Food Insecurity
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High undernourishment, gender disparity: India’s nutrition trends align with hunger index findings
Child mortality, a key indicator, has decreased but the country’s access to nutrition remains precarious.
Deepanshu Mohan, Aryan Govindkrishnan & Jheel Doshi
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How poor nutrition increases TB prevalence, severity and why India must act urgently
The country already grapples with undernutrition and poverty. Covid-19 lockdowns and lowered incomes have worsened these statistics.
Ritu Khattar & Himanshu Patel
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Fact check: Is the government right to criticise India’s low ranking on the Global Hunger Index?
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has dismissed the index, which ranks India 107 out of 121 countries, as ‘erroneous’.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
Trending
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Why the Congress defeat in Chhattisgarh is far worse than the loss in Rajasthan
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Is Congress leadership of INDIA shaky after Hindi belt poll defeats?
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‘Change’ over ethnic identity politics: Why MNF lost Mizoram
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Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi shot dead in Jaipur
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Why Congress lost Chhattisgarh
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Explainer: Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history
The oil price rise that started in April 2020 has affected the prices of all food commodities on the Food and Agriculture Organisation index.
Alastair Smith, The Conversation
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India’s children are not getting the nutrition they need. Here is a measure that could help
The National Family Health Survey revealed gains made in the last two decades have been reversed.
Anjana Thampi & Ishan Anand
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Why is one in every six Bangladeshis undernourished despite a staple diet of fish?
The increased consumption of cheap, protein-poor farm-fish is limiting the country’s ability to overcome malnutrition among the poor.
Mohammad Arju
Video
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Watch: Palestinian child under rubble asks rescuers to help her siblings, parents first
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Watch: Young fan recreates Sylvester Stallone’s iconic ‘Rocky’ monologue in the actor’s presence
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Cyclone Michaung: Sea turns turbulent, heavy rains batter Andhra Pradesh as landfall begins
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Watch: Pet dogs and their humans get family photographs with Santa Claus
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‘This is the worst nightmare for Narayan Murthy’: Comedian’s riff on several long weekends in 2024
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Hunger report: Food security worsens in South Asia, UN flags India’s unemployment as possible cause
Around 821.6 million people – or nearly 11% of the world population – were still undernourished in 2018, the report said.
Scroll Staff
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In war-ravaged Yemen, starving people are eating tree leaves to survive
The food crisis stems from an import blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia.
Adel Aldaghbashy
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What India could learn from Ethiopia about food security
Child undernourishment rates are worse in India than in Ethiopia.
Ivica Petrikova, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: A full-length ‘Dunki’ trailer is out
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‘Kabuliwala’ trailer: Mithun Chakraborty stars in latest adaptation of the Rabindranath Tagore story
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ trailer: Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta star in slice-of-life comedy
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Start the week with a film: Russian literature and Kangra painting meet in ‘Kasba’
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Vir Das: ‘Humanity without laughter wouldn’t survive very long’
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Fruit for thought: Bananas are at risk of dying out again – here’s how we can try to save them
Monoculture has hurt the fruit in the past and is doing so again.
Jackie Turner, Aeon
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As Kolkata rotten meat scandal creates panic, Whatsapp messages add to the stink
For now, the city’s appetite for kebabs, rolls and biryani has been dulled.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Indians need their protein where they can get it – especially from meat and eggs
A health ministry tweet clubbing meat and eggs with unhealthy food ignores the problem of protein deficiency across the country.
Nayantara Narayanan
The Field
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FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup: Hundal hat-trick spurs India to win over South Korea
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Boxing, Junior World C’ships: Payal, Nisha, Akansha win a gold each as India finish with 17 medals
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AFC Champions League: Mumbai City FC finish campaign with six losses
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Pro Kabaddi League: Puneri Platan stun Jaipur Pink Panthers; Bengal Warriors beat Bengaluru Bulls
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Cleiton, Nandhakumar help East Bengal thump NorthEast United