Fighting Hunger
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Supreme Court gives final chance to Centre to frame policy on community kitchens
The court said that a welfare state has a constitutional duty to ensure that no dies of hunger.
Scroll Staff
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India’s nutrition crisis has widened during the pandemic – especially for women and children
The focus is on providing food grains to the very poor as against supporting that with more funding for existing nutrition-focussed welfare programmes.
Deepanshu Mohan, Vanshika Shah & Advaita Singh
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With 45% of Indians excluded from the food security net, it’s time to univeralise the PDS
Poverty is growing, thanks to the Covid-19 economic slowdown. It’s time for the Centre to provide subsidised foodgrains to most Indians.
Swati Narayan
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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Mine but not really mine: Why ‘owning’ digital items doesn’t feel the same
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In Jharkhand, suspected starvation death sheds light on deprivation of a whole settlement
Chintaman Malhar, who died on June 14, had not eaten a proper meal in two days, his son said. His neighbours live just as precariously.
Swati Narayan
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Global hunger on the rise for the first time in a decade: UN report
It has affected 815 million people, or 11% of the world’s population.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: This film from Pakistan asks what happens to the unfinished food on your plate
The Urdu film is told from the point of a view 14-year-old car mechanic.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Food handouts won't solve the malnutrition problem stalking Adivasi communities
The government must empower these once proud people – now reduced to lining up for free meals – by giving them real rights to forest resources.
Brian Lobo
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Seven reasons why India needs eggs on the menu of midday meals
They're very nutritious, have a relative long shelf-life and could boost rural employment.
Reetika Khera