January 29, 2024 10:02 am
Government programmes to fortify staples should be supplemented with initiatives on balanced diets
May 29, 2023 11:18 am
Savings from reduction in fertiliser and power subsidies can be ploughed into agricultural research, improve food and nutritional security in the face of climate change
March 26, 2023 7:16 am
Senior doctors suspect both the five-year-old and her brother, who died earlier this week, probably suffered from a congenital disorder.
October 03, 2022 8:15 am
Like Meenabai’s child, hundreds of newborns across Nandurbar have benefitted from these techniques. For the first time, the district is witnessing a 30-40 gram per day weight gain among newborns, as compared to 10-12 gram earlier.
September 13, 2022 12:55 pm
The court also pulled up the state government about a large number of vacant posts for doctors in the region.
September 14, 2020 8:57 am
For “POSHAN Maah” to contribute towards the holistic nourishment of children and a malnutrition free India by 2030, the government needs to address the multi-dimensional determinants of malnutrition on an urgent basis.
May 25, 2018 10:03 am
More than two-thirds of India’s 640 districts, mainly in north and central India, have high to very high levels of stunting.
February 12, 2014 12:24 am
State government releases latest malnutrition figures on the basis of survey under ICDS.
November 19, 2009 6:45 pm
In the many speeches and statements on the Children's Day last week,no one talked of millions who have died in infancy.