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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: child deaths

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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Pakistan finance minister should learn from Manmohan Singh and engineer an economic revival

Muhammad Aurangzeb has been clamped with more manacles than he has wrists. His immediate task is to negotiate a new loan programme with the IMF.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.