India’s Child Development Index ranking drops

Is placed along with countries like Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao

Independence Day 2020: Learning under the shadows of COVID-19

Why education is all the more important in disastrous times

Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

The perils of PVC

Choking link

Ultrafine pollution particles can penetrate very deep into the lungs

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Shaky foundations

Particularly vulnerable tribes: How a focus on nutrition tipped the health scale for children in remote Odisha

Better funding, community training & cultural context can improve outcomes further, say experts

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa

14% of all deaths in children under five across Africa in 2019 linked to air pollution, finds HEI report

Children in US consume excess amounts of micronutrients

Researchers blame marketing gimmick, say too much fortification of food harmful

Troublemaking protein found

Breakthrough in fighting severe malaria among children

'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'

India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report

No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC

Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2

Children beware!

SC not to budge on CNG issue

Apex court slams Mashelkar committee report

Follow-up

Climate-resilient water, sanitation & hygiene policies need of hour to meet global agenda of 2030

The 10 African countries most water-insecure & climate-impacted need immediate attention 

Long wait for justice for pregnancy test drug victims

Victims of hormonal drug, Primodos, in UK have been seeking justice for over 40 years now

Hungry for research

Child starvation could increase unless research is improved

Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum

More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan

All schools must have separate toilets for girls and boys: Supreme Court

Apex court says toilets, drinking water facilities are integral to RTE Act; pulls up Andhra Pradesh government for not ensuring these facilities …

Bad boy phthalate implicated in eczema in children

How the chemical causes the skin disease still a puzzle

Bangalore besieged

Respiratory problems increase with rise in air pollution in Bangalore

The fittest survive

A complete American diet

Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens