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Civil society organisations can play an enabling role in helping the government to combat malnutrition by introducing millets in ICDS  

Food Fortification Resource Centre under food regulator FSSAI is an industry association; members profiting financially, alleges Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture

Another Friday, another winter storm in Aroostook County. Forecasters are predicting heavy snow piling up 6 to 12 inches. Here are the latest closings & cancellations:

Expanding the public health systems of the country to cover the population universally, especially the urban poor, seems not to be a priority. Attendant are the issues of transfer of public funds to a poorly regulated private health sector.

The economist gives the 2023-’24 Union budget a ‘a big zero’ in terms of welfare spending.

With several inches of new snow on the ground and a wintry mix continuing during the day Friday, several local schools are closed or are delaying classes.

The new thrust on millets by the government, as evidenced in the recent Union budget, is welcome. But, to succeed as a global superfood, India needs to rework its millet strategy.

The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of recent political churning in the Hills after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) withdrew from the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) last month, claiming that promises were not fulfilled.

Budget 2023’s allocations for most critical social security schemes have declined in real terms, says economist Jean Dreze

Activists say the reduction in funds for ration schemes, MGNREGA and schemes for women and children has hit those already reeling under the impact of the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.