Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to examine and respond to a complaint alleging deaths of 18 tribal children in sonebhadra district to the hunger.
On per capita basis, Delhiites are supposed to get more water on daily basis than consumers in developed countries like France, Germany and United Kingdom. According to the Delhi Jal Board, the Capital's consumers are supplied 225 litres of water per capita per day compared to an average supply of …
This is one of the most famous reruns of the poverty and starvation script that is being screened on the stark canvas of Kalahandi, Bolangir and Nuapada. The characters are the same, the original star cast of 1985, included Phanas Punji, a 30 year woman, sold her sister-in-law to buy …
The world is not watching, but more than 12 million Ethiopians risk starving to death if there is no extensive mobilization of aid to prevent a famine, a senior United States official said. The official, Tony Hall, the American ambassador to the United Nations food agencies, said many people were …
Barely 10 weeks after India announced its first-ever donation through the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations' largest humanitarian agency has arrived at a partnership with global clothes brand Benetton to market world hunger and encourage similar, badly-needed food contributions from new donor governments.
The government's move to adopt World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on standards for bottled water amounts to buckling under pressure from the Rs 1,000 crore domestic water industry and to lowering of health parameters as the UN body is mum on the presence of several pesticides, the Centre for Science …
Food and civil supplies minister Ramalingareddy has said that 46 lakh green cards will be distributed to beneficiaries within May 1,2003. Besides, foodgrains were being distributed to the public under public distribution system (PDS) under government schemes, he said seeking cooperation of the people in this regard.
Musahar, a deprived ethnic community at Gothauli of Ratnanagar Municipality 5 (Nepal) is reeling under harsh situation of starvation for the past two months. Banned from fishing their ancestral vocation, the community of 17 households is in dire straits with hand to mouth problems.
Recently, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, wondered why there are starvation deaths in the country at a time when the granaries are full. Fortunately, starvation deaths are so rare that they make headlines. They could be an aberration. On the other hand, malnutrition is endemic. Hence, the Prime …
Food aid worth several millions has been rotting in warehouses in eastern Serunuwara (Sri Lanka)for over nine years. The aid had been sent by the World Food Programme to be distributed among villagers. Rice, coconut oil, dhal and sugar are among the items rotting in cooperative stores, according to villagers, …
Several million Iraqis remain desperately hungry despite a better cereals crop and the lifting of economic sanctions, U.N. food agencies said. "While starvation has been averted, chronic malnutrition persists among several million vulnerable people," the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement about a new report on …
An ambitious roadmap has been drawn up by the Chennai-based MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) here for achieving the goal of a hunger-free India by August 15, 2007, which marks the 60th anniversary of India's independence. The roadmap, prepared in association with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), deals with …
A nation-wide survey conducted by the Public Affairs Centre of Bangalore has thrown up some interesting results. Barring Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, Karnataka has done better than the rest of the country in the delivery of five essential services, although its performance in two of the services, health and the …
it is a paradox that has stumped the Union government. On the one hand, the central task force is flooded with requests for aid as the drought devastates state after state (12 at the last count). And, on the other, the country is saddled with a huge surplus stock of …
Secretary General Kofi Annan told the UN World Food Summit that it was time to halt 'the gnawing pain of hunger', but hardly a leader of a major power up to hear his message. 'In a world of plenty, ending hunger is within our grasp', Annan told the opening session. …
The United Nations will cut food distribution to more than one million children and elderly people in North Korea because of a cutback in international aid. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kenzo Oshima, on Tuesday said " Simply put, unless donors act quickly, more than 6 million of the country's …
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica may close within 50 years as the level of destructive ozone-depleting CFCs in the atmosphere is declining, a leading atmospheric scientist said. Paul Fraser, with the Australia government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), said he had detected a decline in …
To rid the Food For Work programme (FFW) of irregularities, the Andhra Pradesh State Government is drawing up fresh guidelines withdrawing the discretionary powers of ministers and MLAs and prohibiting the use of machines in executing the works. Selection of the works will be henceforth entrusted to 'gram sabhas' and …
On Monday, the supreme court warned State Governments against lax implementation of its earlier order to provide cooked meals to students instead of food grains. But the legists of the scheme have left many states and schools bewildered. Under the scheme, the Central Government will provide three kg of rice …
