Price rise, food insecurity mar UPA II’s 100 days (100 days of UPA government - II)
August 28th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's second stint may be bristling with plans to mitigate poverty, disease and illiteracy, but most Indians remain unimpressed. Spiralling food ... Read more...
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CPI-M to launch agitation against price rise, drought
August 27th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has resolved to launch an agitation from next month against price rise and the drought-like conditions in several parts of the ... Read more...
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80,000 people affected, 450 houses destroyed in Swabi flood: OCHA
August 18th, 2009 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 18(ANI): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that at least 70,000 to 80,000 people have been affected in Swabi by the floods and ... Read more...
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Israeli blockade degrades Gaza’s living conditions: UN
August 18th, 2009 - 3:20 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 18 (DPA) Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip has resulted in the devastation of livelihoods, a rise in food insecurity, and an energy, water and sanitation crisis for the ... Read more...
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Old, infirm and living in a Bangalore slum (Feature)
August 7th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
By Maitreyee Boruah
Bangalore, Aug 7 (IANS) Septuagenarian Anand Babu says he would prefer death to a life of misery. The resident of a Bangalore slum, he has been bedridden for the last ... Read more...
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Trees can serve as a vital “famine food” to keep drought-hit communities alive
August 5th, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 5 (ANI): Environmental campaigners say that trees can serve as a vital "famine food" to keep drought-hit communities alive when all other food crops fail.According to a report by BBC ... Read more...
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Over a billion people hungry: UN agency
June 21st, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 21 (IANS) World hunger is estimated to reach an unprecedented high in 2009 with 1,020 million people going hungry every day, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
FAO ... Read more...
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Stress linked to higher obesity risk in teens
May 15th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Increased levels of stress in adolescents are associated with a greater likelihood of them being overweight or obese, a new Iowa State University study has found.Researchers studied 1,011 ... Read more...
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Food insecurity looms large in Nepal: Report
May 14th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kathamandu, May 14 (Xinhua) About 40 percent of the population in the mountain and hill districts in Nepal are facing a severe food crisis, a government report has said.
The number of ... Read more...
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Epileptic patients twice as likely to develop depression
March 17th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): People suffering from epilepsy are at two-fold risk of developing depression, says a new study.While prevalence of depression is twice as high in epileptic patients, racial ... Read more...
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26,000 people face food insecurity in Nepal, reports UN
February 4th, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 4 (Xinhua) A UN aid agency Wednesday said that about 26,000 people in Nepal's western districts are facing food insecurity due to inadequate crop yield, soaring food prices and lack ... Read more...
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Ban Ki-moon arrives in Afghanistan
February 4th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 4 (Xinhua) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday morning arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other high ranking officials. Ban's visit comes amid escalating ... Read more...
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Terrorism, inflation key BJP poll issues: Naidu
January 29th, 2009 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Terrorism, unemployment and inflation will be the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s key issues as it plans to launch an "aggressive campaign" for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. ... Read more...
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Global warming could starve half the world by century-end
January 12th, 2009 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 12 (IANS) Global warming will severely damage crop output in tropical regions and deprive half the world of food by the century-end, according to a study. The population of ... Read more...
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Global warming may leave half of world’’s population without food by 2100
January 9th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Global warming is likely to give rise to severe food shortage by the end of this century, according to researchers, who claim that the rapidly warming climate ... Read more...
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Number of hungry rises to 963 million
December 10th, 2008 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 10 (IANS) The number of hungry people has swelled by some 40 million across the globe to stand at 963 million because of spiralling food prices, WAM reported Wednesday quoting ... Read more...
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UN pledges $3 mn to help Nepal’s rural communities
December 4th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 4 (Xinhua) The UN has allocated $3 million to assist rural communities in Nepal, the global organisation announced Thursday. The rural communities are constantly threatened by food insecurity due to ... Read more...
