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  • Eight-Year-Old Severely Injured In Stray Dog Attack

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    SRINAGAR: In a heart wrenching incident, street dogs attacked an eight year old boy in the Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

    The minor, who is undergoing treatment at SMHS was attacked by a pack of 20 dogs near his home and sustained major injuries on his entire body.

    Expressing his anguish over the incident, Dr Salim Khan Professor and HOD Community Medicine GMC Srinagar, wrote on his twiiter handle, “What could be more horrendous and human rights violation when a pack of 20 dogs tried to devour a young boy in Awantipora. SHAME ON THOSE DOG ACTIVISTS WHO KEEP THEIR RIGHTS ABOVE THOSE OF HUMANS.”

    Meanwhile, the boy has been identified as Harris Khursheed Mir (08) son of Khursheed Ahmad a resident of Awantipora area of Pulwama district.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Over 14 lakh severely malnourished children in India as per Poshan Tracker: WCD

    Over 14 lakh severely malnourished children in India as per Poshan Tracker: WCD

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    New Delhi: There are over 14 lakh severely malnourished children in the country as per the government’s Poshan Tracker, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Wednesday.

    Children who are severely malnourished have very low weight for their height, and are nine times more likely to die in case of diseases due to their weakened immune system.

    Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said under Poshan Tracker, the ICT application for monitoring service delivery under Mission Poshan 2.0, out of approximately 5.6 crore children measured in the month of February 2023, the percentage of severely malnourished children is 2.6 percent. The number comes to be 14,56,000.

    The percentage of malnourished children was found to be 7.7 percent which comes to around 43 lakh, the ministry said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )