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Pakistan's Karachi faces wheat shortage amid rising inflation
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): Pakistan's largest city, Karachi is facing a shortage of wheat amid rising inflation and food crisis in the country, local media reported on Monday.
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Awami Action Committee protest in Skardu over load shedding, food crisis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], January 11 (ANI): The Gilgit-Baltistan based Awami Action Committee (AAC) on Monday organised a protest in Skardu against repeated and prolonged power shedding and a crisis of food items, amidst heavy snowfall in the area.
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Rising health risks for children across Afghanistan due to disruption to n
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 24 (ANI): Children across Afghanistan are increasingly vulnerable to disease and illness due to the deadly combination of rising malnutrition, an unprecedented food crisis, drought, disruptions to vital health and nutrition centres, lack of access to and poor qu
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UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 15 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans.
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Afghans face tough times as price of food, essential goods spikes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 (ANI): The people of Afghanistan have expressed serious concern over the spike in the price of food and other essential goods as the country faces a serious economic crisis.
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300 families in Afghanistan receive food aid amid ongoing crisis under Tal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 9 (ANI): At least 300 displaced families received food assistance in Afghanistan's Ghazni amid the ongoing food crisis under the Taliban regime in Islamic Emirate.
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As food crisis deepens in Afghanistan, people resort to selling their chil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI): With each passing day, the situation in Afghanistan is worsening under the new Taliban regime which does not have funds to procure food items and other essentials.
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Russia's deputy chairman of the Security Council warns of major food crisi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warns of a looming global food crisis, saying that no one can give accurate forecasts for overcoming the recession in the world economy.
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Afghanistan unveils plan to boost employment, combat food crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock on Sunday launched a plan to create jobs and fight a potential food crisis amid the continuous rise of poverty and unemployment.
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Pakistan: Chitral faces shortage of subsidised wheat as local mills stop r
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chitral [Balochistan], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising inflation and food crisis in Pakistan, local flour mills in Balochistan's Chitral have stopped releasing the subsidised wheat flour, demanding a hike in the price of the essential commodity.
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Afghanistan: Taliban expected to announce new govt today
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): The Taliban is expected to announce a new government in Afghanistan within hours amid the UN's warning of the impending food crisis, urging the global community to step up support for the war-ravaged country.
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North Korean major general executed for criticising Kim's order as 'ignora
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 2 (ANI): A major general was killed for reportedly saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's military granaries distribution order was 'ignorant of reality'.
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