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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: hunger

Hormone that tells you when to stop eating has ancient evolutionary roots. Starfish have it too

UK biologists traced the evolution of this neurohormone known as bombesin beyond mammals. Search led them to bombesin-like hormones in starfish, believed to be 480 million years old.

A right isn’t enough. Food needs to be diverse, nutritious, and affordable for all

Over 2.8 billion people in the world are unable to afford a healthy diet, which is a leading cause of all forms of malnutrition.

For the first time in 4 decades, Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to mitigate food shortages

Communities in southern Africa are facing acute hunger due to an El Nino-induced drought. Neighbouring Namibia, too, last month distributed elephant meat among those affected.

Women suffer disproportionately from climate change. That’s why they can fix it too

During a natural calamity, women eat less, grow comparatively less food, and are more likely to die than men. They remain chronically underrepresented in disaster planning and are less likely than men to be asked about their needs.

World Bank unveils plan aimed at ending hunger, poverty by 2030

Comprehensive strategy targets 500 million people across developing nations, with a focus on women and girls.

SubscriberWrites: Hunger for Sustainability

Food delivery systems offer attractive packaging from various food chains and individual shops for home delivery, making aesthetic packaging a successful part of their marketing strategy.

Under-utilised seafood could help solve world’s hunger crisis – without overfishing

The role of seafood in helping feed our population has been overlooked by governments in favour of land-based solutions such as starchy vegetables and red meat.

India ranks 107 in Global Hunger Index 2022, govt says attempt to ‘taint country’s image’

The Centre rejected the findings, saying the index is an 'erroneous measure' of hunger. With a score of 29.1, the level of hunger in India has been labelled as 'serious'.

Russia-Ukraine conflict shows famines aren’t far. War and hunger go hand-in-hand

Historically, famines have been triggered by extreme weather conditions due to climate change. All these factors, plus war and Covid-19, are at work today.

How 2% of one man’s money can end world hunger

Tesla founder had offered to pay to end world hunger if the UN explained how it would spend the money. So the World Food Programme came up with a plan.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.