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Anaemia is the biggest killer of girls and women in India. The latest National Family Health Survey has shown that most Indians have anaemia. The survey’s findings reveal that over 70% of children, 55 per cent women and about 24 per cent Indian men are anaemic, but unfortunately, few are aware of the same.
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More than 40% of the world’s child marriages take place in India. Worldwide, more than 60 million women between 20-24 were married before they were 18. Child brides become mothers much before their bodies are physically mature for pregnancy,” UNICEF’s Karin Hulshof said.

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There are over 30 million NRIs, PIOs and overseas Indian citizens spread across 130 countries. Accelerated cross-border migration of Indians acts as a catalyst to multi-national matrimonial relationships.

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A baby girl born with two faces in a north Indian village is being worshipped as the reincarnation of the Hindu god, Lord Ganesha. The three-week-old unnamed baby from Saini village in Uttar Pradesh state, 30 miles north-east of the capital New Delhi, is being hailed as a “miracle” child. Hundreds of locals are flocking to seek her “blessing” and, in keeping with Indian traditional, showering her parents with money.

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NEW DELHI: With two million children under the age of five dying every year, India has a dismal record in child mortality.
Now, a new study conducted by Save the Children, which compares child mortality in a country to its national income per person, shows that India lags behind poorer neighbours like Bangladesh and Nepal when [...]

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