Caste disparities key reason for India having higher child stunting than sub-Saharan Africa: Study

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· Oct 30, 2024 · 03:20 pm

India lags on malnutrition, infant mortality and other key indicators of child health

Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 30, 2024 · 07:30 pm

India ranks 107th out of 121 countries in Global Hunger Index 2022

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· Oct 15, 2022 · 10:01 am

Global Hunger Index score was calculated using unscientific methodology, claims Centre

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· Oct 15, 2021 · 07:35 pm

Global Hunger Index: India ranks 101 out of 116 countries, behind Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

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· Oct 14, 2021 · 09:45 pm

Around the world, people are getting taller – so why are Indian heights on the decline?

Umang Poddar

· Sep 30, 2021 · 06:30 am

Children from communities facing discrimination are more likely to have stunted growth: Study

Tanya Jain, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 05, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Casteism and communalism: Why Indian children are shorter than even their counterparts in Africa

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 08, 2021 · 06:30 am

After 15 years, child stunting has risen in four North Eastern states

Neha Saigal, IndiaSpend.com Saumya Shrivastava, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 22, 2021 · 09:30 pm

By grouping adolescents with adults, India’s surveys are routinely misestimating their health

Sadhika Tiwari, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 15, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Global Hunger Index: India ranks 94 out of 107 countries, in ‘serious’ category

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· Oct 16, 2020 · 05:41 pm

Malnutrition doesn’t discriminate: 38% of all Indian children, rich and poor, are stunted

Nushaiba Iqbal, HealthCheck.in

· Nov 01, 2019 · 08:30 pm

The X factor: Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India

Nayantara Narayanan

· Jul 10, 2019 · 06:30 am

In India, 31.4% children under the age of five will be stunted by 2022: UN report

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· Jun 26, 2019 · 02:52 pm

One-third of world’s stunted children live in India, says global nutrition report

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· Nov 30, 2018 · 12:53 pm

Food and funds missing in Uttar Pradesh's anganwadis but officials insist on Aadhaar

Priyanka Vora

· Dec 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Niti Aayog is in denial about hunger in India – but the problem is worse than the statistics show

Sylvia Karpagam Veena Shatrugna

· Dec 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India’s children are eating well enough to grow taller, but not to put on necessary weight

Menaka Rao

· Mar 07, 2017 · 05:30 am

India has programmes to alleviate hunger but not the will to enforce them

Priyanka Vora

· Oct 15, 2016 · 02:30 pm

India needs to sit up and take notice of the problem of stunted children

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 12, 2016 · 10:30 pm