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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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Poor harvest projected to increase hungry North Korea's hardships
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], November 7 (ANI): A poor harvest in North Korea has triggered alarms that the dictator country may face a repeat of the devastating '1990 famine', which killed millions of its citizens.
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Tikait slams PM Modi for visiting Kedarnath Temple on eve of portal closur
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday, while reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kedarnath temple, said that a country whose head offers prayers at a temple at a time when its gates are about to be closed,
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Madagascar reports 'pockets of famine', risks grow for children: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 3 (ANI): "Pockets of famine" have now been reported in Southern Madagascar, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Water shortage worsens in Pak's Rawalpindi as dams go dry
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): The water shortage has worsened in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi due to the depleting groundwater level and scorching heat.
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Pakistan's per capita water availability reduces by 400 pc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan's per capita water availability has declined by 400 per cent from 5,600 cubic metres in 1947 to around 1,038 cubic metres in 2021, said Parliamentary Secretary National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid on Monday.
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Pak's Sindh heading fast towards famine due to water shortage, warns provi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh Irrigation Minister Sohail Anwar Khan Siyal on Tuesday warned that the province is heading fast towards famine due to the water shortage.
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Telangana constructed Kaleshwaram project to overcome famine conditions: K
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sircilla (Telangana) [India], July 5 (ANI): Telangana constructed the Kaleshwaram project to overcome the famine conditions so that water is available in abundance in any season, said the state's Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday.
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Famine-like situation may arise in Pakistan due to scarcity of water, warn
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Experts have warned that famine-like situation may arise in Pakistan due to the scarcity of water across the country if the issue is not resolved timely, Geo News reported on Sunday.
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UN warns famine will soar in Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, 17 more countries in
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Acute food insecurity will likely deteriorate over the next couple of months in 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and African countries, the World Food Program (WFP) said in a new report on Tuesday.
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5 million Yemenis 'one step away from famine' in 2021, UN warns
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Sunday warned that 5 million Yemenis "will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year."
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Amid farmer protest, Navjot Singh Sidhu claims country on path to extreme
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmer protests in and around the national capital, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday claimed that the country was on the path to extreme hunger and famine, and lamented on the unequal distribution of wealth in the c
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