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Govt said 21,985 child died in Maharashtra in 2015-16.

6,148 infants died due to malnutrition

6,380 children up to the age of six died of starvation between April 2016 and August 2016 in the state.

1 April 2017 3:15 AM IST

PAC says tracking of pregnant women should be made mandatory.

Government steps up nutrition drive for women, kids

UNICEF will be joining hands with the state government in the project.

18 April 2017 2:20 AM IST

If those muscles are compromised in any way during foetal development, those functions are also likely to be compromised in the newborn baby. (Photo: Pixabay)

Maternal malnutrition damages baby's muscles

Scientists propose that malnutrition and stress are two major environmental factors that affect foetal growth.

4 Feb 2017 11:56 AM IST

Palghar district is especially affected with the social malaise of malnutrition.

HC seeks reply on PIL alleging malnutrition among children in Varanasi

The petitioner has appended photographs of some of the malnourished children in the age group of one to six years.

26 Jun 2017 12:45 PM IST

The court will take action against the defaulting officers in the next hearing.

Focus on malnutrition, not loan waiver: HC

A division bench of justice V.M. Kanade and justice A.M. Badar was hearing a bunch of petitions regarding deaths due to...

20 Jun 2017 1:06 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi addresses party leaders during inauguration of a photo exhibition on Indira Gandhis life to mark her 100th birth anniversary celebrations at historical Swaraj Bhawan in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)

Kids in Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli stare at malnutrition

Every second child born in India weighs below normal at birth while the rate of breast-feeding in the first hour is...

8 Dec 2016 1:29 AM IST

The Bombay High Court on directed Maharashtra government to ensure that video conference facility is installed in all courts across Maharashtra by March 2017. (Photo: PTI/File)

Bombay HC asks government to show more urgency on eradicating...

The state government submitted an affidavit in the Bombay HC regarding the steps being taken to eradicate malnutrition...

7 Dec 2016 5:59 AM IST

The HC had asked the state to list the measures it has taken to curb malnutrition deaths.

State files affidavit, lists out steps taken on malnutrition

The government had complied with the court directions and had chalked out comprehensive measures for implementation in...

6 Dec 2016 3:46 AM IST

Child Development Minister, Pankaja Munde

Pankaja Munde distances child deaths from malnutrition

In the discussion on the malnutrition issue, the minister emphasised on the administrative measures taken by the...

16 Dec 2016 5:47 AM IST