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International food aid not enough to solve global malnutrition crisis
November 25th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): While discussing the controversies surrounding international food aid, the editors of journal PLoS Medicine came to the conclusion that "donor-supported food programs are not enough as a ... Read more...
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Smokers family less likely to have access to healthy food
November 4th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): A new study has found that kids and adults living with adult smokers appear less likely to have daily access to enough healthy food compared with those ... Read more...
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Biotechnology not the final solution for food insecurity and poverty problems
October 8th, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): Scientists have determined that biotechnology is not the final solution for the food insecurity and poverty problems in Africa and other developing countries.According to a report in ... Read more...
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Climate change could trigger off future global wars and internal conflicts
August 22nd, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 22 (ANI): International-security experts have suggested that climate-change-related damage to global ecosystems and the resulting competition for natural resources may increasingly serve as triggers for wars and other conflicts ... Read more...
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Climate change can triggers wars, warns expert
August 22nd, 2008 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) Climate change-induced damage to global ecosystems and resulting competition for natural resources may trigger wars and conflicts in the future, an expert has warned.Jürgen Scheffran, a scientist at ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s inflation at 24 percent
August 13th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Pakistan's inflation soared to 24.33 percent in the first month of fiscal 2008-09 that began July 1, reveals data released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). This ... Read more...
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Low-income households opt for cigarettes over food
July 2nd, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new study from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that low-income households with a smoking family head or spouse lack consistent access to ... Read more...
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Over 250,000 Nepalis facing severe food crunch: World Food Programme
June 20th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kathmandu, June 20 (Xinhua) More than 250,000 people in nine districts in Nepal are now facing a severe food shortage due to crop failures, the Nepal unit of World Food Programme (WFP) ... Read more...
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India slams US for blaming it for global food crisis
June 12th, 2008 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India Wednesday slammed the US for blaming it for the global food crisis, and said the major reason behind the sky-high food prices was the shift from ... Read more...
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World Economic Forum on Africa opens in South Africa
June 5th, 2008 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Cape Town (South Africa), June 4 (Xinhua) The 18th World Economic Forum on Africa started here Wednesday under the theme "Capitalising on Opportunity". Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of World Economic ... Read more...
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World Economic Forum on Africa opens in Cape Town
June 4th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Cape Town, June 4 (DPA) The World Economic Forum on Africa opened in Cape Town Wednesday against the backdrop of rising food prices that further aggravate food insecurity on the continent. Around ... Read more...
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Indian-born researcher blames US, media for global food crisis
May 11th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by admin
Washington, May 11 (ANI): An Indian-born University of Buffalo food security expert has blamed the United States and the media for the global food crisis by claiming that policy makers have ... Read more...
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UN warns of looming food crisis in North Korea
April 16th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bangkok, April 16 (DPA) The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) warned Wednesday of a looming food crisis in North Korea because of a poor harvest and escalating food prices. "The food ... Read more...
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Half of Pakistan population at the risk of food insecurity, warns WFP
April 5th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 5 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) has cautioned that nearly half of Pakistans 160 million population was at the risk of food insecurity due to a surge in ... Read more...
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Indigenous peoples hardest hit by climate change
April 3rd, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 3 (ANI): Indigenous people have suffered the worst impacts of climate change, despite contributing the least to world greenhouse gas emissions.According to organizers of a United Nations University ... Read more...
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First SAARC agriculture meet begins in Delhi
March 5th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar.5 (ANI): The first SAARC conference on agriculture began here today with a focus on alleviating hunger and poverty in the region. A three-day meet will discuss the regional agrarian ... Read more...
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Sharad Pawar to inaugurate SAARC meet on agriculture
March 5th, 2008 - 9:15 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will inaugurate an International Conference on Science-based agricultural transformation towards alleviation of hunger and poverty in SAARC countries here today.A three-day meet ... Read more...
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India to host first SAARC meet on agriculture
March 3rd, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 3 (ANI): India will host the first South Asian conference on agriculture in New Delhi from March 5, which aims to focus on alleviating hunger and poverty in South ... Read more...
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