-The Times of India GORAKHPUR: 30 children died at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur in past 48 hours (from Wednesday midnight to Friday midnight). Of these, 15 deaths took place in Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and 15 in paediatrics intensive care unit (PICU) in the last 48 hours. On Thursday, 25 patients were admitted to NICU while 66 children were admitted to PICU. In past 24 hours (from...
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Rickshaw puller 'starves' to death in Jharkhand due to lack of ration card
-Hindustan Times Baidyanath Ravidas, a resident of Bhalgarha NIChe Bagan under Jharia police station, did not get to eat a single morsel of meal for the past seven days. Dhanbad: A 43-year-old rickshaw puller allegedly died of starvation as the family could not get subsidised food due to lack of ration card in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad on Saturday night. Baidyanath Ravidas, a resident of Bhalgarha NIChe Bagan under Jharia police station, did not get...
More »A Brief Case for the Indian Jhola -Ashwini Deshpande
-The Indian Express This book serves as a timely refresher of current efforts to establish action-based research models that can positively influence public policy Book: Sense And Solidarity – Jholawala Economics for Everyone Author: Jean Drèze Publication: Permanent Black Pages: 354 Price: Rs 795 Beautifully produced, with a catchy and moving introduction, this volume is a collection of Jean Drèze’s op-ed pieces written between 2000-2017. The original pieces are grouped by theme, with a short new...
More »FSSAI enforces Supreme Court's ban on gutka, pan masala
-The Indian Express The Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2.3.4, prohibit the use of tobacco and NICotine as ingredients in any food products and bans sale of all food products where tobacco is present as ingredient such as gutka and pan masala. Pune: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a directive on October 9 banning the manufacture, sale and distribution of gutka and pan masala (with tobacco and...
More »Many Indians skip nutritious food -Afshan Yasmeen
-The Hindu Odisha tops in intake of greens, Kerala consumes the least; sweet consumption high in M.P., says study A nation-wide study carried out by the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) to assess urban nutrition shows not only a great diversity in food consumption in 16 States in the country, but also that Indians consume far less than the recommended quantum of several micro-nutrients and vital vitamins. Andaman and NICobar Islands reported...
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