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Abused children likelier to develop cancer as adults

July 18, 2012
Kids who are frequently abused by their parents can elevate a child’s cancer risk in adulthood. This trend is seen higher in daughters who are abused by their mothers. Abuse includes constant belittling, shaming and humiliating …

“A mother dies every ten minutes in India”

July 4, 2012
According to the United Nations, a mother dies every ten minutes in India which means that along with malnutrition caused by poverty, India is likely to miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to maternal health as …

237 million people in India underfed: United Nations

July 3, 2012
Though India's poverty rates fell from 51% to 37% between 1990 and 2008 it will still not reach the required Poverty Headcount Ratio (percentage of population below the national poverty line) of 23.9% by 2015 to achieve the …