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While talking at the 12-hour ‘Swasthagraha’ initiated as part of NDTV and Dettol’s Banega Swasth India campaign, Jhankhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das spoke about what the importance of a healthy body and how the unity of citizens can help in bringing a change

Anaemia can be temporary or long term and it can range from mild to severe, but the condition can be controlled by making simple changes in the diet, recommends Clinical Nutritionist Lovneet Batra on Facebook Live with NDTV

The first 1,000 days in a child's life determine their health through their lifetime and thus adequate nutrition and healthcare play a significant role during this period, says Dr. Swati Maheshwari in a Facebook Live interview

Here's a quick lowdown on all things to know about the Mid-day Meal Scheme which is a school meal programme of the Government of India designed to improve the nutritional status of school children in the country

Rashtriya Poshan Maah: Malnutrition continues to hinder the potential of millions of children in India but this Gurgaon school shows that this scenario can be changed by providing wholesome mid-day meals to the children

At the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his commitment to ban single-use plastic from India in the coming years

Rashtriya Poshan Maah: NDTV speaks to Nutritionist Dr. Charu Dua on what is a balanced diet and what are the ways in which India can achieve the target of becoming malnutrition free by 2022

“Ganesh Chaturthi is the festival of love and devotion; let us love our environment as we love our Gods,” says Actress Amrita Rao and other green activists as part of ‘Eco Bappa Morya’ Initiative

In a bid to make Indore single-use plastic-free, the Municipal Corporation of Indore is bringing back ‘lotas’ and metal utensils in government offices and is setting up ‘Bartan Banks’ from where the citizens can borrow reusable utensils to serve food at parties and return later

In a bid to increase the focus of state governments and Union Territories on improving healthcare and providing nutrition, NITI Aayog has developed a health index report in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Bank to rank the states in real-time on the basis of their performance on various health indicators like fertility rate, maternal mortality rate, number of vacancies of doctors among others

In a bid to make people in the rural areas aware about health, sanitation, and nutrition, the state government of Rajasthan has started ‘Chalo Anganwadi’ initiative in collaboration with non-government organisations like Tata Foundation

Saans, a neonatal breathing support system is designed to work without skilled manpower, electricity and infrastructure and provides a low-cost solution to the unmet medical need in the areas with inadequate medical infrastructure

A country free from manual scavenging is the dream that Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning human right activist Bezwada Wilson has for India, as he continues to fight to free manual scavengers from the inhumane working conditions 20 years after the practice was legally abolished

The Waterman of India, Dr. Rajendra Singh who has transformed the drought-prone landscapes of Rajasthan into flourishing eco-systems, through indigenous water harvesting methods talks about river pollution, and aspirations to revive the dried-up water bodies across the country