hunger

UN: Collective Efforts Needed to Stop Food Waste

Sep 29, 2023

A staggering one billion tonnes of food are wasted every year, while up to 783 million people around the world are facing hunger.

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

Aug 5, 2023

Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement.

Gandaki Province Chief shares Bijaya Dashami best wishes

Oct 3, 2022

Chief of Gandaki Province, Prithvi Man Gurung, has said that the Bijaya Dashami contributes towards increasing social unity, mutual goodwill and fraternity.

Benefits of exercise resulting in a new blood molecule

Jun 27, 2022

Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, and affiliated institutions report that they have discovered a blood molecule that is created during exercise and can significantly lower food intake and obesity in mice

8 more die as Haiti prisons lack food, water

Jun 24, 2022

An official said Thursday that at least eight inmates have died at an overcrowded prison in Haiti that ran out of food two months ago

Hunger grips Burkina Faso

Apr 26, 2022

Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk.

$2.6B aid needed for Afghan people: World Food Programme

Jan 7, 2022

Expressing concerns over the starvation level in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme has said the organization needs up to USD 2.6 billion to provide food to Afghan people, reported local media.

32% children in Nepal chronically malnourished

Dec 17, 2021

Multidimensional poverty, vulnerability to shocks including the economic slowdown from COVID-19, and weak infrastructure all impede the progress towards reducing malnourishment, a report states.