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Karnataka government stops distribution of chikkis in midday meals

February 19, 2025 10:45 pm

Offered as an alternative to eggs, peanut chikki bars have been found to have high levels of unsaturated fats and sugars.

PM POSHAN scheme: Punjab farmers vie for ‘locally grown’ kinnow, carrot in midday meal but banana way healthier to fight malnutrition, say experts

January 06, 2024 12:00 pm

Congress MLA from Abohar, Sandeep Jakhar, has written a letter to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann urging him to consider including locally grown fruits/vegetables such as kinnow, carrots in midday meal menu so that farmers are also benefitted.

Mid-day meal scheme is now ‘PM Poshan’, pre-primary children will be covered

September 30, 2021 12:15 pm

Under the scheme, 24 lakh more children in pre-primary classes, currently covered under the ICDS, will also be brought in. Last year, the government had opened pre-schools called Balvatikas attached to angandwadis.

Bombay HC refuses to interfere with Rs 245-crore tender over Covid-19

February 19, 2021 9:02 pm

The court said it was not inclined to deprive the children from 7,549 schools of nutritious food during the pandemic.

Uttar Pradesh: To improve nutrition in school children, government may add Sunahri Kand to meal schemes’ menu

February 04, 2021 12:45 am

Three-day Sunahri Kand Mahotsav to be held in Gorakhpur at end of month.

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For children’s sake

September 04, 2019 3:55 am

UP government must fix flaws in the mid-day meal scheme, not target journalists for reporting them

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UP school serves chapatti and salt as mid-day meal, probe ordered

August 23, 2019 12:26 pm

The food was being provided in the school under the mid-day meal programme. In pictures posted by ANI, children can be seen sitting on the floor of the school corridor, eating rotis with just some salt in their plates.

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Mid-day meal: Govt doesn’t explain how it will pay for milk, HC says file new affidavit

September 11, 2015 12:40 am

The court directed the Kanpur DM to file an affidavit explaining all these issues.

Secys rue lack of jobs, poor education after rural visits

February 12, 2015 3:28 am

Submit reports to the PMO after visiting the districts from where they had started their Indian Administrative Service careers.

HRD ministry set to adopt Gujarat’s Tithi Bhojan concept

October 15, 2014 2:09 am

Meeting chaired by HRD Minister Smriti Irani, to be held on Wednesday is expected to approve the introduction of the concept of Tithi Bhojan.

Sushila Karki: Nepal’s first woman CJ — and now potentially its first woman PM

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Nepalese jurist Sushila Karki, known for her anti-corruption stance, is a strong contender for interim prime minister. Despite lacking political experience, she has gained support from Gen Z protesters. The recent protests were triggered by a social media ban, but issues of corruption, economy, and joblessness have been simmering. Karki could make history as Nepal's first female prime minister.

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