Food Security
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SC tells states to provide ration cards to 8 crore migrant workers within two months
The court passed the order with respect to workers who are registered on the eShram portal but not covered under the National Food Security Act.
Scroll Staff
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74.1% of Indians were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021, says UN food agency
In other parts of South Asia, the figure stood at 82.8% for Pakistan, 66.1% in Bangladesh and 76.4% in Nepal, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said.
Scroll Staff
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Opinion: Egg shortage in parts of India is a harbinger of the coming protein scarcity
Per capita egg consumption in India has doubled in the last 20 years and increased more than a hundred times in the last 60 years.
Femi E Benny & Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan
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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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘On tolerance’: Publisher-poet Naveen Kishore on the dilemmas of the artistic intellect
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BJP Surat Lok Sabha candidate elected unopposed as Congress nominee is disqualified, others withdraw
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As India tries to popularise millets, it should learn from the cautionary tale of quinoa
Quinoa’s sudden rise as a superfood benefited farmers but also resulted in a boom-and-bust cycle.
Mahima Jain
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Are we headed towards a global food crisis?
Phosphorus is essential to farming, and its increasingly disrupted supply chain may lead to a disaster that can take the world by surprise.
Julia Martin-Ortega, The Conversation, Brent Jacobs, The Conversation & Dana Cordell, The Conversation
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Both Ethiopia and Somalia suffered droughts but only of them faced a famine. Why?
The factors that set the two apart were political inclusion and good use of foreign aid.
Joshua Busby, The Conversation
Video
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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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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Wheat output to fall 3% from last year, says Centre
Heatwaves across many wheat-producing states have resulted in a dip in the production of the staple grain this year.
Scroll Staff
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Foodgrains should not be hoarded by rich nations like Covid-19 vaccines, says India at UN
Union minister V Muraleedharan made the comment at a ministerial meeting on global food security.
Scroll Staff
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NITI Aayog recommends curtailing coverage under food security law to save on subsidies: Report
The think tank has reportedly suggested cutting down coverage in rural areas from 75% of population to 60% and from 50% to 40% in urban areas.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Despite high malnutrition levels, Budget 2020 reduced allocation for nutrition schemes by 19%
This adversely impacts remuneration paid to frontline workers.
Happy Pant, IndiaSpend.com & Shruti Ambast, IndiaSpend.com
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For India’s ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ plan to succeed, it must overcome three key obstacles
Inter-state migrants cannot be beneficiaries of the public distribution system. The scheme seeks to correct this.
Aditya Srinivasan, IndiaSpend.com
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Centre planning to roll out ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme within a year
Union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the scheme would allow migrant workers to access the public distribution system from anywhere in India.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest winner in history of Candidates tournament
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ISL 2024: Vikram Partap Singh bounced back from tragedy to reach great heights in breakthrough year