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Why India’s Children Have A Healthy Future
Is India winning the battle against malnutrition? A comprehensive answer, for several reasons, would be yes....
Govt Doubles `Anganwadis’ Target: To Spend Rs 9,000 Crore
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is continuing with the child welfare proramme,...
India’s Malnutrition Problem Defies Higher Spends
India is likely to have 33% malnourished children by the end of 2015 while the target under the United...
India’s Death Rate Falling But Rural Urban Divide High
All talk of India’s expanding population is laced with various reasons including high fertility, migration,...
Fixing India’s Sanitation Problem Requires More Than Toilets
Here is a number most of you know: more people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than...
How Obesity Is Rising In India & Falling In The West
Nearly 1.5 billion people were either obese or overweight in the world, according to the report based on data till 2008....
Why More (1.65 M) Children Die Annually In India Than Anywhere In The World
Highlights * 1.65 million children under 5 died in 2011; 599,000 deaths due to pneumonia and diarrhea * Only...
Where The Government’s Flagship Schemes Really Fail
In 2005, the Indian Government launched a nation-wide programme to ensure safe motherhood. Christened Janani Suraksha...
