In a call for expression of interest last month, ICMR proposed a research project to devise standards suitable for Indian context. Here’s what the body plans to do with this exercise.
Researchers from Ashoka and Heidelberg universities found that the illegal, but widespread, practice of untouchability is positively associated with height gaps between 'upper caste' and Dalit children.
When India can get bigger things such as tracking pregnant women right, why do nutritional deficiencies among under-five children remain insurmountable?
According to Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-18, number of stunted children below 5 years of age dropped to 3.87 crore from 5.55 crore in 2005-06.
India also has the largest number (17 crores) of women in reproductive age affected by anaemia, followed by China (9 crores) and Pakistan (2.5 crores).
PDRN, a bioactive molecule, has gained popularity in Korea. It is commonly used in treatments designed to restore skin quality rather than simply reduce wrinkles.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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