Hunger Report
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Number of underweight children in India increased in 7 of 10 major states since 2015-16: Survey
The number of kids with stunted growth has also gone up in six of these states.
Scroll Staff
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Rahul Gandhi says Global Hunger Index ranking reveals ‘colossal failure’ in government policy
India’s rank in this year’s Global Hunger Index dropped to 102, which is considered to be in the ‘serious’ category.
Scroll Staff
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‘Cyclone came as death’: Out in the storm alone, homeless Odisha man may have starved to death
After two days in the rain, villagers found Jugal Behera feverish and near death.
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One in five Indian children aged under five is extremely underweight, shows Global Hunger Index
The report ranked India 103 out of 119 countries.
Scroll Staff
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In Odisha’s rice bowl, suspected starvation death raises the spectre of hunger stalking the elderly
Too ill to collect her share of PDS rice and with most of her neighbours unaware of her condition, Kunduru Nag, 68, died on June 12.
Priya Ranjan Sahu
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India worse than Bangladesh, Nepal in tackling hunger, situation serious, says report
India, which was placed at 97th position in 2016, has now been ranked 100th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index this year.
Scroll Staff
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India worse than Bangladesh, Nepal in tackling hunger, situation serious, says report
India, which was placed at 97th position in 2016, has now been ranked 100th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index this year.
Scroll Staff
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Karachi’s Robin Hood Army learns from India: Borrow from the rich to feed the poor
A social initiative is taking surplus food from eateries and distributing them among the needy.
Mahjabeen Mankani
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Number of undernourished Indians has risen in last five years
The NDA government, in its first year, has kick-started some key reforms, but agricultural reforms are still insubstantial.
Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
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