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Feeding children any animal-sourced food is linked with 11% reduction in stunting; feeding them both meat and dairy with a 16% reduction in underweight.

India shouldn’t be paranoid about a weakened Pakistan creating a new ‘Terroristan’. This is the best chance to focus on maritime power and opportunity rather than overland threats.

India needs more private insurance companies. Govt must use Covid trigger to make this happen More players could make the market more competitive as they would vie to offer accessible and low-cost insurance products. A+ The Union Cabinet has cleared amendments paving the way for privatisation of one state-owned general insurance company. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the government will take up two public sector banks and one general insurance company f...

Like them or not, Taliban are a reality. India can deal with them if BJP resets its politics Shekhar Gupta © Provided by The Print There is a flurry of activity between New Delhi and Kabul. The writing on the Hindukush wall is clear. The Taliban are on the ascendant. Where does it leave India? Should India be heart-broken, jilted that new US President Joe Biden has made such a clinical retreat? Or, are there opportunities in the new turn? Is a relationship of hostility with th...

India playing the Taliban move won’t checkmate Pakistan India playing the Taliban move won’t checkmate Pakistan New Delhi’s shift is more about India feeling that it has come of strategic age and less about beefing up its security. Ayesha Siddiqa 28 June, 2021 8:34 am IST Text Size: A+ Now that India is enrolled in the big league of nations – the Quad – it wants to feel big and grow bigger strategic nails. Talking to Taliban is cer...

MP becomes 3rd BJP-ruled state to announce free Covid-19 vaccination for all adults MP becomes 3rd BJP-ruled state to announce free Covid-19 vaccination for all adults The Madhya Pradesh government will be providing free Covid-19 vaccines to all adults aged more than 18 years from May 1. Assam and Uttar Pradesh have already announced a similar move. advertisement UPDATED: April 21, 2021 17:12 IST From May 1, all adults aged more than 18 years would be eligible to get vaccinated against Covid-19...

Text Size: A+ The tragic loss of 22 policemen in a Naxalite ambush in the jungles of Chhattisgarh on 4 April invoked memories of earlier such incidents with the worst being the loss of 76 lives in Dantewada in 2010. As part of an old pattern, political and institutional homilies followed promises of revenge. One can be fairly certain that the matter will be officially investigated, and a politically patronised cover-up carried out, with only the lower-level officials facing the brunt....

Can India walk the talk on Quad? That’s what China wants to know India is seen as a vital element in Indo-Pacific strategy, but it is the only country, besides to a limited extent Japan, which militarily confronts China. Manoj Joshi 16 March, 2021 2:41 pm IST Text Size: A+ The Quad declaration, in the form of the joint statement issued after the first summit of the Quadrilateral Grouping (Quad) on Friday, is tantamount to the declaration of the New Cold W...

Pakistan wants reset in ties with US but there’s no such thing as stand-alone geo-economics In the long run, Washington cannot leave Islamabad entirely dependent on China and useful only to Beijing’s strategic purposes. Touqir Hussain 14 March, 2021 9:37 am IST Text Size: A+ Pakistan-US relations in recent years have derived largely from Washington’s China and India policies, the Afghanistan war and US national security concerns related to inter...

More private trains, higher spending, green energy focus — what Rail Budget could look like Ministry of Railways has sought a rise in its capital expenditure from the existing Rs 1.6 lakh crore to 1.8 lakh crore. But the actual increase could only be up to Rs 8,000 crore. Sanya Dhingra 30 January, 2021 9:09 am IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: More private trains, new train sets for faster routes, expansion of Kisan Rail, better connectivity with the Northeast...