Why India performs so poorly in fighting hunger

Recently, a study on India's State Hunger Index comparing hunger across all India states was released by Purnima Menon, Anil Deolalikar and Anjor Bhaskar. Dr Purnima Menon is a research fellow at......

More Indians go hungry than Chinese, Pakistanis

India may be the second fastest growing economy in the world but it still has a long way to go in eradicating hunger where it is ranked at 94th position well behind neighbouring China and Pakistan,......

India ranks 94 in Hunger Index; below Pak, Bangladesh

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the 'serious' hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed......

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

'The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.' 'This is an issue often neglected, alerts Claude Arpi: "Prolonged summers,......

Climate change to hurt rural women, poor: ADB

Poor people and rural women from developing nations in Asia will be among those most affected by climate change which poses fundamental threats to the region's food and energy security, according......

Indian is UNDP A-Pac bureau chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ajay Chhibber of India as United Nations Development Programme's assistant secretary-general, assistant administrator and director of its Regional......

Indian companies involved in Ethiopia land grab

There is something in common between Karuturi Global, a pioneer worldwide in production of roses, Emami Biotech, a part of Kolkata-based Emami group, the conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji, and......

Buying land overseas makes sense

"Buy land," advised Mark Twain a long time ago. "They're not making it any more." Fortunes have been made by people who followed his advice within their own country. Doing that in other countries......