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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...07 Nov, 2021, 05.38 PM IST- India slips seven positions to 101 in Global Hunger Index 2021, lags behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and NepalIndia’s position has slipped to 101 from 94 last year in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries. Neighbours Pakistan, Banglade...15 Oct, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
- One million malnourished Afghan children could face death, says UNICEFEarlier, Filippo Grandi, the UN refugees chief, warned of a potential humanitarian catastrophe, saying that only a third of the funds urgen...10 Oct, 2021, 05.47 PM IST
- 12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UNThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 735,000 people returned to the country this year from Iran, Pakistan...20 Aug, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
- India ranks at 94 in Global Hunger Index; experts blame poor implementation, siloed approachThe neighbouring Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too are in the 'serious' category but ranked higher than India in this year's hunger inde...17 Oct, 2020, 02.53 PM IST
- Stunting declines to 34.7% in 2017-18 from 38.4% in 2015-16As per the NFHS-4 (2015-16) data, stunting of children in the age group of 0-6 years declined to 38.4 per cent in 2015-16 from 48 per cent ...17 Mar, 2019, 01.03 PM IST
- India has one-third of world's stunted children: Global nutrition reportWith 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million)...29 Nov, 2018, 04.45 PM IST
- India ranked 100th among 119 as hunger gets worseIndia was ranked 97th last year. The country’s hunger problem is driven by high child malnutrition, and underlines the need for stronger co...13 Oct, 2017, 09.14 AM IST
- 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...25 Sep, 2016, 08.52 PM IST
- India has most number of stunted children in world: StudyThe report said 48 million children in India, suffer from stunted growth, affecting their physical as well as cognitive and emotional devel...26 Jul, 2016, 03.16 PM IST
- No nutrition survey in India in last 10 years; Bangladesh performs betterData from the Rapid Survey on Children carried out by Unicef and the women and child development ministry in 2013 is yet to be made availab...05 Apr, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
- 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 ...29 Mar, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
- 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...14 Apr, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
- Women, children in PoK facing 'serious malnutrition': ReportOver a third of women and more than 20 per cent of children in remote areas of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are facing a serious problem of ma...28 Jan, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
- India ranks with Africa on nutrition; 50% children underfedThe data shows that almost half of Indian children are underweight and stunted, and more than 70% of women and kids have serious nutritiona...21 Sep, 2012, 10.04 AM IST
- India ranks below China, Pak in global hunger indexIndia has been ranked 67, way below neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, in a new global hunger index by the International Food ...11 Oct, 2010, 11.48 AM IST
- 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 Africa02 Jul, 2008, 11.30 AM IST
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