BHUBANESWAR: As people keep falling ill or even drop dead in the tribal pockets of undivided Koraput, the politics of mango kernel has come back to haunt the State.
Both the government and the Congress have begun quibbling over facts and figures as the epidemic keeps spreading dangerously.
Our policymakers would rather let food grains rot than feed the poor. What explains the near-comatose lack of response to a long-brewing crisis of increasing hunger?
The most valuable resource that a country has is its people.
Jamshedpur, Aug. 9: The forest department has extended a helping hand to the farmers of Pipla and Bhagabandh villages in drought-hit East Singhbhum district under the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a frontal agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Recently, the department started a lift irrigation project in both the villages covering 10 hectares of land.
CHENNAI: A higher order of political leadership, a transparent and accountable bureaucracy and activist citizen forums are imperative for effectively addressing hunger and poverty in India, N.R. Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies, said on Sunday.
Bhuj: About 100 cows died after they were not properly fed and left to survive in an inundated panjrapole (cowshed) in Satapar village in Anjar taluka of Kutch over the past week. The animals suddenly started dying since Wednesday evening.
Unjustified and impractical legal requirements are stopping genetically engineered crops from saving millions from starvation and malnutrition, says Ingo Potrykus.
World hunger remains a major problem, but not for the reasons many suspect. Nature analyses the trends and the challenges of feeding 9 billion by 2050.
