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WFP warns of food crisis in Gaza as aid blockade continues amid ongoing conflict

The UN's World Food Programme issued a warning on Friday that it has run out of food supplies in war-torn Gaza, where Israel has barred humanitarian aid since March 2.
world news
Published on Apr 25, 2025 08:35 PM IST

Myanmar relief camps receive last WFP aid as cuts begin

Myanmar relief camps receive last WFP aid as cuts begin
world news
Updated on Mar 19, 2025 02:10 PM IST

Gaza humanitarian crisis could develop into famine, WFP says

Gaza humanitarian crisis could develop into famine, WFP says
world news
Published on Oct 29, 2024 09:32 PM IST

UN raises alarm over surge in malnutrition among women, children in Afghanistan

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world news
Published on Mar 31, 2024 04:57 AM IST

Attempt to resume food deliveries in northern Gaza 'largely unsuccessful': WFP

TOPSHOT - Palestinian children receive cooked food rations as part of a volunteer youth initiative in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 5, 2024, amid widespread hunger in the besieged Palestinian territory as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continues. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
world news
Published on Mar 06, 2024 01:59 AM IST

Gaza civilians face 'immediate possibility of starvation': UN

A Palestinian man holds a child as he and others ride on a horse drawn cart along a wet street following overnight rainstorms in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip
world news
Updated on Nov 17, 2023 12:42 AM IST

World Food Programme appeals for USD 19 mn to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan

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world news
Published on Oct 19, 2023 08:10 AM IST

One in ten people worldwide go to bed hungry every night: UN food chief

A staggering 45 million children under the age of five are now estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition.
world news
Published on Sep 15, 2023 11:29 AM IST

Street battles in Sudan capital as Eid ceasefire calls ignored

Women gather to pray in Port Sudan, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
world news
Published on Apr 22, 2023 03:55 AM IST

UN's food agency suspends work in Sudan after staff killed in clashes

Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15.
world news
Published on Apr 16, 2023 08:39 PM IST

Sustainable agriculture, food security focus areas at G20 deputies meeting

A farm worker harvests wheat crop, at a village on the outskirts of Gurugram on March 28, 2023 (PTI)
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 01:33 AM IST

Nobel Prize-winning UN World Food Program head to step down

In March 2022, Beasley's term was extended under the Biden administration for an extra year.
world news
Published on Dec 19, 2022 10:36 AM IST

‘61% households reduce…’: UN says 60 lakh Lankans unsure of their next meal

People wait in a line to buy domestic gas tanks near a distributor, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo.
world news
Published on Jul 23, 2022 03:15 PM IST

Afghanistan on brink of ‘horrific’ mass starvation as harsh winter sets in

An Afghan boy carries a tray of bread on his head, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
world news
Published on Dec 07, 2021 05:48 AM IST

UN shares plan to spend $6bn to end hunger, says ready to talk with Elon Musk 

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.
world news
Published on Nov 16, 2021 11:21 PM IST

‘We can meet anywhere’: UN food agency official on Musk's 'offer' to sell Tesla

Elon Musk (File Photo/AFP)
world news
Published on Nov 02, 2021 09:42 AM IST

Taliban offers wheat in exchange for labour as WFP warns of acute food crisis

Afghan people carry sacks of food grains distributed as aid by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Kandahar.
world news
Published on Oct 25, 2021 06:55 PM IST

UN world food programme warns of growing hunger crisis in Afghanistan

An estimated 14 million people in the war-torn nation are barely able to meet their daily minimum food needs.
world news
Published on Aug 16, 2021 02:09 PM IST

PMGKAY, India’s Covid relief programme, praised by UN wing: Official

Under PMGKAY, the government gives five kilos of rice or wheat and one kilo of pulses free every month through the public distribution system. It will continue till Diwali, November 4, 2021.
india news
Updated on Jun 24, 2021 04:40 AM IST

Malnutrition and diseases directly linked, says UN's WFP India official

Birhan Etsana, 27, from Dengelat, uses a nasogastric tube to feed her malnourished baby,
india news
Published on Jun 13, 2021 03:19 PM IST

WFP chief won’t pick up Peace Prize in Oslo, says Norwegian Nobel Institute

WFP remains the world’s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger and promoting food security.
world news
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 04:52 PM IST

WFP’s Nobel win reminder of everyone’s responsibility to narrow gap between rich and poor: Dalai Lama

The World Food Programme (WFP) was honoured for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.
india news
Published on Oct 10, 2020 02:47 PM IST

World Food Programme: Five things to know

In 1963 WFP’s first school meals project was born. In 1965, the agency became a fully-fledged UN programme.
world news
Published on Oct 09, 2020 03:13 PM IST

Nobel Peace Prize win is a ‘proud moment’: World Food Programme spokesman

“This is humbling,” Tomson Phiri told reporters during a regular briefing in Geneva, adding it was “really a proud moment” for the UN organisation.
world news
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 07:14 PM IST

World Food Programme awarded 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

There was no shortage of causes or candidates on this year’s list, with 211 individuals and 107 organizations nominated ahead of the February 1 deadline.
world news
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 03:33 PM IST

Africa cyclone death toll surges past 600

An aerial photo shows local residents walk on a damaged road following the devastating Tropical Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, Saturday, March 23, 2019. A second week has begun with efforts to find and help some tens of thousands of people in devastated parts of southern Africa, with some hundreds dead and an unknown number of people still missing. (AP Photo)
world news
Updated on Mar 25, 2019 09:51 AM IST

‘Perfect storm heading your way’: UN on growing hunger, climate change threat

A child pours out melted ice-cream from a bowl onto a spoon on the outskirts of Jammu. Some 821 million people, or one of every nine people on the planet, suffered from hunger last year, marking the third consecutive annual increase, according to the UN’s latest hunger report.
world news
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 05:55 PM IST
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