Hidden Hunger
A Unicef report says India has the highest number of malnourished children in the world: One in three of the world’s malnourished children is Indian. Of the world’s 146 million malnourished children,...
View ArticleHungry children waste away in India’s economic boom
JAWHAR, India (Reuters) – Earlier this month, the UN’s children’s agency, Unicef, said that 57 million of the world’s 146 million malnourished children under the age of 5 were in India, by far the...
View ArticleOne million lose homes in India floods
At least one million people have lost their homes to floods in eastern India, but government relief is slow and inadequate, voluntary groups said today. The flooding, triggered by annual monsoon rains...
View ArticleFloods displace 66,000 people in India
Floods caused by summer monsoon rains displaced about 66,000 people in India’s northeast, while heavy rains disrupted traffic in eastern India, officials said on Friday. In northeastern Assam state,...
View Article7 killed in Orissa flash floods
It was a manic Monday for people in Orissa. Seven people were killed and 18, including six fishermen, went missing in the Bay of Bengal off Paradeep in flash floods caused by incessant rains over the...
View ArticleOrissa widow dies of starvation
A widow in Orissa’s Jajpur district died of starvation after remaining bedridden for several days, a village leader said Thursday. Seventy-two years of age, Kolhanai Bewa, died at her village Mahisara...
View ArticleHalf a million homeless in India floods, Mumbai hit
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country’s financial capital. In...
View ArticleGlobal food aid can reduce hunger if extended to poor
New Delhi, Sept. 15 (PTI): Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said global food aid given on time and directly to people suffering from malnutrition and hunger could yield better results. “Food...
View ArticleDisease risk as India floods recede
Hundreds of villages and some towns, mainly in the south and west of the country, have been submerged, leaving hundreds of thousands of people marooned, some stranded on rooftops and in trees for days...
View ArticleIndia Floods Leave 1.5 Million Homeless in Orissa
Fresh floods caused by renewed monsoon rainfall in India’s eastern state of Orissa have displaced more than 1.5 million people from their homes and damaged about 240,072 hectares of farm land. Rains...
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