-Down to Earth One of the major causes behind suicidal intent is depression, experts find while Studying cases in Punjab, Telangana and Maharashtra Farmer suicides, which have till now been studied economically and agriculturally, are now being looked at from behavioural and psychological angles. A Study is being conducted under the National Agricultural Science Fund of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in three states — Punjab, Telangana and Maharashtra. Punjab Agricultural University...
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Success story of Telangana welfare schools for SC students chosen for case Study in Harvard University -Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
-Hindustan Times The society runs 268 social welfare schools providing free education, food and clothes to nearly 1.5 lakh children from Class 5 to under-graduate courses. Hyderabad: The success story of residential schools being run for students belonging to marginalised sections by the Telangana government has been chosen as a case Study for the prestigious Harvard University in the United States of America. A communication to this effect from Harvard University was received...
More »With low birth weight and child deaths, malnourishment remains a big challenge for Centre's ambitious POSHAN Plan -Sneha Mordani
-News18.com A government Study shows children are not eating in spite of adequate food availability, while experts too say 90 per cent of kids in India may not be hungry in terms of hunger but they are hungry in terms of nutrition. New Delhi: The central government’s ambitious POSHAN nutrition programme that focuses on the first 1,000 days of a newborn, including the nine-month pregnancy period, is staring at a major challenge:...
More »68% of child deaths in India due to malnutrition, says Study
-The Telegraph The Study says that even though malnutrition has come down over the years, it is still the leading cause of death among children below five years in India New Delhi: Malnutrition is still the cause of 68 per cent deaths in children under five years in India, a Study done jointly by Indian and international agencies has revealed. The Study, published in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet, examined the period from...
More »Smog does affect health but there is no data on the problem's magnitude -Soumi Roy Chowdhury & Sanjib Pohit
-The Indian Express While we do not question the basic premise that air pollution has adverse health impact, we are sceptical about the figures quoted and the methodology adopted in estimating the cost. In the past three years, several studies have linked air pollution with health effects. For instance, the State of Global Air 2019, published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), claimed exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution contributed...
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