Alarmed that there were over 15,000 child marriages in the tribal districts of Maharashtra in the last 3 years, the Bombay high court on Mo...

Also, 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...

Of these, Uttar Pradesh counted for 3,98,359 and Bihar 2,79,427, according to the figures shared by the ministry. Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Naga...

India is using technology and data to solve its acute malnutrition and hunger problems

Urban India is moving into an unhealthy food snacking environment and food consumption patterns in India reveal that child diets are largel...

Some of the states, which have reported the worst cases include Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and Tripura.

Arguably the biggest social programme in the world, ICDS has nevertheless not been able to address maternal and child malnutrition in the 4...

The Chief Minister congratulated Vadodara District Collector Avantika Singh for "successful" implementation of the scheme in the district.

Bihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand are among the ten states having large number of cases of malnutrition.

Expressing concern at the deteriorating malnutrition situation, the government on Thursday said that the problem needs to be tackled in a "...

Government got a rare compliment from the opposition when Sushma Swaraj appreciated it in Lok Sabha for eradicating polio from the country.

National Human Rights Commission today said its burden would increase if the Communal Violence Bill is passed in Parliament in its "present...

Hunger afflicts only 2% of all households, while malnutrition stunts 45% of all children below five years.

Tirath created a flutter by saying that men should allocate a portion of their salaries as a honorarium in return of the work done by women...

About 48% of children under 5 are stunted & 43% underweight:NFHS-3.

The government would declare January 24 as the national girl child day with a focus on targeting the scourges of female foeticide, domestic...

It’s a well-documented fact that India’s answer to the problem of widespread malnutrition in the country has been the Integrated Child Deve...