Ujjain, April 10 A two-and-a-half-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district was rescued on Friday after nearly 23 hours of rescue operations and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead after examination, officials said.The toddler...
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Jaipur, April 9 Three more children have died in Salumber, Rajasthan, with authorities saying their deaths are not related to the "mysterious" deaths of five children earlier this month.The fresh deaths occurred in the Jhallara and Lasadiya areas of the district over the past two days, and...
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Dhaka, April 8 – With Bangladesh's measles outbreak claiming over 128 lives since March 15, mostly among children, Awami League leader Mohammad Ali Arafat accused the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of cancelling several public welfare initiatives introduced by the Sheikh Hasina-led...
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Jaipur, April 8 Five children, including two siblings, have died within five days from a mysterious illness in the Salumber district of Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday.The children, aged between two and four years, reportedly developed symptoms such as fever and vomiting and died within...
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Kapurthala, April 7 Following the deaths of the couple's four sons allegedly due to drug abuse, their fifth child died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Amritsar on Tuesday.Sonu (32), the fifth son of the couple and who was in a critical condition, was referred to Amritsar for...
Dhaka, April 5 Bangladesh on Sunday said a severe outbreak of measles has claimed the lives of at least 94 children in the past 19 days, prompting the government to launch an emergency campaign to combat the infectious disease.As the outbreak affected 56 out of the 64 administrative districts...
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Ranchi, April 4 Two children drowned in a pond in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred in Pandra village, within the Ratu police station area, around 4 pm."Both the deceased were boys, aged seven and eight. Their bodies have been sent for...
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Khunti (Jharkhand), April 3 Three children, including two brothers, are alleged to have drowned while taking a bath in a pond in Khunti district, Jharkhand, a senior police officer said on Friday.The incident took place in Gafu Badka Toli village in the Torpa police station area on Thursday...
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torpa police station
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New Delhi, April 2 According to a new study, the absolute number of deaths among children aged five or less in India and Nigeria accounted for about one-third of the global under-five deaths in 2023.The estimates published in the journal PLOS One suggested 0.64 million deaths in India and 0.77...
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Sasaram, April 1 A 30-year-old woman died on Wednesday after allegedly consuming poison along with her two children in the Rohtas district of Bihar, days after her husband was killed in a land dispute, police said.The woman consumed poison on Tuesday at her home in Muradabad village, within...
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Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 31 A 32-year-old man allegedly poisoned his wife and their two young children before taking his own life at his residence here on Tuesday, police said, adding that the incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute over an Eid gift.The deceased have been identified as...
Yadgir (Karnataka), March 29 Four children died after entering a farm pond to swim in this district on Sunday, police said.The incident occurred in Naganur village in Surapura taluk, under the jurisdiction of the Kembhavi police station. The deceased were identified as Kirana (6), Basamma...
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kembhavi police station
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yadgir district
Mumbai, March 26 The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed concern over the ongoing crisis of infant, pregnant women, and lactating mothers dying due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.A bench headed by Justice R V Ghuge termed it a "tragedy" that the problem persists despite decades...
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melghat region
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Noida (UP), March 19 A five-year-old boy drowned after falling into a water-filled pit near his home in Greater Noida, police said on Thursday.The incident took place in Preet Vihar, in the Chhapraula area, on Wednesday.According to police, the child, identified as Devraj, was playing near...
New Delhi, March 18 India has emerged as a key contributor to global progress in reducing child mortality, according to the latest United Nations report.The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME) Report 2025 highlighted India's sustained and large-scale efforts in...
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south asia
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sustainable development goals
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New Delhi, March 18 India has emerged as a key contributor to global progress in reducing child mortality, according to the latest United Nations report.The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME) report highlighted India's sustained and large-scale efforts in improving...
childmortality
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immunization
india
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janani suraksha yojana
mortality rates
neonatal mortality
newborn care units
public health interventions
south asia
stillbirth surveillance
sustainable development goals
telehealth
under-five mortality
Sambalpur (Odisha), March 14 Police on Saturday recovered the body of a woman, who allegedly threw her two young daughters into a well in Sambalpur district, Odisha, an official said.The woman, identified as Sanju Madiki, allegedly killed her daughters in her village on Friday and hanged...
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odisha
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sambalpur district
sanju madiki
sdpo pradip kumar das
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Jamtara, March 14 A man from West Bengal and his two children were found dead in a well in the Jamtara district of Jharkhand on Saturday, a senior police officer said.The bodies were retrieved from the well at the Mudaberia Ashram in the Bagdehri police station area.The deceased was...
Kandrika (Andhra Pradesh), March 4 Three minor students drowned after allegedly falling into a pond in the Krishna district, police said on Wednesday.According to police, the boys had gone near the pond around 6 pm on Tuesday to clean themselves after playing Holi when they accidentally...