Science and Technology - Briefs

Education policy for kids under six

Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs

CHILD LABOUR

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered

These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003

Australia approves laws for Aborigines

There’s biodiversity in our backyard and it can help us fight malnourishment

Green leafy veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals

Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car-free centres?

3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually

Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity

Science and Technology - Briefs

1.2 million children in Karnataka are malnourished, state tells high court

Civil rights groups blame packaged food supplied to anganwadis 

Letters

Chidambaram visits Bhopal on June 5

Gas disaster victims say they would like to present actual injuries, death reports

News 360° - Briefs

Gassed: How air pollution is causing greater loss of healthy life years in children compared to older people

Air pollution is one of the biggest reasons for child mortality in India. From womb to birth to adolescence, murky air with heavy dose of PM2.5 …

Why air pollution is a threat to India’s economic and social well-being

It is affecting the health of the country’s future, its children 

What India can do to strengthen community-based foster care for children in need of nurturing

Lack of awareness involving village-level child protection committees, non-availability of frontline workers dedicated to child protection …

Turkey earthquakes one year on: The devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt

Following the quakes, women and girls faced heightened care and domestic work responsibilities, health challenges and an increased susceptibility …

IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them – and the crucial cognitive skills they don’t measure

The ethos of a modern school is rightly not driven by a preference to educate only those children who on selection meet a minimum standard on a …

Universal access to childcare: How stakeholders can come together to strengthen India’s network of creches

There is substantial untapped potential to enhance coordination with various other government departments and ministries, such as those for rural …

As told to Parliament (February 7, 2024): India had over 32 million stunted children as of December 2023

Underweight and wasting levels lower than that projected by National Family Health Survey-5, says Smriti Irani

India has ignored infertility for too long

India has a history of coercive family planning which ignored infertility. A shift in focus will help women’s health.  

Nearly a billion children globally exposed to extremely high water stress: UNICEF report

Released days ahead of COP28, the report sees global event as a critical opportunity to finally put children on the climate change agenda

Deadly nursery: Children under 5 worst sufferers of respiratory diseases in capital, healthcare personnel admit

A hospital in Connaught Place even witnesses cases of child deaths as it lacks availability of oxygen ports, flow meters and even beds

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

WHO roadmap to end TB in children focuses for 1st time on pregnant, post-partum women affected by disease

Maternal, pregnancy, birth & infant outcomes should be included in dedicated safety studies for all new TB drugs & vaccines: WHO