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Mid-day Meals

  • The food police, starving children and edible gold dust in India’s dystopian hunger games

    The food police, starving children and edible gold dust in India’s dystopian hunger games

    Ghazala Jamil
    · Jul 23, 2024 · 06:30 am
  • West Bengal government to serve chicken, seasonal fruits in mid-day meals till April

    West Bengal government to serve chicken, seasonal fruits in mid-day meals till April

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 06, 2023 · 04:40 pm
  • Uttarakhand: Dalit students refuse mid-day meals to protest sacking of cook from their community

    Uttarakhand: Dalit students refuse mid-day meals to protest sacking of cook from their community

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 27, 2021 · 11:32 am
  • ‘Take photos, why shoot a video?’: Mirzapur DM after journalist booked for story on mid-day meals

    ‘Take photos, why shoot a video?’: Mirzapur DM after journalist booked for story on mid-day meals

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 03, 2019 · 06:22 pm
  • Journalist booked for recording video of chapatis and salt being served in school meal in UP

    Journalist booked for recording video of chapatis and salt being served in school meal in UP

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 02, 2019 · 10:27 am
  • Chhattisgarh mid-day meals row: Eggs will only be cooked separately or served at homes, says state

    Chhattisgarh mid-day meals row: Eggs will only be cooked separately or served at homes, says state

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 18, 2019 · 03:35 pm
  • Bengal: Mamata Banerjee says order to build dining halls in minority schools is not discriminatory

    Bengal: Mamata Banerjee says order to build dining halls in minority schools is not discriminatory

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 29, 2019 · 11:51 am
  • Readers’ comments: ‘Supreme Court’s Rafale verdict raises more questions than answers’

    Readers’ comments: ‘Supreme Court’s Rafale verdict raises more questions than answers’

    Scroll
    · Dec 16, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • Karnataka: Group of citizens asks Centre to terminate contract to ISKCON-run NGO for mid-day meals

    Karnataka: Group of citizens asks Centre to terminate contract to ISKCON-run NGO for mid-day meals

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 13, 2018 · 05:47 pm
  • Odisha: At least 230 children fall ill allegedly because of midday meals at schools

    Odisha: At least 230 children fall ill allegedly because of midday meals at schools

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 15, 2017 · 06:01 pm