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G33 Ministerial Meeting: Piyush Goyal expresses concern over stalemate on
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): At the G33 Ministerial Meeting in Geneva, a coalition of developing countries of which India is a key member, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expressed his concerns over the stalemate in reaching a permanent solution on the issue of publ
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal pitches for permanent solution for food securi
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): On the sidelines of the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in the Swiss town of Geneva on Sunday, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held discussions with the Director-General WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pertaining to prospects of a pe
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UN: 18.4 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity
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New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 18.4 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa (HOA) countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (
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India to pitch for permanent solution for food security at WTO meet
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New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): India will pitch for a permanent solution to its food security concerns at the 12th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that begins in Geneva, Switzerland on Sunday, after a gap of five years.
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22 per cent of Sri Lankans need food aid: UN official
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 10 (ANI): A total of 22 per cent of the Sri Lankan population or 4.9 million people live in need of food assistance at the moment, a high-level UN official said on Friday.
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Paras Ghee pledges 'Growth Ka Booster Dose Har Roz' for building immunity
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New Delhi [India] June 10 (ANI/PNN): Packed with 60 years of pure love and dedication to quality, Paras Ghee from VRS Foods Ltd. is made from the finest milk collected directly from more than 5,600 villages. The collected milk is hygienically processed in 5 automated plants in Uttar Pradesh,
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New UN report: World's most vulnerable are paying more for less food
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Rome [Italy], June 10 (ANI): The global food import bill is on course to hit a new record of USD 1.8 trillion this year, but higher prices and transport costs rather than volumes account for the bulk of the expected increase, according to a new report released by the Food and Agriculture Org
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Intense fighting continues in Ukraine's Severodonetsk
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Kyiv [Ukraine], June 10 (ANI): Fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continued on Thursday in Severodonetsk.
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ED attaches assets worth Rs 2.14 cr in Shakti Bhog money laundering case
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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 2.14 crore in its probe into money laundering charges against Delhi-based Shakti Bhog Foods company in connection with an alleged over Rs 3,269 crore bank loan fraud case.
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MoS Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje represents India at 12th Meeting of BRIC
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New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje highlighted the National Mission on Food and Nutrition with the focus on the development of Nutri-cereals and bio-fortified varieties of crops while attending the 12th BRICS Agricu
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'Time is short' to prevent global food crisis, says UN on ripple effects o
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New York [US], June 9 (ANI): War in Ukraine has left an estimated 1.6 billion people in 94 countries exposed to at least one dimension of finance, food, or energy crisis, with around 1.2 billion living in "perfect-storm" countries severely vulnerable to all three areas, the policy brief by t
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Are ultra-processed foods harmful? Experts present their argument
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Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): A study by the American Society for Nutrition outline the case for and against using the concept of ultra-processed foods to help inform dietary guidelines beyond conventional food classification systems.
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