Month: December 2019

child malnutrition, food inflation, stunting, wasting, undernourishment, Union budget 2020, Integrated Child Development Scheme, midday meals, anganwadi, public distribution system, pulses, eggs, retail inflation, food prices, food basket, nutrient intake,

State Govts Have Used Less Than Half the Funds Released Under Poshan Abhiyaan

The Wire Staff 30/12/2019

Launched in 2017, the Centre's flagship programme Poshan Abhiyaan...

groundwater contamination, arsenic, arsenic contamination, uranium, uranium contamination,atta, wheat flour, rice, rice cultivation, Bihar, Patna, heavy metal toxicity, lung cancer, cancer risk, gall bladder cancer, West Bengal, drinking water, irrigation water,

Trouble: In Parts of Bihar, the Amount of Arsenic in Atta Is on the Rise

Sarah Iqbal 30/12/2019

Scientists are tracking arsenic contamination in various food items...

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Statistic of The Decade: The Massive Deforestation of The Amazon

Liberty Vittert 28/12/2019

According to a study, the Amazon could generate over...

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The Study That Helped Change the Way We Judge Sanity

Christie Aschwanden 28/12/2019

What is mental illness and why do we insist...

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Watch: What’s an Annular Solar Eclipse?

The Wire Staff 27/12/2019

An annular solar eclipse is when the Moon doesn’t...

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Delhi Expected to Record Its Second-Coldest December Since 1901

"The mean maximum temperature for December was less than...

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Retrospective: The Wire Science in 2019

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/12/2019

In 2019, The Wire Science published stories that interrogated...