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Rahul Gandhi's Gamechanger? Minimum Income Guarantee If Voted To Power
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised that his party will give a guaranteed minimum income to the poor people of the country if his party forms a government in 2019. He made the promise at a rally in Chhattisgarh.
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7.5 Million Going Hungry as Ethiopia Crisis Worsens
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon with around 7.5 million people now in need, aid officials said today.
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One in eight of world population going hungry: United Nations
One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations' food agencies said on Tuesday, warning that progress to reduce hunger has slowed since 2007/08 when high food prices sparked riots in several poor countries.
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Poor starve as grain rots in Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court has rapped the government on rotting food grain, saying not a morsel should be wasted. But it will take some time before the message goes down to the ground, as food grain still rots as the poor go hungry.In Barabanki, one of the poor districts of Uttar Pradesh, foodgrain is rotting in a warehouse. Most bags of wheat here got soak...
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Rahul Gandhi's Gamechanger? Minimum Income Guarantee If Voted To Power
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised that his party will give a guaranteed minimum income to the poor people of the country if his party forms a government in 2019. He made the promise at a rally in Chhattisgarh.
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7.5 Million Going Hungry as Ethiopia Crisis Worsens
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon with around 7.5 million people now in need, aid officials said today.
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One in eight of world population going hungry: United Nations
One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations' food agencies said on Tuesday, warning that progress to reduce hunger has slowed since 2007/08 when high food prices sparked riots in several poor countries.
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Poor starve as grain rots in Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court has rapped the government on rotting food grain, saying not a morsel should be wasted. But it will take some time before the message goes down to the ground, as food grain still rots as the poor go hungry.In Barabanki, one of the poor districts of Uttar Pradesh, foodgrain is rotting in a warehouse. Most bags of wheat here got soak...
