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TopicChild deaths

Topic: child deaths

Climate change behind 32% heat-related neonatal deaths in 29 countries — Nature Communications study

The study is among the 1st to look at impact of ambient temps on neonatal mortality in low & middle income countries in tropical environments like South Asia or sub-Saharan Africa.

11-year-old Delhi boy drowns in swimming pool. Family suspects foul play, holds protest

According to another officer, the incident occurred on May 14 when the boy, his father and other teenagers were swimming in the pool.

3 children drown in Delhi’s Mukundpur trying to swim in floodwaters

Several parts of Delhi continue to remain flooded, as the Yamuna flows above the danger mark due to rains and water released from the upstream Hathnikund barrage.

Juvenile killer or ‘larger conspiracy’? Sonipat society on edge after 8-yr-old found dead in tank

Residents of Haryana housing society living in fear ever since 8-yr-old boy found dead in basement. Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy but residents say there is more to the case.

Covid-19 pandemic could kill hundreds of thousands of children this year: UN

The United Nations report estimated that around 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis due to coronavirus this year.

As Kota toll rises, 2 Gujarat hospitals report 196 infant deaths in December

Doctors at the Gujarat hospitals attributed the deaths to increased referrals for serious ailments, premature births & low birth weight, among other reasons.

Pneumonia killed more than 14 children every hour in India in 2018: UNICEF study

The study found that India recorded the second highest number of child deaths from pneumonia in the world, and was among the five countries responsible for more than half of such deaths globally.

Why borewell deaths are so frequent and rescue measures fall short most of the time

Death of 3-yr-old Sujith Wilson who had fallen into a borewell in Tamil Nadu Friday, has once again brought to focus the dangers posed by open & abandoned borewells.

3-year-old Sujith trapped in Tamil Nadu borewell for 80 hours dies, body pulled out

Sujith Wilson fell into a discarded farm borewell while playing near his house in Nadukattupatti Friday evening. Various central, state agencies had been called in to rescue him.

Over 8.8 lakh deaths — India on top in UNICEF report on under-5 child mortality in 2018

Nigeria saw 8.66 lakh deaths & Pakistan 4.09 lakh. UNICEF report says median under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 live births in India is 37, against Nigeria's 120 & Pakistan's 69.

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India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.