-Down to Earth Stunting among children below five did not improve at all; child obesity increased across several States Chronic malnutrition or stunting among children below five years did not improve at all while acute undernourishment or wasting worsened in the last half-a-decade in a majority of the surveyed States and Union territories (UT), according to the latest round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Child obesity also increased in several States. The...
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Bird flu confirmed in 7 States; samples from Delhi, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh sent for testing
-PTI/ The Indian Express Similarly in Maharashtra, the samples of dead crows from Mumbai, Thane, Dapoli, Parbhani and Beed districts have been sent to Bhopal-based ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (ICAR-NIHSAD), it added. The Centre on Saturday said the outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza has been reported in Uttar Pradesh, taking the total number of affected States to seven. However, the confirmation of bird flu in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and...
More »Don’t laugh at US so soon, it has survived its populist moment far better than rest of us -Mihir Sharma
-ThePrint.in In comparison to countries such as Russia, Turkey, Hungary, India, American institutions (media and judiciary) have demonstrated their value and resilience In much of the world, the sight of a mob storming the United States Capitol to keep their leader in office was met not just with horror but with, let’s face it, schadenfreude. Finally! The U.S., which has for decades lectured other democracies about their imperfections and failures, had an...
More »Why does poor West Bengal have healthier children than rich Gujarat? -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in Quality of life seems to have more do with social factors in India than economic growth. In 2008, frustrated by the agitation against forcible land acquisition, Tata Motors announced it would exit West Bengal. The company chose to move its Nano car plant to Gujarat. The then chief minister Modi claimed that he made Tata’s entry hassle free, inviting Ratan Tata with an SMS. The incident underlined the gap between Bengal and...
More »Why Modi Govt Looked the Other Way on Giving Cash Relief During Pandemic -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in Timidity vis-à-vis international finance capital, callousness toward people, and cynicism in manipulating the electorate and legislators, have made the Modi government one of the most ultra-Right governments in the world. The Narendra Modi government must be the most timid in the world vis-à-vis international finance capital. By the same token, it must be the most callous in the world vis-à-vis the working people of the country. The one is the flip...
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