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Schoolchildren eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school in Chapra district

Hunger Index Is Limited, but There’s Enough Proof That India Has a Problem

Reetika Khera 28/10/2021

COVID-19 has worsened nutrition outcomes by disrupting crucial social...

A security person stands guard at Jammu & Kashmir National Highway, during day-3 of a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Jammu. Photo: PTI

Is a Longer Lockdown a Good Idea? Three Public Health Experts Answer

The Wire Staff 11/04/2020

A lockdown is a way to buy time for...

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India’s Towering Food Inflation Will Make Child Malnutrition Worse

Pavitra Mohan and Sanjana Brahmawar 14/02/2020

In the face of higher food prices, the subpar...

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Private Sector Ideas on Nutrition Should Be Taken with a Pinch of ‘Fortified’ Salt

Sylvia Karpagam and Veena Shatrugna 24/09/2018

Big food lobbies prescribe fortification as panacea to India’s...

People wade through flooded streets in Srinagar, Kashmir, 2014. Credit: Reuters

How Will India Respond to Internal Climate Migration?

Chetan Choithani 24/06/2018

The need to prepare for climate migration is perhaps...

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Aadhaar-Enabled Starvation in Narendra Modi’s ‘New India’

Siraj Dutta 18/01/2018

It is evident that prime minister Modi’s ambitious strides...

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Aadhaar and Hunger: Second Jharkhand Woman Starves to Death After Being Refused Rations

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 02/01/2018

Technical glitches in the delivery of rations and pension...