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Post of WhatsApp: A tribal Girl is disqualified in police cadre based on her height. Are there any studies from Maharashtra on nutritional status of Tribals? 

Undernutrition among tribal children in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392283/
Soumitra Ghosh... , to improve tribal women's overall health development state government interventions need to introduce on nutritional health in among tribal and in general population specifically needy sections. Furthermore, it is imperative to create awareness, and health care infrastructure with the delivery system should be designed effectively. To address the tribal women's nutritional health, health services must focus on tribal culture.

The present study confirms that despite several nutrition programmes, the extent of undernutrition has remained extremely high in the children living in predominantly tribal rural areas of Palghar district, Maharashtra. One of the possible reasons for having persistently high level of undernutrition among tribal children is the decline in the budgetary allocation on ICDS in recent years [20]. Our analysis of the state’s budget also reveals that the nutrition expenditure as a percentage of the state budget has drastically declined from 1.68% in 2012–13 to 0.94% in 2018–19 (S1 Fig). Moreover, Singh and Sethi [22] showed that tribal sub plan funds have been underutilised by Maharashtra, particularly in two sectors (rural development and nutrition). As the main underlying cause of undernutrition among the tribal children is the poor socioeconomic conditions of the tribal population, there is a need for a multi-pronged strategy for redressing this problem.

No ‘Cow Hug Day’ on February 14: Animal Welfare Board withdraws appeal https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/no-cow-hug-day-february-14-animal-welfare-board-withdraws-appeal-173110 The Animal Welfare Board of India made an appeal to all “cow lovers” to celebrate February 14 as “Cow Hug Day” to bring “emotional richness”, which received backlash online.  After receiving much ridicule online and in other spaces, the Animal Welfare Board of India has withdrawn its appeal to hug a cow on February 14, Valentine’s Day. In its appeal, it urged “cow lovers” in the country to celebrate the occasion as “Cow Hug Day”. However, in its latest communication on Friday, February 10, the board said, “As directed by the Competent Authority and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the appeal issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India for celebration of Cow Hug Day on 14th February, 2023 stands withdrawn.”

Christophe Jaffrelot writes: A new Rahul Gandhi, an old Congress Christophe Jaffrelot February 9, 2023 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/christophe-jaffrelot-writes-a-new-rahul-gandhi-an-old-congress-8431128 Bharat Jodo Yatra has helped Rahul Gandhi's image. But electoral success for his party is another matter

Can Rahul Gandhi now compete with Modi? He’s certainly a leader for some people. But Modi’s power relies on other pillars. First, there’s the so-called mainstream media’s saturation of the public sphere with his image, the G20 story and so on. Second, Modi’s political resilience is also due to the Sangh Parivar, an organisational backing that Rahul misses given the condition of the Congress party.

While the Bharat Jodo Yatra may not translate to electoral gains in the near future, by returning to the roots of the Congress — as a people’s movement — Rahul has prepared the ground for a different future, something others may (or may not) help him to build, before it’s too late.