-The Indian Express Many BJP-ruled states deny children a food choice that could address malnutrition Two of every five Indian children are stunted. Eggs are nutrition-dense superfoods packed with proteins and essential vitamins. Washington University researchers, for example, have demonstrated with a randomized control trial that feeding infants eggs daily decreased stunted growth by almost half and underweight by three-quarters. Berkeley researchers have also validated that healthy school meals even improve test...

-The Hindu Workshop to be held in city on July 22 KOZHIKODE: Men, women, and transgender persons in love, take heart. Here is an NGO that will help you unite with your sweetheart. Religion, caste, creed, class, no bar. If you want to marry your lover against the society’s or family’s will, or just live together, Love Commandos promises to help you. The Delhi-based Love Commandos, founded in 2010 to battle the social crime...

-PTI While 773 farmers got Rs one each as compensation, 669 farmers received Rs two each from the insurance company. MUMBAI: Over 2,000 farmers in a tehsil in Maharashtra have received crop insurance compensation ranging from Rs one to Rs five each, an official said. While 773 farmers got Rs one each as compensation, 669 farmers received Rs two each from the insurance company. Rs three each were deposited into the bank accounts...

-The Hindu The outgoing CEA also batted for the lateral entry of talent into the government The compensation payable to the States for revenue loss arising due to GST is just ?5,000 crore, far lower than was estimated, according to Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian. In a candid interview to The Hindu, the outgoing CEA also batted for the lateral entry of talent into the government, saying that it was a “no brainer”...

-The Indian Express NREGA is a demand-driven programme and if the demand vanishes because wages are low and uncertain, nothing will be able to save it. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is going through a deep crisis of delayed and failed wage payments. The problem is not new, but it is more serious than ever and threatens to undermine the entire programme. The crisis has at least four manifestations: Delayed payments,...