‘OneWorld’ announces fellowship results

Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 16:45

The Akshaya-Patra-OneWorld Media Fellowships on Hunger – 2012 has been instituted by the Akshaya-Patra Foundation and OneWorld South Asia.

Malnourished children adopted by officials/doctors

Last Updated: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 23:49

Altogether 259 children, suffering from malnutrition, were on Sunday adopted by government officials and physicians in Hazaribagh district who decided to look after their food requirements.

`I spend 18 hours on toilet`, says Jairam

Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 21:38

I believe the biggest issues in front of us are malnutrition and toilets, Ramesh said.

Govt aims to reduce malnutrition in children to half by 2012

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 18:50

The government on Tuesday said it is aiming at reducing malnutrition in children to half by 2012.

Aamir, Prasoon Joshi making 50 short films on malnutrition

Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012, 16:49

Bollywood star Aamir Khan and lyricist Prasoon Joshi are quite a team by now.

Grandmother abandons malnourished girl at hospital

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 13:13

An incident of a 3-year-old highly malnourished girl being abandoned by her grandmother at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh has come to the light.

Half of Indian kids below five underweight: NGO

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 23:14

Around 48 percent of children under five years of age in India are underweight, ranging from 20 percent of the child population (under-five years) in Sikkim to a whopping 60 percent in Madhya Pradesh, according to NGO Child Rights and You (CRY).

Modi criticises PM on malnutrition issue

Last Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 20:54

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said, instead of merely making comments on the issue of malnutrition, the PM should provide a solution for it.

42 % underweight children, a national shame: PM

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 11:16

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday described the problem of malnutrition as a “national shame”.

‘Three mn Afghans face hunger as winter looms’

Last Updated: Friday, November 18, 2011, 18:56

Up to three million people in Afghanistan are facing hunger, malnutrition and disease after a severe drought wiped out their crops and extreme winter weather risks cutting off their access to vital food aid.