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6.6 lakh Tamil Nadu children low on iodine
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3.9.2010 |
NIE: Tamil Nadu |
| Nearly 60% of kids born every year are prone to brain damage in the state as their mothers suffer iodine deficiency. |
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[esg :: Childhood-Mental]
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Accused sent to 14 days judicial custody
(Cached)
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3.9.2010 |
Indian Express: Chandigarh |
| A day after a minor resident of Snehalaya was found pregnant, the police today sent the man accused of raping her to 14 days judicial custody. |
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[pwdc :: All-States]
[TOM :: All-States]
[fredericknoronha :: blog]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[pwdc :: Torture]
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59% of state's population consume non-iodised salt
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3.9.2010 |
TOI: Chennai |
| One after the other, as experts at a workshop on Thursday spoke of Tamil Nadu's performance in the national programme for prevention and control of iodine deficiency; health department officials were seen squirming in their seats. |
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[karuna :: TN Public Health]
[thiyagz :: socialissue]
[rakujha :: social-defence]
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Iodine can help to keep developmental disorders at bay
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3.9.2010 |
Hindu: News |
| Believe it, or not, that pinch of salt, with a dash of iodine, is your best defence against a host of developmental disorders. Iodine deficiency is at the root of goitre, growth (physical an... |
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[indiatogether :: Health]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
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Sarokar appeals to come forward to save girl child
(Cached)
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2.9.2010 |
Central Chronicle |
| Sarokar appeals to come forward to save girl child |
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[nilaymedh :: law]
[vishawjeet :: Haryana]
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Programme
(Cached)
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31.8.2010 |
The Telegraph : North East |
| Programme |
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[neitham :: nagaland]
[esg :: HIV]
[kolcarto :: Kolkata]
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‘Tackle illegal sonography machines first’
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31.8.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| Radiologists opposing the state government’s new plan to install a device in sonography machines to check for sex determination tests, have said the state should not force doctors to buy the expensive device that costs Rs 40,000 a piece. |
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Radiologists oppose plan to curb female foeticide
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31.8.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| Radiologists have opposed the state government’s plan of checking for pre-natal sex determination tests at radiology centres by fitting a device in sonography machines. |
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[fredericknoronha :: blog]
[musafir :: india]
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FPAI focuses on maternal health in Nagaland
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30.8.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[esg :: HIV]
[fredericknoronha :: United Nations]
[fredericknoronha :: Millennium Development Goals]
[kjrajesh :: Media]
[rakujha :: social-defence]
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Husband sets pregnant wife on fire
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30.8.2010 |
Mid-Day: Bangalore |
| The couple disagreed on the wife's job, her decision to keep the child and the man's wish to convert back to Hinduism
A nine-month pregnant woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband last night. Twenty-four-year-old Meharunnisa, who sustained 35 per cent burn injuries, was due to deliver her first child in a couple of days. In her declaration to the police, she held her husband responsible for her condition.
She said she got married to Aghori Raman Kishor (Syed Abdur Rehman) (32) three years back. He converted to Islam after the marriage. She said he wanted to convert back to Hinduism, something she disagreed with, and he set her on fire due to this disagreement.
Meharunnisa, who sustained 35 per cent burn injuries, was ... |
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[nwct :: Healthcare]
[meerak :: bengaluru]
[meerak :: bengaluru civic]
[meerak :: bengaluru government]
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‘Action against female infanticide top priority’
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30.8.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| Female infanticide, as a crime, should be the topmost priority of the state police and home department, wrote Home Minister R.R. Patil on his blog on Saturday. |
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[fredericknoronha :: blog]
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Female foeticide has assumed alarming proportions: R R Patil
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29.8.2010 |
TOI: India |
| The problem of female foeticide has assumed alarming proportions and the state home department should be more sensitive to the issue, Maharashtra home minister R R Patil has said. |
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[fredericknoronha :: blog]
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'Female Foeticide Has Assumed Alarming Proportions'
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29.8.2010 |
Outlook Wires |
| Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil says the problem of female foeticide has assumed alarming proportions and the state Home department should be more sensitive to the issue. |
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[fredericknoronha :: blog]
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23 doctors convicted under PNDT Act in Haryana
(Cached)
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28.8.2010 |
Central Chronicle |
| 23 doctors convicted under PNDT Act in Haryana |
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[nwct :: Healthcare]
[fredericknoronha :: panchayat]
[Bhupendra :: Uttar_Pradesh]
[kjrajesh :: Media]
[pradeepbv :: OpenNGO]
[vishawjeet :: Haryana]
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Barefoot - Unwanted daughters
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28.8.2010 |
Hindu: Society |
| The skewed sex ratio in our society holds a mirror up to what we are and what we have become. |
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[newstrust :: Poverty]
[indiatogether :: Girls Education]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[indiatogether :: Dowry]
[rveron :: urban]
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Barefoot - Unwanted daughters
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28.8.2010 |
Hindu: Society |
| The skewed sex ratio in our society holds a mirror up to what we are and what we have become. |
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Also found in: [+]
[rveron :: urban]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[indiatogether :: Dowry]
[newstrust :: Poverty]
[indiatogether :: Girls Education]
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Incest: Haryana's shameful social heritage
(Cached)
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28.8.2010 |
TOI: India |
| Men working in the fields, women cooking, elders smoking hookah - things may look perfect, but behind the closed doors of Haryana's stifling, conservative society, illicit passions burn and blossom. |
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[ajnyani :: FSG]
[avyakto :: Law]
[fredericknoronha :: panchayat]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- All Terms]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Rape]
[pwdc :: All-States]
[pwdc :: All]
[nilaymedh :: law]
[ssurekha :: women]
[nilaymedh :: televisionprograms]
[TOM :: All-States]
[TOM :: All]
[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[vishawjeet :: Haryana]
[campaigns :: India]
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Girl-boy child sex-ratio alarmingly decreasing in state
(Cached)
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28.8.2010 |
Manipur: E-Pao |
| Girl-boy child sex-ratio alarmingly decreasing in state |
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[neitham :: manipur]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[nilaymedh :: law]
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Her work spoke for itself
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28.8.2010 |
TOI: Editorial |
| Mother Teresa's birth centenary celebrated on August 26 |
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[esg :: All]
[esg :: Tuberculosis]
[rakujha :: social-defence]
[thiyagz :: socialissue]
[fredericknoronha :: catholic]
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Infant dies after French mother hurls it eight floors to the ground
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27.8.2010 |
Hindu: News |
| A two—week—old baby girl was killed in southern France when its mother hurled the infant out of the window from the eighth floor of their building, officials said on Friday.&ldqu... |
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[nwct :: Healthcare]
[esg :: Mental]
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