Lack of basic health services, clean drinking water, sanitation and proper nutrition are the main reasons behind high infant mortality rate in India

More than 1,60,000 people in India died of suicide last year with most of these deaths recorded from Maharashtra. More than 2/3rd of the deaths by suicides were of those belonging to the lowest income groups earning less than Rs 274 a day. Read on to know more.

According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), every year more than 2,500 people die due to lightning in India. In 2013, 2,833 and in 2014, 2,582 people died due to lightning strikes. In the year 2015, 2,641 people lost their life due to this anonymous calamity. And yet, lightning remains among the least studied atmospheric phenomena in this country

Son of the soil, Birsa Munda, a revolutionary tribal leader of Jharkhand was born on November 15, 1875. Hailed as the ‘Father of the Earth’, his birthday is also celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.

Despite technology that forecasts lightning strikes and mobile phone applications that pre-warn people, a large number of men and women in rural India are killed every year due to lightning. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh report the maximum casualties. Villagers continue to be ignorant about simple protective and preventive measures they can take.

November 17 is observed as World Prematurity Day to raise awareness on premature child births around the world. Did you know that India has the highest incidence of babies that are born prematurely? Poor maternal health and malnutrition are the leading cause of such births.

65 वर्षीय निरंजन सिंह ने चिट्ठी में लिखा है, "हमारे 9वें गुरू श्री तेग बहादुर साहिब ने जुल्म के खिलाफ आवाज उठाई थी और बलिदान दिया था और इसलिए मैं अपने प्राणों का बलिदान दे रहा हूं ताकि गूंगी,बहरी, और अंधी सरकार के कानों तक आवाज पहुंच सके।"

The protocol will help identify malnourished children through growth monitoring data; appetite tests will be conducted on all SAM (severe acute malnutrition) children for medical complications.