-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today warned Bengal and Andhra Pradesh with "consequences" if they failed to respond to an eight-month-old directive relating to a law that has led to arrests over "objectionable" Internet posts. On January 19, the court had asked all states and Union territories to respond to a central advisory that said no arrests should be made under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act without sanction...
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'19% affluent teens in UP are obese' -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: In a state infamous for malnutrition, one out of five teens going to private schools is either overweight or obese. This has been revealed in a study conducted by National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC). The study covered more than 49,000 school children in eight cities, including 23,006 children in Lucknow, Agra and Allahabad. The other cities were New Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Dehradun and Pantnagar. The...
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-The Hindu India's paradox of fast economic growth across several years and chronic malnutrition in a significant section of the population is well known. It has vast numbers of stunted children whose nutritional status is so poor that infectious diseases increase the danger of death. About 34 per cent of girls aged 15 to 19 are stunted in the country, according to a major review of global undernutrition by The Lancet....
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-The Hindu India's paradox of fast economic growth across several years and chronic malnutrition in a significant section of the population is well known. It has vast numbers of stunted children whose nutritional status is so poor that infectious diseases increase the danger of death. About 34 per cent of girls aged 15 to 19 are stunted in the country, according to a major review of global undernutrition by The...
More »6 Haryana villages decide not to send girls to school to avoid harassment
-The Indian Express Chandigarh: Perturbed over the recurring instances of sexual harassment of teenaged girls, panchayats of six villages in Haryana's Mahendergarh district have decided not to send their girls to school from Monday. The decision, taken on Friday by the panchayats, which met at Pal village, will affect 400 girl students. The meeting was chaired by a retired DSP, Amar Singh. According to reports, the panchayats called for a meeting following two...
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