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October 24, 2024 6:24 pm

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Knowledge Nugget of the day: Global Hunger Index

October 25, 2024 9:57 am

Why does the Global Hunger Index 2024 present a concerning picture of hunger in India? India's ranking, key highlights and more —Here's what you shouldn't miss.

Top 10 countries worst hit by the global hunger crisis—where does India stand?

October 18, 2024 8:31 am

World Food Day 2024, Top 10 worst hit countries on the Global Hunger Index: Regardless of the global community's persistent emphasis on the importance of the right to adequate food, the concerning imbalance still persists.

Methodology of Global Hunger Index has been rightly criticised. But conversation must go on

October 14, 2023 7:18 am

Express View: The Centre is right in critiquing the GHI. But that should not diminish the significance of the nutrition challenge. As a first step, it must bolster its information repositories

India ranks 111th on Global Hunger Index 2023; 'erroneous measure of hunger', says govt

October 13, 2023 8:33 am

The 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that, after many years of advancement up to 2015, progress against hunger worldwide remains largely at a standstill.

The key to India's hunger challenge: A focus on gender-sensitive growth

August 21, 2023 10:24 pm

Accelerating economic growth and making it more inclusive, coupled with an increase in farm productivity, can help end malnutrition

India’s hunger paradox: Self-sufficiency in production does not necessarily mean food security

May 03, 2023 4:37 pm

To achieve the goal of zero hunger, India should consider a strategic initiative led by the PMO aimed at eliminating food insecurity in India and ensuring affordable access, with a special and immediate focus on India’s youngest children

India’s hunger problem: Why the Global Hunger Index, FAO data aren’t to blame

December 03, 2022 9:00 am

India’s ranking results from the use of the Indian government’s official statistics, the National Family Health Survey, which reveals disconcertingly high rates of child mortality and chronic malnutrition in India, despite clear progress in the past few years. The Global Hunger Index was informed by the same official source.

Define hunger death, actual number of such cases: Jharkhand High Court to govt

November 14, 2022 7:28 am

Bhukkhal Ghasi, 42, died in March 2020 and his son and daughter, too, died in the next six months.

Global Hunger Index: A survey that trivialised hunger

November 10, 2022 6:30 pm

Bibek Debroy writes: It made serious errors in classification, methodology

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