When money problems hurt kids: The hidden emotional cost and how to helpIn situations of financial distress, parents may themselves need help and support. Many of us that live the good life can look out to help ...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
Student hunger hits record high; 800,000 children lack access to school meals despite federal programCanada is facing a big problem. Many students are going to school without eating properly. Demand for breakfast programs has increased a lo...
23 Aug, 2025, 12.38 AM IST
Canada food crisis: One in three kids suffers from food insecurity, highest rate in 20 yearsFood assistance demand rises in Canada. Nearly 10 million Canadians face food insecurity. Children are also affected. Businesses and charit...
22 May, 2025, 09.16 AM IST
Pakistan's hunger emergency: How acute food insecurity would impact 11 million peoplePakistan faces persistent food insecurity. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization reveals that 11 million people will face a...
18 May, 2025, 02.09 PM IST
Hunger stalks Canada: A record number of people seek free foodToronto food banks saw a record 3.49 million visits this year, a 273% surge since pre-pandemic times, highlighting the alarming rise in foo...
16 Nov, 2024, 06.06 AM IST
Climate crises drove 27 million children into hunger in 2022: charityExtreme weather events in vulnerable countries drove 27 million children into hunger last year, a 135% increase over 2021. Children account...
28 Nov, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
Millions more Americans were food insecure in 2022 than 2021: USDAA new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed that millions more Americans, including 1 million additional household...
25 Oct, 2023, 09.01 PM IST
US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as 'blackmail'America’s top diplomat lashed out at Russia at a U.N. Security Council meeting for ignoring the world’s appeals and pulling out of the year...
04 Aug, 2023, 07.33 AM IST
Scarcity of food may lead to poor mental health in children: StudyReducing food insecurity may help alleviate some mental health issues for children and youth, the researchers said.
24 Jul, 2023, 08.16 PM IST
19 million Afghans face food insecurity: World Food ProgrammeThe World Food Programme in Afghanistan said that a survey conducted in February and March indicated that nearly 19 million people are faci...
17 Oct, 2022, 06.53 AM IST
Listen, involve & create pathways: Here's how we can understand the pandemic's impact on children's mental healthThe pandemic has also adversely affected children's mental health.
06 Jun, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UNThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 735,000 people returned to the country this year from Iran, Pakistan...
20 Aug, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
The other pandemic sweeping the world: Another 291 million people won’t have enough to eat this yearThe United Nations earlier this month estimated global food insecurity in 2020 had already hit the highest level in 15 years as income loss...
30 Jul, 2021, 06.43 AM IST
World could face multiple famines of biblical proportions due to COVID-19: UN bodyThe novel coronavirus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last, has so far infected over 2,565,290 people and claime...
22 Apr, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
Rising food prices kept 8 million Indians chained to poverty: UN reportRising food prices during 2010-11 may have pushed three million Bangladeshis into poverty, and kept eight million Indians from getting out ...
20 Oct, 2012, 09.24 AM IST
- Food security: UP improves dramatically
India's urban food security situation improved modestly between 1998-2000 and 2004-06. Surprisingly, Uttar Pradesh showed the most dramatic...
26 Sep, 2010, 11.38 AM IST
- India tops world hunger chart
India is failing its rural poor with 230 million people being undernourished.
27 Feb, 2009, 02.48 AM IST