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Palestinian Embassy calls for urgent medical aid: "If not India and Indian people, then who?"Palestine's Embassy in India has issued a dire plea for immediate medical aid, warning of a healthcare sector collapse due to ongoing confl...
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...
Dietary balance remains missing as India continues to gorge on cerealsMany Indians consume too many grains and not enough proteins, vegetables and fruits. This imbalance affects health, contributing to malnutr...
From uncle's loan in 1977 to $36.8 billion today: The story of a quiet African titan reshaping global energy from LagosAliko Dangote is widely regarded as Africa’s richest businessman and one of the most influential industrialists in the world. His journey b...
Harvard liver specialist names top three best snacks to reverse fatty liver and the last one may surprise youFatty liver best snacks: Harvard liver specialist Dr Saurabh Sethi has named three powerful snacks to help reverse fatty liver and these in...
Diabetes new type emerges after type 2, type 1 as medical experts are calling it type 5, over 25 million people suffer. Symptoms, treatment, illnessDiabetes type 2, can be caused by obesity and occurs when adults become resistant to the hormone insulin. Type 1 diabetes, mostly diagnosed...
WHO sees 'deadly' surge in malnutrition in Gaza; 21 children under five killed in 2025World Health Organization reports a dangerous rise in malnutrition in Gaza. Twenty-one children under five have died in 2025. Malnutrition ...
Mysterious illness dubbed 'Disease X' spreading rapidly, has killed mostly children, infected over 400. Check symptomsA mysterious illness, dubbed disease X, has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the Democratic Repu...
What is Disease X? Mysterious flu-like illness outbreak wreaks havoc in CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing an outbreak of a flu-like illness named Disease X, with over 400 cases and 143 d...
Our not so obvious disease, obesityFor India, there is the 'double burden' of malnutrition and obesity. Also, there is the high burden of non-communicable diseases like heart...
World Obesity Day: India among top three most obese nations, 70% population overweight, says studyA Lancet study reveals alarming obesity rates in India, with 70% of urban population overweight. India ranks third globally in obesity, fol...
Snapdeal to drive awareness of FSSAI’s Eat Right India movementWith this, Snapdeal orders will feature customised information stickers about fortified products for consumers shopping on the platform. Th...
View: India’s rising obesity problemWhile obesity is still at a nascent stage in India, it very much remains an issue that needs tackling by policymakers. The foremost task is...
Most states won't meet Poshan Abhiyaan targets to curb child malnutrition: StudySome of the states, which have reported the worst cases include Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and Tripura.
NITI Aayog moots Aadhaar-linked tracking of malnutritionThe meeting was on challenges of malnutrition and the deliberation focused on breaking the cycle of under-nutrition, disease, infections an...
22 per cent of under-5 deaths in 2013 occurred due to Malnutrition in India: ReportIndia accounts for most deaths of children aged below five years every year, with 50% of these caused mainly by malnutrition, a new policy ...
Malnutrition, related diseases a major issue in India: Health Minister Harsh VardhanHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan said government will undertake a massive campaign of one week on malnutrition which causes anaemia & other di...
Hunger deaths stalk North Bengal tea estatesThe Godhulibazar North East Society for Empowerment of Public, an NGO working in tea belt, says the number of deaths has touched 100.
- ‘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.
- 125 children die of malnutrition in MP: NGOs
More than 125 children under six years of age have lost their lives due to malnutrition in four districts of Madhya Pradesh since May 2008,...