India's Hunger
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India ranks 111th among 125 countries in Global Hunger Index
The country fares worse than all its neighbours except Afghanistan.
Scroll Staff
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In Odisha, a child’s death lays bare a food crisis in Adivasi hamlets
Eight years ago, 19 malnourished children had died in Jajpur district. Not much seems to have changed since then.
Sweta & Sameet
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RSS body demands action against Global Hunger Index surveyors for ‘defaming India’
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch urged the Centre to take steps against a German NGO which ranked India 107th among 121 countries on the index.
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Trending
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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India ranks 107th out of 121 countries in Global Hunger Index 2022
Centre alleged that the report is an ‘erroneous’ measure of hunger that suffers from ‘serious methodological issues’.
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9.06 crore Indians will go hungry due to climate change by 2030, says report
Temperature across India will rise in the range of 2.4 degrees Celsius to 4.4 degrees Celsius by 2100, said International Food Policy Research Institute.
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79% of Indian households experienced ‘food insecurity’ last year, shows survey
The ‘Hunger Watch’ survey, conducted across 14 states, calculated ‘food insecurity’ based on a scale developed by UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Over 33 lakh children are malnourished in India, Maharashtra has highest number: Report
Over half of these children are in the severe category, according to government data.
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Why does India struggle to battle hunger?
Food insecurity remains an alarming issue due to entitlement failures.
Ananya Sharma
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Global Hunger Index score was calculated using unscientific methodology, claims Centre
The statement came a day after India was ranked 101st among 116 countries in this year’s Global Hunger Index.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Global Hunger Index: India ranks 101 out of 116 countries, behind Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh
India continued to remain in the ‘serious’ category of the index.
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Global Hunger Index: India ranks 94 out of 107 countries, in ‘serious’ category
While the overall rating improved compared to 2019, India is once again the worst performer in child wasting rates.
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Hunger and malnutrition loom large over India as anganwadis stay shut amid coronavirus pandemic
As jobs are lost and starvation grows, the impact is being felt most by malnourished children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com
The Field
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’