GUWAHATI Sampoorna, an initiate of western Assam’s Bongaigaon district to combat malnutrition among children has been chosen for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration, 2021. Lakshmi Priya, the district’s deputy commissioner said the project employs a decentralised, technology-based model using community participation and women empowerment as the positive deviance factor for achieving result. The project has helped …
Three malnourished dogs, suffering from severe skin infections and deterioating health, were taken from the IIT-Madras campus to a private clinic for treatment on Friday. The report quoted a source as saying that in addition to these three dogs, there were nearly ten dogs in similar conditions at the confinement set up the IIT-M management for the canines. According to …
Seven States have contributed to 70% of the COVID-19 cases reported in 24 hours and of these, Maharashtra has recorded the highest case load of almost 21%, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. With 69,921 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 36,91,166, while recoveries surged to 28,39,882 on Tuesday pushing the recovery rate …
“There are 31 malnourished children in this village,” said Heera Bai, who is an anganwadi worker in Darauna, Lalitpur. Heera Bai, in-charge of the local anganwadi centre, stated that she doles out “nutritious food” to the children who attend school as part of the mid-day meal program, “Malnourished children are given double packets every day,” she confirmed. But her primary …
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