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Nutrition week tries to erase unhealthy notions

Payal Gwalani | Sep 6, 2015, 03.08 PM IST Nagpur: Malnourishment is a much misunderstood term in India, bringing up images of frail and emaciated children. However, several seemingly healthy and even obese people in the country can be easily termed malnourished and found to have nutritional deficiencies. Throughout the national nutrition ..... Read More

Why Tamil Nadu is the best state in India for new mothers

For decades, successive governments in this state have focused on improving healthcare access for pregnant women. Sandhya Ravishankar, qz.com · Sep 01, 2015 · 09:30 pm Kayalvizhi Sundar, 25, beams as she comes out ..... Read More

National Child Labour Project to be shelved in JK

With no positive response from GoI WEDNESDAY, 02 SEPTEMBER 2015, FIRDOUS HASSAN NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT TO BE SHELVED IN JK Srinagar: The Centre has ..... Read More

Assam’s tea gardens become hunting ground for child traffickers

Anasuya S Basu, Hindustan Times, Baksa / Guwahati | Updated: Sep 03, 2015 21:32 IST Indian tea plantation workers pick leaves in a tea garden in Jorhat, Assam. Children have gone missing from the tea gardens of Assam, feared to have been lured by traffickers active in an economically-backward region, ..... Read More

NGOs fear new bill will perpetuate child labour

TNN | Sep 2, 2015, 02.00 AM IST PANAJI: Pro Child Network, an umbrella organization of various groups working for children's rights, has raised concerns about the proposed amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act by the government of India. The proposed amendment allows children below 14 years of ..... Read More