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Topic: hunger

India is less poor & more fed, but nearly as unequal as last year, Niti Aayog report shows

Niti Aayog has released its latest sustainable development goals index. Here’s a look at what that reveals about poverty, hunger and inequality.

Cassava can be the gateway crop that helps farmers bring unproductive land back to life

New research suggests that cassava, the root crop, has an ability to bring depleted soil back to life and can enable farmers to grow other crops, such as soy.

Robin Hood Army feeds 23.2 mn people in 8 countries over 6 weeks in fight against Covid

Spanning 8 countries, Robin Hood Army's Mission 30 Million turned out to be the largest food relief effort carried out by civil society to fight Covid & its impact on society.

To feed the world by 2050, we will have to build the plants that evolution didn’t

In 2050, we may have almost 10 billion people to feed. And farmland is already degraded by existing agriculture and climate change.

Students’ performance in govt schools suffer if they are hungry: Study

Researchers conducted tests on students of Classes 5 and 7 in Delhi government schools to find the effect of mid-day meals on children’s learning outcomes.

‘Factfulness’ will challenge the way you perceive the world and various facts

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates called this ‘one of the most important books’ he’s ever read.  The book Factfulness moots the issue of ‘negative perception’ and points out the...

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India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show

The aircraft was undertaking a manoeuvre when it plummeted to the ground and burst into a ball of flame. Visuals suggest that the pilot was unable to eject.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.