India's food transformation key to global hunger fight as Western funding drops: WFP Deputy ChiefAs global hunger soars due to conflict and funding cuts, the WFP highlights India's transformation into a key aid supplier. India's innovat...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.32 PM IST
UN to use Israel's pause to try to reach Gaza's starvingUnited Nations plans to help starving people in Gaza. This follows Israel's announcement of secure land routes for aid. The World Food Prog...
28 Jul, 2025, 06.50 AM IST
Trump administration responsible for starving kids in Kenya? US fund cuts results in massive shortageKakuma Refugee Camp, home to over 300,000 individuals, faces a dire crisis as US funding cuts lead to slashed food rations. Refugees, alrea...
20 Jun, 2025, 12.45 PM IST
United Nations suspends food distribution in Rafah due to lack of supplies, insecurityThe UN has suspended food distribution in Gaza's Rafah due to shortages, affecting over 1 million people facing high hunger levels. The mai...
22 May, 2024, 09.55 AM IST
Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in AfghanistanFlash floods in Afghanistan kill 68, with 50 dead in Ghor and 18 in Farayab. Abdul Wahid Hamas reports significant financial losses in Ghor...
18 May, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
Four or five days of food left in Gaza shops: WFPThe food situation in Gaza is deteriorating rapidly, with only a few days' worth of stocks left in shops, according to the UN's World Food ...
18 Oct, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
148 million children suffer from stunted growth & malnutrition : UN ReportFive U.N. agencies said in the 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition report that while global hunger numbers stalled between 2021 and 2...
17 Jul, 2023, 09.05 AM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to meet Pope Francis in Vatican City, potential investors in Dubai during 11-day foreign trip"He will also meet WFP Director David Beasley and other senior office-bearers of the organisation and have detailed discussions on partners...
18 Jun, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri LankaOn Friday, the mission here said that an Indian ship laden with urgent relief supplies like rice, medicines and milk powder for the people ...
21 May, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
Lanka crisis: India, Japan to provide relief supplies as threat of severe food shortage loomsAn Indian ship laden with urgent relief supplies like rice, medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka is scheduled t...
21 May, 2022, 01.43 PM IST
UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'The increase is based on those who desperately living within the official hunger classification of IPC4 and above, in Afghanistan, alongsid...
08 Nov, 2021, 08.00 AM IST
Billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk need to step up, says WFP chiefBeasley pointed at the small group of ultra-wealthy individuals, specifically naming the two richest men in the world -- Jeff Bezos and Elo...
28 Oct, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
WFP chief won't pick up Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo due to pandemic: Foundation"We are now considering the possibility of holding a digital award ceremony where the WFP will be presented with the medal and diploma," th...
18 Nov, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Time for billionaires to loosen the purse strings & donate: World Food Programme seeks millions for foodWEF was awarded the Noble Peace Prize on Friday for combating world hunger.
10 Oct, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
WFP chief David Beasley seeks million from donors, billionaires for foodWorld Food Program chief David Beasley said the WFP and its partners were going all out to reach as many as 138 million people this year _ ...
10 Oct, 2020, 10.08 AM IST
KFC India’s “add Hope” initiative to provide 20 million meals to underprivileged children by 2020KFC’s Plate of Hope digital campaign will enable consumers to contribute through an interactive online session. For every plate created on ...
13 May, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
- Internet game raises one billion grain for UNWFP in 30 days
An Internet game in which a website donates 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme for every vocabulary question answ...
10 Nov, 2007, 10.45 AM IST