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food insecurity news

Akshaya Patra-inspired initiative highlights challenge of food insecurity among US college students

Akshaya Patra-inspired initiative highlights challenge of food insecurity among US college students
Published on Apr 29, 2026 09:07 am IST

World Bank chief economist warns of hunger risk from war in Iran

World Bank chief economist warns of hunger risk from war in Iran
Published on Apr 16, 2026 12:23 am IST

Fighting vs feeding: A global imbalance

Hungry children in conflict stricken area
Published on Mar 24, 2026 08:03 am IST

How Humanitarian Aid Feeds War Machines

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How Humanitarian Aid Feeds War Machines
Updated on Aug 11, 2025 03:50 pm IST

Degrowth and the reimagining of Indian agriculture

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Agriculture
Published on Jun 15, 2025 10:49 pm IST

US aid kept many hungry Somali children alive. Now that money is disappearing

US aid kept many hungry Somali children alive. Now that money is disappearing
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 09:24 pm IST

Israel Says It Will Allow Food Into Gaza for the First Time in Months

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Smoke rises from Gaza following military activity, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, May 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Updated on May 19, 2025 04:29 pm IST

Acute hunger continues to rise for 6th year in a row

Palestine, especially the Gaza Strip, witnessed “catastrophic levels” of food shortage stoked by conflict. (AFP)
Published on May 18, 2025 07:52 am IST

Malawi's women sand miners trapped in climate change dilemma

Malawi's women sand miners trapped in climate change dilemma
Published on Mar 21, 2025 06:31 pm IST

At least 80 killed in southern Sudan violence: UN

At least 80 killed in southern Sudan violence: UN
Published on Feb 06, 2025 04:05 pm IST

As Gaza suffers, experts call on hunger monitor to redefine famine

As Gaza suffers, experts call on hunger monitor to redefine famine
Updated on Dec 30, 2024 04:52 pm IST

Editorial Roundup: United States

Editorial Roundup: United States
Published on Dec 11, 2024 07:12 am IST

Hidden hunger: Role of fortified rice in India's nutritional strategy

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Nutrition
Published on Dec 02, 2024 03:34 pm IST

India's climate crisis: High cost of leaving women and children behind

Climate crisis (ECMWF).
Published on Nov 04, 2024 12:43 pm IST

Climate crisis posing grave health, survival threats: Report

Climate activists protest in London on Monday. (Bloomberg Photo)
Published on Oct 30, 2024 08:46 am IST

War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia

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Refugees and asylum seekers, mostly from the Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic group who have been in Indonesia for about 7 to 12 years and others from Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia, take part in a protest demanding their resettlement and basic human rights assistance in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office building in Jakarta on August 12, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Published on Sept 08, 2024 08:00 am IST

Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?

Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?
Updated on Aug 25, 2024 09:13 pm IST

Asia-Pacific’s loss of biodiversity: A hidden threat to food security

Gurugram, India-July 05, 2023: A view of Aravali Safari Park land in Garat Pur Bas village; Safari Park project which is being developed in line with the biodiversity park concept in a 10,000-acre land parcel in the Aravalli region in Gurugram and Nuh Districts, in Gurugram, India, on Wednesday, 05 July 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)
Published on May 22, 2024 09:12 am IST

India needs to lead agri-tech innovation for Global South

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There is a valuable opportunity for India to cement its position as a leader of the Global South by helping it take more proactive action towards transforming its food system
Published on Apr 30, 2024 11:32 pm IST

Fight the rising tide of hunger

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Volunteers deliver food to families, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Published on Apr 28, 2024 10:53 pm IST

In the shadow of war, Gaza women battle on

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Palestinian women react as they sit on the rubble of a residential building housing their apartments, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Published on Apr 27, 2024 10:08 pm IST

Around 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023: UN report

Meanwhile, the share of the population affected within the areas concerned has doubled 11 percent to 22 percent
Published on Apr 25, 2024 06:57 am IST

Raise awareness on increase in population: AICTE to universities

In its communique on Friday, the AICTE stressed on the need for balance between population growth and the capacity of Earth’s ecosystems (HT)
Updated on Sept 16, 2023 12:38 am IST

‘Pushed to brink’: 29.2 mn people in Afghanistan need humanitarian help, says UN

Afghan women wait to receive cash at a money distribution point organized by the World Food Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan
Updated on Jul 29, 2023 03:39 pm IST

IRRI, India sign 5-year plan to develop better rice

Delegates attend a session on the final day of G20 MACS meet in Varanasi on Wednesday (Sourced)
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:35 am IST

Kenya launches first operational satellite into space onboard SpaceX rocket

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Taifa-1 satellite, took off at about 0648 GMT without incident from Vandenberg Base in California, after three postponements due to bad weather.
Published on Apr 15, 2023 02:40 pm IST

Nearly 55% of Afghans expected to face food insecurity soon, UN report says

In picture - Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, wait to receive free food in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 10, 2021.
Published on Nov 07, 2021 08:55 pm IST

Humour: Flying during the pandemic– Nothing less than an adventure

One can’t help but be grateful to the airlines and the crew for the risk and care they take to ferry passengers
Published on Aug 23, 2020 06:47 am IST

33 labourers, including 14 minors, saved from being trafficked in Odisha

The distress migration of labourers has come even as the Odisha government in September this year announced rations under the National Food Security Act from September to workers in Bolangir and Nuapara.
Updated on Dec 12, 2019 08:59 pm IST