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MALNOURISHMENT DEATHS IN DELHI
H3N2 cases rising: Woman dies in Gujarat, Pune & Delhi witness jump in kids, elderly ICU admissionsIn the past few days, India has witnessed a rise of H3N2 cases. Several ICU cases of kids, under the age of 5, have been reported in Pune. ...- Acute encephalitis syndrome adds to Bihar’s woesAES affects malnourished children the most. It is characterised by onset of high fever and inflammatory lesions in the brain and primarily ...
- Supreme Court seeks state’s explanation on kids’ deathsThis is not the first such outbreak in the country. Uttar Pradesh has had its own share of deaths due to this disease as well as the impove...
- Centre orders probe into Delhi starvation deathsThe initial postmortem report attributed the deaths to malnourishment/starvation, prompting the city govt to order a magisterial probe into...
- Supreme Court criminalises sex with minor wife aged between 15 and 18 yearsThe apex court said the exception in the rape law was contrary to the philosophy of other statutes and violates the bodily integrity of a g...
- Supreme Court seeks files on cervical cancer vaccines administered in tribal belts of Andhra Pradesh, GujaratThe direction came on a petition that alleged that the vaccines were unproven when they were administrated.
- SC seeks files on administration of HPV vaccines on tribal girls in Andhra, GujaratThe Supreme Court asked the Union government to produce the files related to the administration of HPV vaccines, which prevent cervical can...
- 3.66 lakh infant births in Delhi in 2013The infant mortality rate in Delhi in 2013 stood at 24 per 1,000 live births while the number of children born in the city was 3.66 lakh
- Malnutrition, not HIV, main trigger of tuberculosis in India: StudyAn annual estimated mortality of 2, 70,000 deaths means that tuberculosis claims one life in India every two minutes.
- Delhi elections: Capital among wealthiest states, but lakhs of people still homelessDelhi, which boasts near-double digit economic growth, has almost half of the population living in slums, and over a couple of lakhs homele...
- India tops cervical cancer deaths: US studyWith nearly 73,000 women dying every year, India now tops the world in cervical cancer deaths according to a new report.
- Downloading right image for advertisements has become knotty issueMistaken identity in a government ad, however, is a trifle for the tree sparrow. It has been up against much worse in the neighbourhood.
- India loses $20bn annually to road accidentsIndia loses $20 billion due to road accidents annually, which the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates is enough to feed 50% of the na...
- 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%...
- Infant mortality up by 18.5% due to declining healthcareBetween 2009 and 2010, the infant mortality rate has increased 18.5%, from 18.96 per thousand to 22.47 per thousand.
- SC directs govt to allocate 5 million tonnes foodgrain to PDSThe Supreme Court directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the cou...
- Budget 2011: Children’s health needs attention, say activistsDemanding an increase in the health budget, Save the Children CEO Thomas Chandy said children were dying of preventable and treatable cause...
- ‘Climate change will hit 175m kids every year’A new report suggests that 175 million children will be affected every year by frequent natural disasters caused due to climate change.
- India tops world hunger chartIndia is failing its rural poor with 230 million people being undernourished.
- CPM reads Congress the riot actStung by the Congress’ criticism of the Left Front government in West Bengal, the CPM on Tuesday retaliated saying that it should worry abo...
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