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Flawed measure of ‘hunger’, doesn’t reflect true position: Govt on India’s ranking in Global Hunger Index

October 12, 2023

New Delhi: The government has rejected the Global Hunger Index 2023 in which India ranked 111th, calling it a flawed ...

Anita Devi sits with her three children (LtoR) Sandeep, Sanjit and Deepak (eating the school-provided midday meal). Like many of the men from Jalhe Bogiya village, Anita's husband Sukhdev Mandal works at a brick kiln for 4-5 months a year. Lack of irrigation and food security lie at the root of the Maha Dalit community's problems in the village of Jalhe Bogiya. In the exploitative and divisive caste system, Maha Dalits are considered the lowest of the low. Ostracized by wider society (including the administration) illiteracy runs as high as 95 percent. Thanks to Oxfam-supported intervention, Jalhe Bogiya now has an - as yet incomplete - access-road built as part of the NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme). And an Oxfam-supported initiative in summer 2010 successfully lobbied the local administration to implement the provision of school midday meals which, by law is the right of every child. It is alleged that the Anganwadi (pre-school) centre administrator, syphons off food meant for young children. Jalhe Bogiya has several hand pumps supplying water but these do not work between the months of May to October. And though the village was connected to the electricity grid six months ago, power-supply is not reliable. Without land-ownership and only irregular agricultural work from which to earn an income, the Maha Dalits of Jalhe Bogiya frequently migrate in search of labour at stone breaking quarries, brick-kilns or undertake menial household work in the homes of the urban middle class in far-away cities. Photo: Tom Pietrasik Mohanpur Block, Gaya District, Bihar. India February 23rd 2011

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India ranks 111th on Global Hunger Index 2023, reports highest child wasting rate

October 12, 2023

New Delhi: India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index-2023 with the country reporting the highest ...

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230 Indians expected to brought back from Israel in first chartered flight Friday

October 12, 2023

New Delhi: Around 230 Indians are expected to be brought back from Israel Friday in a chartered flight under Operation ...

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I am not result oriented, says ‘detached’ Jasprit Bumrah

October 12, 2023

New Delhi: Jasprit Bumrah produced his best World Cup performance on a batting beauty but that doesn't give him a ...

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Hasan Ali is not the best new ball option in the absence of Naseem Shah: Aaqib Javed

October 12, 2023

Ahmedabad: Hasan Ali is not the most potent new ball option in the absence of Naseem Shah and the Pakistan ...

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Men’s ODI WC: Kohli-Naveen share warm hugs, leaves netizens in frenzy

October 12, 2023

New Delhi: In a heartwarming display of sportsmanship and camaraderie, the cricket world witnessed a delightful interaction between Afghanistan's Naveen-Ul-Haq ...

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India has high debt like China, but risks moderated: IMF

October 12, 2023

Washington: India has a high debt like that of China but the risks associated with it are not as great ...

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With Marcus Stoinis in mix, Australia aim for better batting performance against formidable South Africa

October 12, 2023

Lucknow: Smarting from their opening game defeat against India, a determined Australian team will be aiming to put up a ...

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India account for 22-39% of global arthritis cases, doctors lay out strategies to counter disease

October 12, 2023

Hyderabad: A swelling caused in one or more joints that worsens with age, arthritis is a musculoskeletal condition that causes ...

IAF flight carrying students evacuated from Ukraine's Sumy lands in Delhi

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Govt launches ‘Operation Ajay’ to facilitate return of Indians from Israel

October 11, 2023

New Delhi: India is launching 'Operation Ajay' to facilitate the return from Israel of those Indians who wish to come ...

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Odisha, ICRISAT join hands to boost women-led agri-enterprises

July 18, 2026

Bhubaneswar: The Mission Shakti department Friday signed a pact with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)...

July 18, 2026

Governments are quick to invoke the rule of law but are less good at living by it. The Department of...

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With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have...

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US President Donald Trump has pressed the war button again. Tehran too has responded with the same tactic it used...

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