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As Congo Grapples With Ebola, Volunteers Cook Up Meals To Support Patients And Health Workers
A volunteer prepares meals for Ebola patients and health workers in eastern Congo amid a worsening outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus.
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Centre's Scheme For Pregnant Women Severely Underfunded: Sonia Gandhi In Rajya Sabha
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi has flagged a severe lack of funds for a government programme that aims to provide maternity benefits to pregnant women.
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National Food Security Cardholders In Delhi To Now Get Free Sugar
National Food Security cardholders in Delhi -- representing some of the most marginalised segments of society -- will now have access to free sugar after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved on Monday a Cabinet decision.
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Centre's Free Foodgrain Distribution Under Merged Scheme Begins Today
From January 1, the government will provide foodgrains free of cost to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year.
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World-Wide, People Waste 1 Billion Tonnes Of Food Each Year: Report
The finding was a part of 'Food Waste Index Report 2021' released by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Ashok Gehlot Welcomes Supreme Court's View On National Food Security Act
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's recent observation that it is the central government's duty to ensure that foodgrains reach the last man under the National Food Security Act.
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Our Culture To Ensure Nobody Goes To Sleep Empty Stomach: Supreme Court
It is our culture to ensure nobody goes to sleep empty stomach, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and asked the central government to see to it that foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) reach the last man.
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Climate Change Set To "Increase Hunger" In Africa, Warns United Nations
As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger across several African nations and will worsen further without urgent action, the UN said Wednesday.
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Opinion: Food Insecurity - The Story That Won't Make Prime Time News
As per reports in a few regional language newspapers (yes, they still have The Spine), the Union is proposing an increase in the prices of rice, wheat and cereals sold through the National Food Security Act by Rs.7 per kg for Priority Households.
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90% People In Ethiopia's Tigray Region Need Food Aid: UN
More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia's troubled northern Tigray region need emergency food aid, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it appealed for $203 million to scale up its response.
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Sonia Gandhi Writes To Congress Chief Ministers Over Maternity Benefits
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to the chief ministers of the states where her party is in power, asking them to ensure that all pregnant women and lactating mothers receive a payment of at least Rs 6,000, as envisioned under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
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Khichdi As National Food? Twitter Simmers With Reactions
Wednesday saw Twitter in top gear after reports suggested the humble Khichdi could be pitched as the 'national food' at an upcoming event in Delhi. Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal cleared the air that reports about khichdi's elevation to national food are "fictitious".
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Judges Can't Run Government, Ask For Miracles, Centre To Top Court
Judges cannot run a government and ask it to do "miracles", Attorney General K K Venugopal today told the Supreme Court while opposing fresh pleas being made by NGO 'Swaraj Abhiyan' in a PIL for relief measures in drought-hit states.
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Manipur Elections 2017: Congress Vows To Strive For Removal Of AFSPA If Voted Back To Power
Congress today reassured that it would urge the Centre to provide constitutional safeguards for the territorial integrity of Manipur and strive for removal of AFSPA from remaining part of the state, if voted back to power.
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Gujarat Becomes First State To Establish Cashless System
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today congratulated Gujarat on becoming the first state in the country for establishing cashless distribution of food grain.
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As Congo Grapples With Ebola, Volunteers Cook Up Meals To Support Patients And Health Workers
A volunteer prepares meals for Ebola patients and health workers in eastern Congo amid a worsening outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus.
-
Centre's Scheme For Pregnant Women Severely Underfunded: Sonia Gandhi In Rajya Sabha
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi has flagged a severe lack of funds for a government programme that aims to provide maternity benefits to pregnant women.
-
National Food Security Cardholders In Delhi To Now Get Free Sugar
National Food Security cardholders in Delhi -- representing some of the most marginalised segments of society -- will now have access to free sugar after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved on Monday a Cabinet decision.
-
Centre's Free Foodgrain Distribution Under Merged Scheme Begins Today
From January 1, the government will provide foodgrains free of cost to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year.
-
World-Wide, People Waste 1 Billion Tonnes Of Food Each Year: Report
The finding was a part of 'Food Waste Index Report 2021' released by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Ashok Gehlot Welcomes Supreme Court's View On National Food Security Act
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's recent observation that it is the central government's duty to ensure that foodgrains reach the last man under the National Food Security Act.
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Our Culture To Ensure Nobody Goes To Sleep Empty Stomach: Supreme Court
It is our culture to ensure nobody goes to sleep empty stomach, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and asked the central government to see to it that foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) reach the last man.
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Climate Change Set To "Increase Hunger" In Africa, Warns United Nations
As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger across several African nations and will worsen further without urgent action, the UN said Wednesday.
-
Opinion: Food Insecurity - The Story That Won't Make Prime Time News
As per reports in a few regional language newspapers (yes, they still have The Spine), the Union is proposing an increase in the prices of rice, wheat and cereals sold through the National Food Security Act by Rs.7 per kg for Priority Households.
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90% People In Ethiopia's Tigray Region Need Food Aid: UN
More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia's troubled northern Tigray region need emergency food aid, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it appealed for $203 million to scale up its response.
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Sonia Gandhi Writes To Congress Chief Ministers Over Maternity Benefits
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to the chief ministers of the states where her party is in power, asking them to ensure that all pregnant women and lactating mothers receive a payment of at least Rs 6,000, as envisioned under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
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Khichdi As National Food? Twitter Simmers With Reactions
Wednesday saw Twitter in top gear after reports suggested the humble Khichdi could be pitched as the 'national food' at an upcoming event in Delhi. Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal cleared the air that reports about khichdi's elevation to national food are "fictitious".
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Judges Can't Run Government, Ask For Miracles, Centre To Top Court
Judges cannot run a government and ask it to do "miracles", Attorney General K K Venugopal today told the Supreme Court while opposing fresh pleas being made by NGO 'Swaraj Abhiyan' in a PIL for relief measures in drought-hit states.
-
Manipur Elections 2017: Congress Vows To Strive For Removal Of AFSPA If Voted Back To Power
Congress today reassured that it would urge the Centre to provide constitutional safeguards for the territorial integrity of Manipur and strive for removal of AFSPA from remaining part of the state, if voted back to power.
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Gujarat Becomes First State To Establish Cashless System
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today congratulated Gujarat on becoming the first state in the country for establishing cashless distribution of food grain.
