World Hunger
-
345 million persons moving towards starvation, warns United Nations
UN World Food Programme chief said that the number of civilians facing acute food insecurity was 2.5 times higher than before the coronavirus pandemic began.
Scroll Staff
-
War in Ukraine has left the world grappling with the highest levels of hunger in 21st century
The two warring countries account for 30% of total global wheat exports, 20% of corn exports and close to 80% of sunflower seed production.
Daniel Maxwell, The Conversation
-
In 2020, one in 10 people on Earth was undernourished
Since global hunger was increasing even before the Covid-19 emerged, simply ending the pandemic is not likely to reverse the trend.
Jessica Eise, The Conversation
Trending
-
Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
-
Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
-
Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
-
Mid-life running works wonders for the knees, hips and spine
-
Memoir: Human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recalls her understanding of feminism as a young woman
-
World hunger has risen for three straight years – and climate change is a key reason
After declining for nearly a decade, the number of hungry people in the world is growing again.
Jessica Eise, The Conversation & Kenneth Foster, The Conversation
-
World hunger rises after a decade; conflict, climate change major reasons: United Nations report
The number of hungry people in the world increased from 7.77 crore in 2015 to 8.15 crore in 2016.
Scroll Staff
-
Fact-check: Did India fall 45 places in Global Hunger Index rank from 2014 to 2017?
India stood at 100 of 119 countries and has the third-highest score in all of Asia. Only Afghanistan and Pakistan are ranked worse.
Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in
Video
-
Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
-
‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
-
Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
-
Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
-
Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
-
Why end world hunger by 2030? We have the moral obligation to end it now: Swami Agnivesh
The livestock and bio-fuels industry is snatching food from the plates of the hungry, the social activist told a UN World Food Programme meeting in Rome.
Swami Agnivesh
-
Scientists have engineered the food that will help save a starving, warming planet
As the planet warms, time is running out to develop new cultivars that can cope with the heat. Luckily, scientists may have stumbled upon a solution.
Jack Aldwinckle, qz.com