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Is Great Britain Still Great? Millions Face Hunger As Poverty Crisis Escalates
The once-dominant British Empire has seen its global influence wane significantly, with India now surpassing the UK as the world's fifth-largest economy.
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India At 102 In Hunger Index Of 117 Nations, Below Pak, Nepal, Bangladesh
India is behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh in a list of 117 countries that tracks hunger and malnutrition, according to a report released by two international non-profits that work for humanitarian aid.
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Madhya Pradesh Child Allegedly Drinks Insecticide Due To Hunger, Critical
A tribal child in Madhya Pradesh''s Ratlam district reportedly consumed insecticide out of hunger, prompting the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to set up an inquiry into the matter.
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Women's Panel Chief Swati Maliwal To Break Fast Tomorrow After Centre Introduces Death For Child Rape
On a hunger strike for nine days, Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal today said she will break her fast tomorrow after the Union Cabinet approved an ordinance or executive order that introduces death penalty for the rape of a girl under 12 years of age.
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Jharkhand Man's Family Says He Died Of Hunger, Had Aadhaar But Got No Ration
The family of a 40-year-old man in Jharkhand says he died of starvation and not of illness as claimed by the authorities. Vaidnath Ravidas, a rickshaw puller had died on Friday. The district administration of Dhanbad said he had been ill - a reason that was also cited for the death of 11-year-old Santoshi, who lived 300 km away, in Simdega. The chi...
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Sadhvi Pragya Breaks Fast After Being Allowed To Visit Kumbh
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who last week got a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, today broke her two-day-long hunger strike by drinking a glass of juice offered by a child at Vande Mataram Ashram of Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Ujjain.
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Hunger Situation Improves in India: Global Report
According to a recent report, India has improved its stand regarding child nutrition and hunger. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) for 2014 shows that India now ranks 55th out of 76 Asian countries as far as hunger is concerned. It is ahead of Bangladesh...
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NDTV Impact: Minister visits hunger-struck Jhabua
The Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Krishna Teerath came calling after NDTV reported that 43 children have died in malnutrition-related cases.
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Madhya Pradesh: Jhabua's register of death
In tribal hamlets across Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district, 43 children died in January alone, after going to bed hungry virtually every night.
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Is Great Britain Still Great? Millions Face Hunger As Poverty Crisis Escalates
The once-dominant British Empire has seen its global influence wane significantly, with India now surpassing the UK as the world's fifth-largest economy.
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India At 102 In Hunger Index Of 117 Nations, Below Pak, Nepal, Bangladesh
India is behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh in a list of 117 countries that tracks hunger and malnutrition, according to a report released by two international non-profits that work for humanitarian aid.
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Madhya Pradesh Child Allegedly Drinks Insecticide Due To Hunger, Critical
A tribal child in Madhya Pradesh''s Ratlam district reportedly consumed insecticide out of hunger, prompting the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to set up an inquiry into the matter.
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Women's Panel Chief Swati Maliwal To Break Fast Tomorrow After Centre Introduces Death For Child Rape
On a hunger strike for nine days, Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal today said she will break her fast tomorrow after the Union Cabinet approved an ordinance or executive order that introduces death penalty for the rape of a girl under 12 years of age.
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Jharkhand Man's Family Says He Died Of Hunger, Had Aadhaar But Got No Ration
The family of a 40-year-old man in Jharkhand says he died of starvation and not of illness as claimed by the authorities. Vaidnath Ravidas, a rickshaw puller had died on Friday. The district administration of Dhanbad said he had been ill - a reason that was also cited for the death of 11-year-old Santoshi, who lived 300 km away, in Simdega. The chi...
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Sadhvi Pragya Breaks Fast After Being Allowed To Visit Kumbh
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who last week got a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, today broke her two-day-long hunger strike by drinking a glass of juice offered by a child at Vande Mataram Ashram of Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Ujjain.
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Hunger Situation Improves in India: Global Report
According to a recent report, India has improved its stand regarding child nutrition and hunger. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) for 2014 shows that India now ranks 55th out of 76 Asian countries as far as hunger is concerned. It is ahead of Bangladesh...
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NDTV Impact: Minister visits hunger-struck Jhabua
The Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Krishna Teerath came calling after NDTV reported that 43 children have died in malnutrition-related cases.
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Madhya Pradesh: Jhabua's register of death
In tribal hamlets across Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district, 43 children died in January alone, after going to bed hungry virtually every night.
