Top News Of The Day: Centre Rejects Hunger Index After India Slips To 101st Spot

The methodology used to calculate the Global Hunger Index - a peer-reviewed annual report followed worldwide - is unscientific, the government claimed on Friday after India slipped to the 101st position behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal; one person has died and around 20 have been injured after a car ran over a group of people - devotees walking to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga - in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district; a member of the warrior Sikh order 'Nihang' surrendered on Friday following a gruesome killing at a farmers' protest site at Singhu on the Haryana-Delhi border; Veer Savarkar's patriotism and valour cannot be questioned, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Friday, as he hit out at those doubting the freedom fighter's commitment to India and its freedom struggle and other top stories.