In response to a question on malnourishment-related deaths in children, Irani said malnutrition is not a direct cause of death among children under five, but it can increase morbidity and mortality by reducing resistance to...
Seventeen countries, including China, Turkey, and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global Hunger Index that tracks hunger and malnutrition said on Saturday.
Congress leader P Chidambaram said ‘The two years have impoverished people: millions of jobs have been lost; 84 per cent households have suffered loss of income; 4.6 crore have been pushed into poverty; India ranks 104 out...
The Global Hunger Index Report published by two known Global NGOs this year placed India at 107th position among 121 countries, putting it far behind Pakistan.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that Modi Government should realise that the world will not dance to tunes of the BJP and the RSS.
As per the GHI report, the composite GHI scores of India have improved from 38.8 in 2000 to 27.5 in 2021. Thus, the country has shown consistent improvement over the years.
On Saturday, senior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia took a dig at the USD-5 trillion economy target of the BJP government at the Centre, pointing to India's low ranking in Global Hunger Index.
The Centre has reacted angrily at the new Global Hunger Index, but experts say it should plug loopholes in the food delivery system.
CEO of Oxfam India Amitabh Behar said the nutritional loss could amplify into intergenerational effects. He added that the latest data showed that in several...
India has slipped to 101st position from last year’s 94th position
Before the pandemic, the number of stunted children declined globally each year, from 199.5 million in 2000 to 144 million in 2019.
As 2020 comes to a close, here's some facts and figures on how India and the world are performing on food and nutrition security.
A new report has found global hunger and population displacement could surge as people on the move and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances...
The Global Hunger Report report gives India a score of 27.2, which puts it in the 'serious category'
More than 3 out of 10 women aged between 20 to 24 die during childbirth in India due to anemia
Over 9.12 crore underprivileged children get their daily nutrition from the midday-meal scheme, which has been disrupted by the pandemic.
Plaguing us for decades, malnourishment has severely escalated due to the ongoing pandemic, putting thousands of migrants, women and children in danger
On World Food Safety Day, it is important to remember that unsafe food practices claim approximately 4,20,000 lives annually across the world. According to...
Expressing grave concern over the crisis involving the PMC Bank scam, Tewari said public money is no more safe in Indian banks and the scam has been totally...
India has slipped to 102nd position in the Global Hunger Index 2019 of 117 countries, down from its 2018 position of 95 and behind its neighbours Nepal,...
With a score of 30.3, India suffers from the level of hunger that is considered “serious,” the report said.
Audit reports show how most CSR funds lie unutilised
“The state shall regard raising the level of nutrition and standard of living of its people among its primary duties” Article 47, The Constitution of India
What’s the biggest challenge that faces India today, we asked. They listed out everything, except those that should matter the most to them. A simple...
