The percentage of undernourished people in the population has dropped from 18.2% in 2000 to 14.8% in 2018. The child mortality rate has halved from 9.2% to 4.3%, while child stunting (Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median) has dropped from 54.2% to 38.4% over the same period.[2]Continue reading “What is India’s average height !?”
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RO purifier’s misery
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), if the presence of Total Dissolved Salts (TDS) is between 300 to 600 mg/L in drinking water then it is ‘Good’. Even the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) says that if the TDS is less than 500 mg/L in drinking water, it is acceptable to drink. Reverse Osmosis (RO) inContinue reading “RO purifier’s misery”
