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57,766 cases of atrocities against the SCs were reported in 2023, the highest in the last three decades.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed schools to establish 'oil boards' to educate students and staff about the dangers of consuming high-fat foods and oils, serving as daily reminders to promote healthier eating habits.
'Poverty eradication is a continuous process. There is no full stop to it.'
Sonia Gandhi criticizes the Modi government's environmental policies, claiming they endanger the Aravalli hills and disregard environmental protection.
'It will be an explosion of zoonotic diseases from these places.' 'People will not be able to live or work for kilometres around these places where thousands of street dogs are kept.'
If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different fields, it will be a tragedy, asserts Ramesh Menon.
For nearly two decades, Nitish Kumar has cultivated women as a distinct constituency. 'To create a broader vote base, he thought it would be better to bring women to electoral politics.'
Gen Z, driven by AI anxiety and economic pragmatism, have concerns about pursuing passions as careers as they fear it may not make them enough sufficient income.
Expressing concern over declining population growth, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should be at least 3, well above the present one of 2.1.
Food budgets in urban areas spent less on protein as compared to beverages and processed foods, reveals the Household Consumption Expenditure survey data for 2023-24.
Both NDA and INDIA are racing to woo marginalised groups with Assembly polls fast approaching.
About 63 per cent women and 82 per cent men said that HIV/AIDS should be taught to both the sexes. Though, 42 per cent women feel the right age should be 16 years, majority of men think the perfect age is 13 to 15 years.
A revolution in the country's health system is firmly under way, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss tells Sreelatha Menon.
On the heels of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5), which revealed new demographic trajectories including the replacement level of fertility, the government will, on Monday, unveil extensive economic data related to health and the broader economy. New data will relate to per capita spending on health and proportions of the GDP to health spending. Health ministry sources said the NFHS-5 marked some areas for celebration but also some markers that should cause concern.
The Bihar government has formed a state-level task force to monitor actions taken by authorities to prevent and eradicate child marriages in the state. Bihar has the second-highest rate of child marriage in India, with 40.8% of women getting married before turning 18. The government is implementing a multipronged strategy to combat child marriage, including stricter enforcement of the law, empowering girls through education, and raising awareness.
In India, 11.9 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 per cent higher compared to 2019, an international study has found.
'Women' as a political constituency appears to be an idea that has come of age. It is changing India in ways that we only dimly understand, asserts Aditi Phadnis.
Despite facing financial constraints, Kerala has been able to invest in welfare schemes and targeted programmes.
'Mamata needs to address the anger and resentment among various sections of the Hindu community because low-scale communal violence has always paid richer electoral dividends for the BJP.'
'Obesity, especially central obesity and increased visceral fat due to physical inactivity, along with the consumption of high-calorie, high-fat, and high-sugar diets, are major contributing factors.'
The ban is also estimated to have prevented 18 lakh men in the state from becoming overweight or obese, it said.
'It is good for us if the JMM contests. That will divide the Opposition and give us the upper hand.'
The theme for this year is "Yoga for One Earth, One Health" echoes India's vision of global wellness.
The decline in life expectancy was higher among young individuals and those aged 50 to 60.
Bihar has fertile grounds for caste to emerge as an electoral issue.
Many affluent young people are first-generation wealthy. They have limited financial literacy, lack quality financial guidance or role models, and often fall prey to mis-selling. This makes them hesitant to invest in high-return assets like equities.
While other backward classes had a share of 9 per cent, there were no scheduled tribe billionaires.
'The response from the government using words like malicious, deliberate, etc is diverting from the real issue.' 'The indicators related to young children such as stunting or child mortality are a reflection of the social development in the country.' 'That's how we have to look at it and not ignore the issue by denying the data.'
In Rajasthan's Karauli district, a decade ago, rampant drought and dwindling water sources forced many men into a life of dacoity, leaving their families in fear. However, the women of Karauli, tired of the despair, took matters into their own hands. They persuaded their husbands to give up their lives of crime and together they began reviving old water bodies and constructing new ones with the help of a local NGO. This community-led effort, which included building pokhars (water bodies) and reviving the Serni River, resulted in a remarkable transformation, bringing stability and hope to the region, and turning former dacoits into thriving farmers.
Experts recommend awaiting the findings of the 2021 Census, which is yet to be conducted, before introducing population control policies.
The Global Hunger Index exaggerates the measure of hunger, lacks statistical vigour and has problems on multiple counts, Union Health Ministry sources said.
A cultural preference for sons in India may be expressed as 'son preference' or 'daughter aversion', arising from patrilocality, patrilineality, the cost of dowry, and old-age support from sons.
Nearly half the per cent of girls in the country are forced to marry even before they attain legal marriageable age, leading to increased number of teenage pregnancies and other related problems, a Union health ministry survey revealed.
According to NHFS-5, over 75 per cent women justified men beating their wives in three states -- Telangana (84 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (84 per cent) and Karnataka (77 per cent).
The National Family Health Survey, carried out with US financing and under international supervision, puts the number of India's AIDS patients at between two and three million
The survey of women aged between 20 and 24 years showed that the worst situation is in Jharkhand and Bihar.
Women from Mumbai top the list of divorcees across the country in 15-49 age group, says a new government survey. "In Mumbai, 0.4 per cent women in 2005-06 have opted for divorce while in Delhi, it is 0.2. Kolkata and Chennai follows with 0.1 and 0.2 per cent respectively," Women and Child development Minister Renuka Chowdhary told Rajya Sabha, citing the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
In a critical comment on India, one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the World Bank said that robust economic growth and food security alone would not remove the tag of being 'one of the most malnourished nations'.
According to the National Family Health Survey-111, over 56.2 per cent married women in the age group between 15 and 49 were anaemic in 2006 as against 51.8 per cent in 1999.
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