Refugees and asylum seekers, mostly from the Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic group who have been in Indonesia for about 7 to 12 years and others from Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia, take part in a protest demanding their resettlement and basic human rights assistance in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office building in Jakarta on August 12, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

world news

Published on Sep 08, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?

entertainment

Updated on Aug 25, 2024 09:13 PM IST

Asia-Pacific’s loss of biodiversity: A hidden threat to food security

Gurugram, India-July 05, 2023: A view of Aravali Safari Park land in Garat Pur Bas village; Safari Park project which is being developed in line with the biodiversity park concept in a 10,000-acre land parcel in the Aravalli region in Gurugram and Nuh Districts, in Gurugram, India, on Wednesday, 05 July 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

opinion

Published on May 22, 2024 09:12 AM IST

India needs to lead agri-tech innovation for Global South

PREMIUM

There is a valuable opportunity for India to cement its position as a leader of the Global South by helping it take more proactive action towards transforming its food system

opinion

Published on Apr 30, 2024 11:32 PM IST

Fight the rising tide of hunger

PREMIUM

Volunteers deliver food to families, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

editorials

Published on Apr 28, 2024 10:53 PM IST

In the shadow of war, Gaza women battle on

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Palestinian women react as they sit on the rubble of a residential building housing their apartments, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

opinion

Published on Apr 27, 2024 10:08 PM IST

Around 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023: UN report

Meanwhile, the share of the population affected within the areas concerned has doubled 11 percent to 22 percent

world news

Published on Apr 25, 2024 06:57 AM IST

Raise awareness on increase in population: AICTE to universities

In its communique on Friday, the AICTE stressed on the need for balance between population growth and the capacity of Earth’s ecosystems (HT)

india news

Updated on Sep 16, 2023 12:38 AM IST

‘Pushed to brink’: 29.2 mn people in Afghanistan need humanitarian help, says UN

Afghan women wait to receive cash at a money distribution point organized by the World Food Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan

world news

Updated on Jul 29, 2023 03:39 PM IST

IRRI, India sign 5-year plan to develop better rice

Delegates attend a session on the final day of G20 MACS meet in Varanasi on Wednesday (Sourced)

lucknow news

Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:35 AM IST

Kenya launches first operational satellite into space onboard SpaceX rocket

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Taifa-1 satellite, took off at about 0648 GMT without incident from Vandenberg Base in California, after three postponements due to bad weather.

science

Published on Apr 15, 2023 02:40 PM IST

Nearly 55% of Afghans expected to face food insecurity soon, UN report says

In picture - Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, wait to receive free food in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 10, 2021.

world news

Published on Nov 07, 2021 08:55 PM IST

Humour: Flying during the pandemic– Nothing less than an adventure

One can’t help but be grateful to the airlines and the crew for the risk and care they take to ferry passengers

brunch

Published on Aug 23, 2020 06:47 AM IST

33 labourers, including 14 minors, saved from being trafficked in Odisha

The distress migration of labourers has come even as the Odisha government in September this year announced rations under the National Food Security Act from September to workers in Bolangir and Nuapara.

india news

Updated on Dec 12, 2019 08:59 PM IST

World Food Day 2019: Significance, history, date and theme

World Food Day 2019: Malnourished children eat at Apanalaya, Mumbai, an organisation working for the betterment of slum children.

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 16, 2019 11:34 AM IST

Unemployment fuels food insecurity in India: UN

In the Indian Himalayas, an economic slowdown coupled with natural resource depletion and climate change had a negative impact on food production and employment opportunities.

india news

Updated on Jul 17, 2019 07:29 AM IST

Mental illness and diabetes can be a fatal combination. Here’s why

Here’s how diabetes in people with mental illness can be a bad thing.

health

Updated on Jun 14, 2018 03:08 PM IST

India at risk of food shortage due to climate change, says study

The countries at the greatest vulnerability to food insecurity when moving from the present-day climate to 2 degrees Celsius global warming are Oman, India, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and Brazil, researchers said.

india news

Updated on Apr 02, 2018 04:12 PM IST

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