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Kumaraswamy cites Hosabale comments to question 'achhe din' claims
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 3 (ANI): JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said Monday that the reported comments by RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on economic inequality, poverty and unemployment raise "big questions" over claims of "achhe din".
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Research reveals how changes to animal feed could feed 1 billion people
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Espoo [Finland], September 20 (ANI): The production of feed for cattle and fish is consuming limited natural resources that could be utilised to create food for people, while millions of people throughout the world are in danger of going hungry or suffering from malnutrition.
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306 children in Assam bag healthy child award
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): A total of 306 children of 33 Districts of 14 Lok Sabha Constituencies in Assam have been awarded the healthy child award, said the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Monday.
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Floods heap miseries, diseases on young Pakistanis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have heaped miseries and diseases on its young population, local media reported. Besides, the flood-ravaged country is also facing onslaught of malnutrition.
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More than three million children at risk as devastating floods hit Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): More than three million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, and malnutrition due to the most severe flooding in Pakistan's recent history, according to UNICEF.
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WFP warns of starvation in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) for Afghanistan on Sunday said that the economic situation in Afghanistan is getting worse and tens of millions of people in this country need food aid.
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PM Modi seeks people's participation in efforts to eradicate malnutrition
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], August 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the people to participate in the government's efforts to eradicate malnutrition from the country as part of the 'Poshan Maah' celebrated every year in September.
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NASSCOM Foundation supports Nourishing Schools Foundation for building a d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Nourishing Schools Foundation, a non-profit focused on helping children take charge of tackling malnutrition, has been selected for the Social Innovation Catalyst program.
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Study finds child malnutrition gets worsened by extreme heat exposure
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 25 (ANI): Cornell University research has found that exposure to extreme heat increases both chronic and acute malnutrition among infants and young children in low-income countries, threatening to reverse decades of progress.
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India has made rapid strides in improving malnutrition rates: UN
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 8 (ANI): Rapid strides have been made by India in improving malnutrition rates said the UN recently and added that stunting in children below five years has declined from 48 percent to 38 percent in the country between 2006 and 2016.
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Ethiopia, partners launch USD 30 million initiative to reduce maternal mal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian government and its partners have launched a new multi-sectoral nutrition initiative that envisages reducing maternal malnutrition, child wasting and stunting in the country.
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G7 asks Russia to end blockade of Black Sea ports, pledges USD 4.5 bn for
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Schloss Elmau [Germany], June 28 (ANI): The Group of Seven (G7) nations on Tuesday committed USD 4.5 billion to protect the most vulnerable people from malnutrition and called on Russia to end its blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.
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