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Hosp deliveries up, but early breastfeeding low

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

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August 04, 2025

DESPITE the rise in institutional deliveries across the country, early breastfeeding in the first hour, as mandated by WHO and UNICEF, continues to be low, a report released on Friday said.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @New Delhi

The best way to initiate early breastfeeding, which protects the infant from infection and reduces newborn mortality, is to ensure that hospitals—both government and private—start educating a woman about breastfeeding, right from her pregnancy to the time she is discharged after delivery, said India's sixth World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTI) assessment report, released on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7).

The report by Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI), an organization working to promote exclusive breastfeeding, said India has improved its performance on the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative, moving from a score of 45 in 2018 to 62 in 2025, out of a maximum score of 100.

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The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Indus Valley Civilisation collapsed after years of drought, says study

A series of prolonged and severe droughts lasting more than 85 years each likely drove the gradual collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), according to a new study published in Nature.

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1 min

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Manipur displaced people returning home clash with police, two injured

A journalist and a policeman were injured in Manipur on Saturday when internally displaced persons (IDPs), seeking to return to their original homes, clashed with security personnel.

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1 min

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

NATIONALISM REPLACES DEAD GLOBALISM

DONALD Trump did not wait for the Johannesburg G20 to conclude before unilaterally delivering what may be remembered as the most decisive blow to multilateralism.

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4 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Only 4% have access to palliative care in India

NEARLY 7-10 million people require palliative care (PC) in India, but less than four per cent have access to it, said the latest study, which found that only Kerala and Chandigarh provide better accessibility to these centres as compared to states like Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar.

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1 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

3 suspects shot in the leg after serial burglary in Kovai

THREE Uttar Pradesh natives, who allegedly hacked a police head constable in an attempt to flee, were shot in the right leg on Saturday morning in Kuni-yamuthur.

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1 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Tracking names from ’03 voter list huge challenge for many in U’khand

THE office of the Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has released the 2003 voter list for the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls, but tracing names from that period is a challenge for many residents.

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1 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

14K cases that warrant less than 3-yr jail disposed of in 42 days by special HC bench

THANKS to the innovative idea of the Supreme Court aimed at effectively reducing the pendency of cases piling up in the district judiciary, a dedicated bench of the Madras High Court has disposed of about 13,625 cases, which warrant punishment under 3 years imprisonment, within a short span of 42 working days.

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2 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Mission revival, a decade and counting

Jayabal, a 77-year-old entrepreneur and an engineer who graduated from IIT Kharagpur, has been on an extraordinary mission for a decade: completing a temple tower that has stood unfinished for over 700 years.

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2 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Her Loudest Choice

Yami Gautam speaks about her latest film, Haq, and why the story of Shah Bano is relevant to every woman, irrespective of religion or social status

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3 mins

November 30, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Russian attacks kill 3 in Kyiv

RUSSIAN drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukraine’s capital killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said, as the country’s representatives traveled to the US to work on a renewed push to end the war.

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1 min

November 30, 2025

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