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BJP’s incompetence exposed by women, children health data, claims KhargeCongress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has criticized the BJP government. He claims NFHS-6 data reveals the government's incompetence in health...- Gulf shipping standoff hits world’s most vulnerable farmersGlobal supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by international conflicts, are making essential farming inputs scarce and unaffordable for sm...
- Global Hunger Index 2024 ranks India under 'serious' categoryThe Global Hunger Index 2024 ranks India 105th, under the 'serious' category, with high levels of undernourishment and child mortality. Ind...
- World to miss SDG goals on poverty and better-quality life: UNU-WIDER studyA paper by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) suggests that the decline in povert...
- Global Hunger Index 2023: India ranks 111th out of 125 countries; Pakistan, Bangladesh fare betterIndia's neighbouring countries Pakistan (102th), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) have fared better than it in the inde...
- Food insecurity, undernourishment increased in South Asia during Covid: ReportThe Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters and the Ukraine-Russia war have increased undernourishment in South Asia, making its food security...
- India ranking in Global Hunger Index not real picture: Govt to ParliamentAccording to the 2022 GHI rankings, India has slipped six places and ranked 107, out of 121 countries. The Centre had earlier called the re...
- India swings into action to climb up Global Hunger IndexThe government is considering carrying out a food consumption survey, last done in 2012 to get updated data on consumption patterns across ...
- View: GHI a misleading hunger index, may not be applicable to IndiaGHI remains a misleading hunger index as its methodology ignores genetic factors for which norms on stunting and wasting may not be applica...
- View: India need not worry about indicators like Global Hunger IndexThis ordinal valuation of ranking often masks the kind of changes taking place, which may be gradual and in the right direction. The simpli...
- UN: World hunger was dramatically worse in pandemic yearA report issued jointly by five UN agencies said hunger outpaced population growth in 2020, with nearly 10% of all people estimated to be u...
- View: India’s rising obesity problemWhile obesity is still at a nascent stage in India, it very much remains an issue that needs tackling by policymakers. The foremost task is...
- Number of undernourished people declines in India; obesity in adults on the rise: UNState of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, released on Monday, estimated that almost 690 million people globally were undern...
- Need to re-look at public policies for service access to MSMEs, solo entrepreneurs: Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar"We need to see how to create the culture of bringing angel investors for these small enterprises, how to bring technology...we have to see...
- Committed to tackling challenges of undernourishment, child mortality: Rao Inderjit Singh"The government of India is committed towards tackling the challenges through some of the recent initiatives of various like Swasthaya Bhar...
- CPI(M) expresses concern over UN hunger report, says government failed on food securityAccording to a study released by United Nation's FAO, India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194.6 million, ...
- Dubious distinction: India leads world hunger list; overtakes ChinaGlobally , the number of undernourished people has fallen by 216 mn between 1990 and 2015. However, India's contribution to this fall has b...
- 50 per cent below age of 5 undernourished in HaryanaMalnutrition is widespread among children in Haryana with nearly 50 per cent below the age of five being undernourished, a health official ...
- At 217 million, India houses largest number of malnourished in the worldIndia has cut the number of undernourished by less than 10% since 1990 & is one of the nations FAO says won't meet its MDG target.
- India houses largest number of undernourished people in the worldThree key international organizations working on food security have revised the number of people in hunger globally downwards from 1 billio...
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