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Improving womens education, enhancing household food security can help to reduce malnutrition.

Act Now for Better Nutrition

Over five years ago, the then Prime Minister had called malnutrition in India a national shame .

22 Oct 2017 3:36 AM IST

The Modi regime has received some undeserved beating for Indias supposed fall in the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

How hungry is India and why?

India fell precipitously by 45 places since 2014, which is when the Modi regime came into being.

22 Oct 2017 3:33 AM IST

The countrys serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Hungry India: Are we angry enough?

The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the...

19 Oct 2017 2:47 AM IST

The countrys serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

#100 in hunger index is a real shame for India

The problem of numbers may be self-defeating given the Indian scale, although that argument too is beaten if we compare...

17 Oct 2017 2:24 AM IST

The countrys serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

India ranks 100th among 119 countries on global hunger index

India has the third highest score in all of Asia only Afghanistan and Pakistan are ranked worse.

13 Oct 2017 3:23 PM IST

Tuberculosis acutely decreases productivity at work, increases risk of infecting co-workers, and may force businesses to hire and retrain new workers to replace ailing ones. (Representational Image)

Lifebuoy' for tandurusti: Can CSR build a healthy and TB-free India?

Studies estimate that India loses up to 2.5 per cent of its GDP due to micronutrient (vitamins and minerals)...

31 Oct 2019 12:10 AM IST

A lower ranking is indicative of a higher rate of malnutrition and hunger.

Put dignity in heart of policy

The situation was dire enough for the Supreme Court to take it up this September.

18 Oct 2019 1:18 AM IST

Kapil Sibal, Congress leader

'Concentrate less on politics more on children': Sibal to PM on hunger...

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India ranking 102 in the...

16 Oct 2019 2:08 PM IST

The government thinks that the branded food grain merchants earn 50 to 150 per cent margins and hence they need to pay taxes, said Mr Shah. (Representational image)

India at 102 in Global Hunger Report 2019; behind Nepal, Pak, B'desh

In 2000, India was ranked 83 out of 113 countries. Now, with 117 countries in the fray, it has dropped to 102 rank.

16 Oct 2019 12:55 PM IST

A man walks balancing a basket on his head at a vegetable market in Lucknow, India. (AP)

AA Edit | India indicted by global hunger index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 published this week has put India behind most of its south Asian neighbours,...

19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

Lucknow: A truck driver prepares his meal on a roadside at Lucknow - Agra expressway during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of deadly coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow. PTI photo

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why so prickly? Is there a plot to defame...

India's officialdom rubbished the findings and called the GHI 2021 assessment of India as shocking

21 Oct 2022 12:53 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Fixing issues, not PR alone, may improve India's image

To correct a problem, one has to first acknowledge a problem

10 May 2022 12:51 AM IST