-The Hindu Malnutrition Deaths were reported from Bandapani in July West Bengal: Intervening in sick tea gardens of the State for the first time, the Government of West Bengal has taken over the Bandapani Tea garden located in the Madarihaat block of Alipurduar district in West Bengal, and put up a notice on the gate that the land belongs to the State government. The tea garden has been closed since July 2013. When...
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Gitam scholars patent millet biscuits
-The Times of India VISAKHAPATNAM: Researchers of Gitam University's food science and technology department have successfully registered a patent for millet rich biscuits. The researchers -- Layam Anitha, M M Krishna and Pooja Mandlik -- worked on developing the millet rich biscuits under the project named 'Millet Delight'. The trio also named their patented biscuits the same. The research team said that at the present most of the products available in the...
More »India made progress in fighting child deaths, malnutrition, but short of goals: UN
-IANS UNITED NATIONS: India has made progress on the twin fronts of reducing hunger and child mortality but is still short of development goals, two international reports say. Fewer Indian children under five are dying, with infant mortality rate coming down from 126 per 1,000 in 1990 to 53 last year, a UN report released in New York said. And according to a Food and Agriculture Organisation report released in Rome, between...
More »India's starving tea-garden workers -Sanjay Pandey
-Al Jazeera More than 100 workers have died of starvation since West Bengal's tea estates have begun shutting down. Jalpaiguri/Alipurduar, India - The picturesque tea gardens carpeting West Bengal's Dooars region are gradually turning into graveyards, as dozens of workers have fallen victim to starvation in recent months. More than 100 tea-garden workers have died of starvation in the past year amid site closures, activists say - but rather than taking action, the...
More »Taking healthcare to India’s remote tribes -Soumya Swaminathan
-The Hindu The right to good healthcare must be addressed using modern technology, innovative approaches and by involving tribals in developing solutions for their problems In his address to the nation on Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about inclusive development, with food security, safe housing and sanitation being the rights of every citizen. Health is intimately linked to these essentials of living. The health status of India's tribal communities is...
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