-The Indian Express Global Burden of Death: world health improves but progress is patchy; Bangladesh betters India in reducing maternal deaths Pune: Between 1990 and 2015, deaths of children under five have gone down by half worldwide but India has had the highest number of such deaths at 1.3 million in 2015. India has pulled down maternal deaths but Bangladesh has done better, according to the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 4492
Over 30% of extremely poor children live in India: Report -Yoshita Singh
-Livemint.com The report compiled by the World Bank group and Unicef says that South Asia has the second highest share at nearly 36%—with over 30% of extremely poor children living in India alone United Nations: India is home to over 30% of almost 385 million children living in extreme poverty, the highest in South Asia, according to a new report by the World Bank Group and Unicef. The report ‘Ending Extreme...
More »Gender equality may help improve food security
-The Hindu Business Line UN study says climate change hits the poor hardest New Delhi: Do women hold the key to dealing with one of the most scorching impacts of climate change — food insecurity. According to a UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs study, titled ‘Climate Change Resilience: An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities’, eliminating gender inequalities could increase agricultural output by as much as 4 per cent, reducing the number of...
More »1.75 crore RTI applications filed since 2005: Study -Nidhi Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Every day 4,800 applications are filed to access information from the government across India. The first decadal study conducted after Right to Information (RTI) Act implemented in October 2005 has revealed that over 1.75 crore applications have been filed with one-fourth being requests to the Centre. A study conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), exclusively accessed by ET, reveals that 27.2% (47.66 lakh) of the total...
More »Food handouts won't solve the malnutrition problem stalking Adivasi communities -Brian Lobo
-Scroll.in The government must empower these once proud people &NDAsh; now reduced to lining up for free meals &NDAsh; by giving them real rights to forest resources. Palghar district in Maharashtra is once again in the news for malnutrition-induced deaths of Adivasi children. The state government is in a flurry &NDAsh; with the governor having taken up the matter &NDAsh; and will likely focus on better delivery of its nutrition and health...
More »
