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Malnutrition-free India by 2022, says Union Minister Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that India would have no cases of malnutrition by 2022.
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Bajaj Finserv launches #StrikeOutChampionship Campaign
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 03 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bajaj Finserv, one of India's leading financial services group, has launched the #StrikeOutChampionship campaign to help spread awareness among people on healthcare issues affecting children in India.
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C'garh launches unique initiative to tackle the menace of malnutrition
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 1 (ANI): The state government has launched a unique initiative aimed at eliminating the menace of malnutrition by identifying malnourished children, pregnant women, and young girls and providing them with a nutrient-rich diet on a daily basis.
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Chhattisgarh govt provides free nutritious food to tribal kids in Naxal-af
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 1 (ANI): In an effort to curb the problem of malnutrition, the Chhattisgarh government has started providing food to tribal kids through gram panchayats in the Naxal-affected areas.
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Women's agricultural labour linked to increasing rate of malnutrition in I
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): Indian women's unaccounted contribution in the agriculture sector has a negative impact on the nutrition levels of members of the households, which contributes in increasing the rate of malnutrition among children, recent findings suggest.
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Beating malnutrition, misogyny in Beed district of Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 2 (ANI): Given the skewed sex ratio, rampant sex determination, female foeticide, malnutrition and tradition of giving a disturbing name to girls, the state Women and Child Development Department has gone into mission mode to 'save girls' in Beed. The departm
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43% of N Korea's population food insecure: UN
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Pyongyang [DPR Korea], Feb 13 (ANI): A United Nations report, on Wednesday, revealed that around 43 per cent of North Korea's population is "food insecure", with one out of five children facing "chronic malnutrition".
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Roy Fernandes of IIMSAM is here to make the world a better place
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (NewsVoir): H.E. Roy Fernandes, who is currently 33, is already leaps and bounds ahead of his generation when it comes to working for the greater good. Most of us today are way too much invested in our own life and the social circle around us.
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7-yr-old girl, face of Yemen crisis dies
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Nov 3 (ANI): Amal Hussein, a 7-year-old Yemeni girl, whose photograph in the New York Times last week became a symbol of Yemen's humanitarian conflict has passed away. Her family said that she died due to acute malnutrition.
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Tooth loss linked to malnutrition
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 28 (ANI): According to a new study, older adults with tooth loss are at higher risk of both impaired oral health and malnutrition.
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PIL filed on starvation deaths of poor, children
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction and appropriate action in the matter related to the occurrence of starvation deaths of poor and slum-dwelling minor children and addressing their malnutrition issues.
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What causes malnutrition in elderly people?
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 06 (ANI): Malnutrition in elderly people is quite common. While malnutrition can occur at any age, elderly people aged 65 and above are particularly prone to it. The latest study tries to explore the reason behind the same.
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