Sri Lanka: Malnutrition to increase, poverty rises to 14 percent

Colombo/IBNS: Malnutrition will rise in the face of increased poverty and high food prices induced by the current economic crisis, the Sri Lanka Medical Nutrition Association, the Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka, the Dieticians Association and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) People’s Forum informed.

Govt will soon decide on right age of marriage for daughters: PM Modi

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Friday assured the daughters of the country that the Centre will soon decide the right age for marriage as the concerned committee gives its report.

Number of malnourished children in Chhattisgarh declines by 13.79 pc

New Delhi/UNI: The number of malnourished children in Chhattisgarh declined by 13.79 per cent under the 'Mukhyamantri Suposhan Yojana,' the state government revealed on Monday.

Three Delhi sisters die of malnutrition after going hungry for eight days

New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Three sister — aged eight, four and two years — who died in an east Delhi hospital on Tuesday, succumbed to starvation, media reports quoted police as saying on Wednesday after their autopsy reports were received.

Odisha: CRY-VCRO launch ‘Giving Children of Odisha A Healthy Start’ campaign

Bhubaneswar, July 31 (IBNS): Voice for Child Rights in Odisha (VCRO), in collaboration with CRY – Child Rights and You, a leading child rights organisation, launched a campaign, ‘Giving Children of Odisha A Healthy Start’, to address the issue of child health and malnutrition in five tribal districts of Odisha.