-The Hindu The research revealed an inverse relationship between mother's education and incidence of childhood anaemia Last month, during the festive season, an ad campaign urged Indian women to invest in iron-rich food and focus on whether they were anaemic. Around the same time, a Lancet Global Health report noted that 23% of Indian men suffered from anaemia. Adding to these findings, now a paper published in Scientific Reports points out that...
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Protests in Northeast against citizenship amendment Bill -Abhishek Saha
-The Indian Express In Guwahati, students under the banner of the All Assam Students’ Union marched from its office to the Governor’s Residence and submitted a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting why they oppose the Bill. Guwahati: The Northeast saw several protests on Monday against the citizenship amendment Bill, scheduled to be tabled in Parliament this session, with students’ bodies staging sit-in demonstrations and marches against the proposed...
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-The Indian Express For a migrant to Delhi, obtaining legal identity is a tough ask Before I moved to Delhi, a friend told me, “You are moving to the city of migrants and djinns”. All this while I believed I am the migrant, now I am not sure. I have been living in Delhi for over five years. I built a career here, made some of my best friends here and I...
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-Livemint.com/ howindialives.com Among the six largest metropolitan cities, Hyderabad saw the biggest inflow of migrants in the 2001-11 period, followed by Chennai and Bengaluru NEW DELHI: The stories of cities are often shaped by the migrants they attract from other parts of the country and the world. In India too, big cities have acted as large magnets for migrants, with more than half of Mumbai and a little less than half of...
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-PTI Monsoon season officially ended on Monday. Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were reeling from floods on Monday following incessant showers over the past few days. The death toll in rain-related incidents has mounted to 145 across the country. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of deaths — 111 since last week. Twenty-five have died in Bihar. The weather department has forecast a long delayed withdrawal of monsoon and more rains for...
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