World Hunger
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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
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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
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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
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry
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Fiction: An ageing writer gets a mysterious letter which begins to colour his entire perception
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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
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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
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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
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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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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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
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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