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Fortifying soil with essential minerals holds promise in tackling childhood stunting in India, new study revealsA recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that strengthening soil with essential minerals, particularly zinc, can help combat...31 Aug, 2023, 10.01 PM IST- Study finds adding zinc to farmland soil can prove helpful in preventing childhood stunting in IndiaA study has found that adding zinc to soil in farmland can help prevent childhood stunting, a condition caused by chronic undernutrition, i...31 Aug, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
- View: The flawed Global Hunger Index methodology shows India must reform its statistical systemAs per estimates by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), around 140 million people were pulled out of poverty in India between ...19 Oct, 2022, 10.55 PM IST
- India ranks 107 on 2022 Global Hunger Index, behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and NepalIn Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India. Neighbouring countries - Pakistan (99), Bangladesh (84), Nepal (8...16 Oct, 2022, 09.18 AM IST
- Committed to tackling challenges of undernourishment, child mortality: Rao Inderjit Singh"The government of India is committed towards tackling the challenges through some of the recent initiatives of various like Swasthaya Bhar...28 Nov, 2019, 04.29 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 cannot afford to have generations of stunted children: Maneka GandhiGandhi, while chairing the second meeting of national council on India's nutrition challenges, said the states also need to identify people...24 Jul, 2018, 08.38 PM IST
- India 170th country for anemia among women, says global reportIndia is ranked 114th in terms of under-five stunting prevalence, 120th in terms of under-five wasting prevalence and 170th in terms of ane...31 Mar, 2017, 02.23 PM IST
- More than half of under-5 kids in India are anaemicBased on the 2011 Census data, the total number of children under five in India in 2015 is projected at 12.4 crore.06 Mar, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
- India below Bangladesh, Rwanda in global hunger rankingsOther neighbours Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are all ranked above India.13 Oct, 2016, 11.05 AM 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
- Health Ministry's own survey projects bleak pictureAll 15 States/Union Territories have rates below 51 deaths per 1,000 live births, although there is considerable variation among the States...19 Jun, 2016, 11.31 AM IST
- Government to form roadmap to address stunting in tribal childrenGovernment will prepare a roadmap for improving access of tribal children to food, health and sanitation in view of high level of stunting.12 Jan, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
- India loses 12 billion dollar in GDP to vitamin, mineral deficienciesAccording to the report titled 'Nutrition in India', stunting in children, between six to 24 months of age, can be reduced significantly.14 Nov, 2014, 12.09 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
- Malnutrition: Miserable state of affairs in Sonia's pocket boroughRae Bareli may be the bastion of India's most powerful woman but when it comes to the state of children and their mothers there, this Uttar...11 Jan, 2012, 02.43 PM IST
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