Eggs — often the only animal-source food in school lunches — have been excluded from school meals under pressure from religious groups in many parts of India. The impact may be disastrous for the country's malnourished children.
Surgeries alone don’t ensure rehabilitation, and reliance on them has failed to ensure that children born with cleft lips and palates are integrated into society.
While millet advocates point to its many benefits, breaking the hierarchy of cereals that have dominated the market and our plates for decades isn't going to be easy.
As India's COVID-19 cases continue to rise and ravage remote villages, a deep digital divide means vulnerable communities, the rural population, and the digitally illiterate have been left out of its new vaccination process.
While some mental health practitioners in India advocate for a complete ban on faith healing establishments, others suggest there could be a convergence of the two. Yet challenges remain in putting that approach into practice.