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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

West Bengal CM Mamata hits out at critics over appeasement charge

Referring to certain incidents in BJP-ruled states, she also urged the media to play an impartial role.

7 Sept 2017 7:36 AM IST

$2030 is the target date for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which includes a pledge to \end preventable child deaths\ (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Study suggests 11 million children may die from pneumonia by 2030

Pneumonia, an inflammatory infection of lungs that may be contracted via viral or bacteria infection, is treatable if...

12 Nov 2018 10:52 AM IST

The AES is a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms such as high fever, vomiting and in extreme cases, brain dysfunction, seizure, and inflammation of heart and kidney. (Photo: ANI)

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Advanced test machines installed at Muzaffarpur's SKMCH: hospital...

Superintendent Sunil Kumar Shahi also claimed that the recovery rate is improving as parents are bringing their children...

25 Jun 2019 4:32 PM IST

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SUCI in Kolkata protests over deaths of children in Muzaffarpur

Police has detained SUCI members who were protesting outside Raj Bhavan over deaths of children in Bihar due to Acute...

24 Jun 2019 2:36 PM IST

Residents were shocked to find a newborn girl abandoned in a cesspit of a public toilet (Photo: AFP)

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UN sounds alarm on South Asia child deaths due to COVID-19

The report said that even where health services were not shut down, the number of people visiting them declined

17 March 2021 1:11 PM IST

Most children under five die due to preventable or treatable causes (Photo: AFP)

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UN says millions of child deaths can be prevented with vaccines and...

The vast majority of these deaths occur in the first five years of life, with newborns accounting for around half of the...

18 Sept 2018 8:49 PM IST