A surge in the number of emaciated children arriving at a feeding centre in Leer, a muddy rebel-held town in South Sudan's oil-rich Unity State, is fuelling fears that the world's newest nation is

MITHI: The relief inspecting judge for Thar­parkar, Mian Fayyaz Rab­bani, has urged the government to pay attention to the ‘alarming situation’ in this district as the aggravating drought may cause

State food minister Jyotipriya Mullick on Tuesday seemed to be substantiating his claims that the seven deaths at a Raipur tea garden were due to “natural causes” by quoting from a report filed by

Project soon for each to have access to sufficient food

Odisha will soon launch a zero hunger challenge project in collaboration with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP).

An Obama administration program set up to reduce chronic hunger and poverty has contributed to rising incomes for farmers around the world and has helped save millions of people from starvation, ac

Minister for Excise and Taxation, Finance Mian Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman has said that by increasing the health budget up to Rs 102 billion to poor and resource less people, whereas, huge amount of R

But level of hunger remains at ‘alarming levels’, says report

India has improved its ranking from 65 to 63 in the Global Hunger Index, making a marginal improvement since 2012, but continues to languish far behind other emerging economies. The score for the country improved slightly from 22.9 in 2012 to 21.3 this year. As has been the trend, within SAARC countries too, India continued to trail behind Pakistan and Bangladesh on the index.

Country’s Hunger Index Has Dropped Three Points, But Stays In ‘Alarming’ Category: Global Hunger Report

In a striking irony, the number of hungry people in the world was estimated at 842 million in 2011-13 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on Monday even as world cereal production was estimated at a near record level of 2,489 million metric tons a few days ago. About a quarter of the world’s hungry, or 210 million, are in India alone.

Global Ministerial meet seeks policy convergence for better food security

Union Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Monday told the FAO Committee on World Food Security that India’s new food law would ensure equitable distribution of food grains to all sections.

India, the world’s second biggest wheat and rice grower, saw the number of people who suffered from chronic hunger drop by 6.5% to 21.38 crore during 2011-13, according to a joint report by UN food