Kolkata: Amid regular reports of crib deaths in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed there has been a fall in the number of infant deaths in the state. "The reported infant deaths in the state in 2010 was 30,793 which came down drastically to just 18,671 in 2011. The infant mortality rate has come down by 1 percent to 31 percent in the year," Banerjee said while...
08:32 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka Lokayukta police raided the house of an IAS officer and other officials of the Women and Child Welfare Department after CNN-IBN reported on malnutrition deaths in Raichur. The ADGP of the Lokayukta Police said, "We had credible information that the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) run by Women and Child Department was not functioning properly..." "The quality of food was not good. We conducted raids at...
07:01 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Silchar: No work, no pay, no food and left to die, CNN-IBN has exposed hunger deaths in the tea gardens of Silchar in Assam. While the Assam government has rubbished all claims of hunger deaths and reopened the garden on promises, CNN-IBN saw a different story. 35-year-old Ratna Goala is among the ten plantation workers who died out of hunger, lack of medical care and malnutrition in this Assam tea...
06:21 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Silchar: Just weeks after CNN-IBN exposed starvation deaths at a tea garden in Silchar, the Assam government has acted. The government has appointed a one-man inquiry committee to look into the tea estate deaths in Cachar district. The inquiry is to be headed by the additional chief secretary. Four people died as a result of hunger in Silchar as the tea garden in question remained closed for four months. Work...
09:49 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for alleged inaction on the issue of eradicating malnutrition from the country. "The Prime Minister had admitted in his speech about malnutrition problem in the country and expressed concern over the issue. But what next?," Modi said at the NuTech technological carnival held at Nirma University. "Nothing much has happened on this count," he...
12:40 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Silcher: In a shocking revelation from the northeastern part of the country, CNN-IBN has exposed hunger deaths in the tea gardens of Silcher even as the state government has rubbished the claims of it and reopened the garden. Ratna Goala, a 35-year-old woman, is among the 10 plantation workers who died out of hunger, lack of medical care and malnutrition in the Assam tea garden. "No food, No money, No...
11:13 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Godhra: Hitting out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his "late realisation" of the malnutrition problem in the country, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said, instead of "merely making comments on the issue", the PM should provide a solution for it. "Last week, the Prime Minister expressed agony and pain over the issue of malnutrition in the country and said that it was a shame for the country. But actually,...
02:39 AM, Jan 21, 2012
A report on Hunger and Malnutrition that the PM released on Tuesday shows that one in every three malnourished children in the world is Indian. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: India's children are dying of hunger. One in every 3 Indian kids is malnourished. The prime minister has called this finding a national shame. While releasing the first-ever Citizens' Hunger Report in the capital on Tuesday, the PM said only one in five Indian children had acceptable levels of nutrition. "The problem of malnutrition is a national shame. Despite growth in the GDP, the level of under-nutrition in...
08:01 PM, Jan 10, 2012
BJD MP Jai Panda has helped group other Parliamentarians into what he calls a citizens' alliance against malnutrition. ...
01:31 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the first-ever citizens' report on child malnutrition and huger which states every third malnourished child is an Indian. Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of guests, are we losing the war against hunger?
01:17 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: India has the highest number of stunted children in the world. Almost 42 per cent of the children in the country numbering over 61 million are malnourished and stunted according to the Hunger and Malnutrition Report released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday. The report says that one in three malnourished children in the world is an Indian. The Prime Minister's called the findings...
11:35 AM, Jan 10, 2012
UNICEF wants Aamir Khan to spread awareness about the malnutrition and children. ...
12:11 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Watch the most important stories of the day, Newsmaker and the Talking Point with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:19 PM, Nov 14, 2011
In 2010, 18 children under the age of 5 died due to malnutrition in the slums of Mumbai's Govandi area. ...
10:37 PM, Nov 14, 2011
Mumbai: On a day when special events for Children's day are being held across the country, a shocker from the country's economic capital, Mumbai. In 2010, 18 children under the age of 5 died due to malnutrition in the slums of Mumbai's Govandi area. This year, so far at least 14 have died in the same area and hundreds are suffering from severe malnutrition. Gulnaz is a year old but...
10:06 PM, Nov 14, 2011
Malnutrition is more acute in the urban areas of Mumbai than in the rural areas of Maharashtra. ...
09:23 PM, Nov 14, 2011
In Madhya Pradesh, the government is finding itself helpless against the tragedy of hunger deaths among tribal children. ...
08:40 PM, Nov 14, 2011
Shivpuri: The government in Madhya Pradesh is finding itself helpless against the tragedy of hunger deaths among tribal children. Hundreds of tons of foodgrain was allowed to rot in the state thanks to government apathy. That grain could have saved many children's lives. CNN-IBN met one such child in Shivpuri district, 4-year-old Deepu. For months now, he has been too weak, and too ill to respond to his parents. His...
07:13 AM, Nov 14, 2011
Supriya Sule seeks a special package for Melghat after CNN-IBN exposed the extreme malnutrition in the area. ...
08:37 PM, Nov 11, 2011
