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India's ranking in Global Health Index driven by incorrect record: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], October 16 (ANI): India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, slipping 6 ranks and an expert believes that the ranking had been driven almost entirely by an incorrectly recorded rise in the number of children who have low body weight for
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"Centre not ready to accept international figures": CPI(M) on Global Hunge
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday hit out at the Central government over India's poor ranking in the International Hunger Index and alleged that the Centre is not ready to accept any international figure
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India rejects Global Hunger Index Report 2022, says "report suffers from s
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): India on Saturday rejected the Global Hunger index 2022 report, saying it suffers from serious methodological issues and chooses to deliberately ignore efforts made by Government to ensure food security for the population.
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Eating after bedtime increases hunger, decreases calories burned
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Boston [US], October 10 (ANI): About 42% of adult Americans in the United States are obese, which increases the risk of developing chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and other illnesses.
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Jennifer Lawrence says she lost sense of control post Oscar win
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Actor Jennifer Lawrence recently confessed that she "lost a sense of control" after the success of the first "Hunger Games" film in 2012 and winning Oscar for 2012's 'Silver Lining Playbook'.
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How dormant bacteria calculate their return to life: The thinking undead
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
San Diego [US], October 7 (ANI): Some bacteria go into a dormant state where their life functions cease when exposed to hunger and stressful conditions. These cells, known as spores, can resist punishing extremes of heat, pressure, and even the harsh conditions of space by entering a profoun
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Social activist Daya Bai continues hunger strike demanding AIIMS in Kerala
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 6 (ANI): Social activist Daya Bai, 81, continued her indefinite hunger strike for the fifth day on Thursday in support of the demand for setting up an AIIMS in Kasargod and taking adequate care of endosulfan victims.
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Study looks at why late-night eating increases obesity risk
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Obesity afflicts approximately 42 percent of the U.S. adult population and contributes to the onset of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and other conditions. While popular healthy diet mantras advise against midnight snacking, few studies have c
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Protest held outside Pakistan HC in London against govt's ignorance of Sin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 26 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Sunday protested by holding a hunger strike in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London to protest against the negligence of the Pakistan government amid unprecedented floods that led to the virtual drowning of Sindh
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7th world congress of religious leaders calls for confronting global conce
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], September 21 (ANI): Seventh Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions was hosted by Kazakhstan where the eminent leaders called for confronting the global concerns of the post-pandemic world, such as climate change, poverty and hunger, organis
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Protests against China over Uyghur cause gathers pace, Hizb-ut-Tahrir join
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], September 18 (ANI): The protests against China's 'Hunger Genocide' in East Turkestan continue despite the clampdown in the name of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic. The Islamist groups and the local Turkish populace are supporting Uyghur movement against the atrocities o
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Uyghurs in Austria protest against hunger genocide in China
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], September 15 (ANI): The Uyghur community in Austria on Wednesday held a protest against the genocide of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in China on the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic by forcing a lockdown in areas of East Turkestan and imprisoning people i
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