Nutrition Watch
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Brown, red, black: Are these white rice alternatives actually healthier?
Rice contains more than 15 essential vitamins and minerals including folic acid, magnesium, iron and zinc .
Yasmine Probst, The Conversation, Karen Zoszak, The Conversation & Olivia Wills, The Conversation
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In UP, anganwadis aren’t getting enough dry rations to save women and children from malnutrition
The state has 1.89 lakh anganwadi centres that are meant to provide women and children with nutritious ration. Not all of them are getting their full supplies.
Ranvijay Singh, IndiaSpend.com
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Children from communities facing discrimination are more likely to have stunted growth: Study
While links between child malnutrition and poverty are well-established, a new study shows how social discrimination is also a factor in stunting.
Tanya Jain, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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India needs village-level data to curb malnutrition among children
Local-level data will make government interventions more effective and authorities more accountable for nutrition programmes, a Harvard study points out.
Archita Raghu, Indiaspend.com
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Why female farm workers’ nutrition levels drop during peak agricultural seasons
While women’s engagement in farming is similar to men’s, they don’t get relief in domestic work even during peak agricultural seasons, research shows.
Sahana Ghosh
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After 15 years, child stunting has risen in four North Eastern states
While Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura saw an increase in impaired growth among children, Assam, Manipur and Sikkim saw a decline.
Neha Saigal, IndiaSpend.com & Saumya Shrivastava, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Self-help groups in rural Odisha are helping women avoid malnutrition and unwanted pregnancies
The activities are conducted under the Swabhimaan programme, part of the Odisha Livelihoods Mission.
Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com
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In charts: Eggs could help reduce India’s chronic child malnutrition, a new survey shows
The survey provides malnutrition data on school-going children for the first time.
Nithya Subramanian
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In India, eggs are abundant and cheap, but often don’t reach those who need them most
While some states such as Uttar Pradesh do not have a policy for the provision of eggs to pregnant mothers and infants, others grapple with stunted budgets.
Sana Ali, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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The X factor: Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India
An IFPRI study shows that India needs to look beyond the challenge of providing food to tackle the challenge of malnutrition.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Government identifies 12,000 undernourished children in eight states
The Ministry of Women and Child Development said the deficiencies were found after it launched a real-time monitoring project in June.
Scroll Staff
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A free school meal programme for children is helping Indonesia tackle stunting
Millions of Indonesian children suffer from stunting due to under-nutrition, limiting their potential and posing a threat to the country's economic future.
Thin Lei Win
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate