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Friday, October 10, 2025
TopicMid-day meal

Topic: Mid-day meal

Goa junks plan to add eggs to mid-day meals after ‘strictly veg’ parents, students oppose pilot run

State education dept says after egg proposal failed to gain traction, they opted to include ragi laddus, chikkis instead. Meanwhile, Maharashtra continues to offer eggs in mid-day meals. 

Centre flags dip in govt school enrolment in 13 states/UTs in 2023-24, UP sees highest drop at 28 lakh

Reverse migration after pandemic, shift to private schools & low mid-day meal coverage are among the key reasons for decline in enrolment for classes 1 to 8 in govt schools, officials say.

‘Missing students’, unused rice: Inside Centre-formed panel’s report on Bengal midday meal ‘lapses’

Panel says many students enrolled in govt schools ‘study in private schools’. Bengal to now receive Rs 180 crore less than it demanded as central assistance under scheme in 2023-24.

DM orders probe, seeks report within 48 hours after dead snake found in mid-day meal in Bihar’s Araria

Children hospitalised as precaution have been discharged, says Araria DM, adds action will be taken against those found guilty.

Karnataka govt set to serve eggs on mid-day meal menu in more districts, despite opposition

The state government had last year introduced the scheme in seven districts but faced stiff opposition from Lingayat, Jain and other communities.

Lack of healthy food in school yrs caused 20 cm height gap across nations, study finds

Researchers assessed the height and weight of 65 million school-aged children and adolescents in 193 countries.

How states are delivering mid-day meals to students during Covid-19 school closure 

While West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are delivering dry rations to beneficiaries of mid-day meals, Delhi is learnt to be still struggling to find a way.

Schools shut over COVID-19, govt plans delivery of grains or cash for mid-day meal recipients

HRD ministry is set to tell states to provide students with either food grains or cooked meals delivered to their homes, or to send cash to their parents.

Chidambaram’s ‘economy class cell’ in Tihar and Modi-Shah’s toast to RBI

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PoK burns with anger against Pakistani state. You won’t see it in Kashmir-obsessed Western media

The contrast between Kashmir and PoK is impossible to ignore. One side protests for food and electricity, while the other talks about growth and education.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.