TopicMalnutrition

Topic: Malnutrition

Registration of deaths likely missed during Covid pandemic, NFHS-5 data indicates

Soniya Agrawal - December 16, 2020

The latest NFHS-5 first phase data shows health insurance is still low in the surveyed states, and a worrying rise in stunting.

India needs to ensure mothers’ higher education to eradicate child malnutrition, study says

Kairvy Grewal - December 3, 2020

The study by Indian Council for Research on International Relations found that mortality and nutritional security are closely interlinked.

Rice with zinc, wheat with protein — Bio-fortified crops can fight India’s hidden hunger

A. Amarender Reddy - October 30, 2020

India has one of the highest number of undernourished people in the world. PM Modi’s promise of 17 bio-fortified varieties of 8 crops can help.

End large-scale lockdowns, Covid not law & order issue — 41 scientists demand in open letter

Revathi Krishnan - September 4, 2020

Scientists from IITs, Indian Statistical Institute and several other institutions say there are 3 primary problems with current Covid strategy, that is leading to loss of more lives.

Ethiopia, India top countries where poor nutrition is costing companies billions of dollars

Agnieszka de Sousa - July 8, 2020

The greatest productivity losses from being undernourished were in agriculture, mining & construction, with Ethiopia and India facing highest burden.

All focus on Covid ignores India’s silent epidemic — malnutrition. Our children are at risk

Gaurav Gogoi - June 21, 2020

In post-Covid world, Modi government should consider our Assam model for tackling malnutrition. India can’t afford to risk its young generations.

4 deaths, no job, no medical care — the ‘malnutrition’-hit family behind NHRC notice to UP

Prashant Srivastava - February 21, 2020

After UP media highlighted plight of Harishchandra, a daily wager who lost 4 members of his family to 'malnutrition', NHRC sent the state govt a notice.

Modi’s POSHAN Abhiyan unlikely to make India malnutrition-free by 2022: CSE report

Mohana Basu - February 12, 2020

CSE report says that at the current rate of progress, it may take some states up to 100 years to fight various aspects of malnutrition.

Fighting malnutrition is a Modi govt priority, but 2 ministries don’t agree on funding

Moushumi Das Gupta - February 10, 2020

The 15th Finance Commission recommends Rs 7,735 cr for Women and Child Ministry's malnutrition programme but Finance Ministry rejects recommendation.

Now, Bangladesh set to steal march over India with GM rice that fights malnutrition

Mohana Basu - February 5, 2020

A GM rice variety called golden rice has been deemed safe in fresh tests conducted by researchers from the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute.

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