Nutrition Debate
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Bread is often ultra-processed – but that doesn’t mean it’s bad for you
Although supermarket bread may be classified as ultra-processed, that doesn’t mean you can’t include it as part of a balanced diet.
Duane Mellor, The Conversation
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In maps: India’s vulnerable children are paying the price of upper-caste prejudice with their bodies
Influenced by conservative vegetarian lobbies, most BJP-ruled states do not serve nutrition-laden eggs in school and Anganwadi menus.
Swati Narayan
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Explainer: Does Akshaya Patra actually serve midday meals in schools for free?
The question resurfaced after a new controversy erupted over the organisation’s refusal to use onion and garlic in the food it gives children.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Maharashtra puts on hold its controversial plan to supply malnourished kids with therapeutic foods
The state government’s proposal violates national guidelines.
Aarefa Johari
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Replacing hot cooked meals with packaged food mixes will affect children’s health, say nutritionists
With Maharashtra set to do away with fresh meals for anganwadi children, doctors and activists debate controversial fortified foods.
Aarefa Johari
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Rs 575 crore business – but 3 million children stand to lose their hot cooked meals in Maharashtra
The state has used a loophole created by the Centre to replace freshly cooked meals with packaged food.
Aarefa Johari
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