However, India's contribution to this fall has b...
- Over 2 crore children in India are underweight and malnourished: ReportICDS reports a staggering number of children up to the age of 6 are malnourished and underweight attending their day care centre.
- Lok Sabha polls 2014: Malnutrition; a problem ignored by every party.In January 2012, PM Manmohan Singh declared half of India's children were malnourished and that was a national shame. Yet since then, not a...
- Food Bill could hurt animal feed availabilityAnimal feed, required to sustain our large population of cattle, poultry and fish, is in short supply, and what is available is not cheap.
- At 217 million, India houses largest number of malnourished in the worldIndia has cut the number of undernourished by less than 10% since 1990 & is one of the nations FAO says won't meet its MDG target.
- Superpower? 230m Indians go hungry dailyOften, in the hype over economic growth, we forget the harsh reality of India - extreme poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, and re...
- Malnourishment a national shame: Manmohan SinghCalling malnourishment "a national shame", Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India cannot hope for a healthy future with 42%...
- The silent epidemicMalnutrition erodes lives and growth. These children also suffer from protein and iron deficiency.
- Girls: Lesser children of God?India’s growth story will not be sustainable if it cannot break through prejudices against girls and rapidly improve the lot of its childre...
- India worse than Pakistan, Bangladesh on nourishmentAlmost 46 per cent of children under the age of three are undernourished. This is only a shade better than Sub-Saharan Africa
- Experts find fault with ICDS schemeIt’s a well-documented fact that India’s answer to the problem of widespread malnutrition in the country has been the Integrated Child Deve...
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