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Imran Khan urges global community to fulfil 'moral obligation', save Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 9 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated his plea to the international community to intervene and save Afghans from hunger pointing out that it is their "moral obligation" to avert the humanitarian disaster confronting people in Afghanistan,
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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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Kerala minister R Bindu reaches out to Dalit student protesting against ca
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 7 (ANI): Kerala Higher Education and Social Justice Minister R Bindu on Saturday reached out to the Dalit PhD student of Mahatma Gandhi University, who is sitting on a hunger strike against the alleged casteism faced by her, and assured to loo
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Amid economic turmoil, WFP distributes cash to poor Afghans in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 5 (ANI): The World Food Program (WFP) started distributing cash to poor families, with each receiving 3,500 Afghanis (approx. 33 US dollars) per month in Afghanistan after the Taliban came into power, Afghanistan's economy has rapidly declined and poverty and hu
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Hunger to learn more is important, says Sunil Chhetri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Men's Senior National Team captain Sunil Chhetri expressed his gratitude towards his family, friends and coaching staff after being named for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
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Jailed journalist 'close to death' in Chinese prison
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 3 (ANI): Jailed Chinese citizen journalist and former lawyer Zhang Zhan is close to death following months of intermittent hunger strikes in protest at her jailing, a Washington based news service has learned.
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G20 leaders agree in-principle to improve marginal farmers' livelihoods: P
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 1 (ANI): The leaders of G20 nations in principle have agreed to improve livelihoods for small-holder and marginal farmers, while also committing to foster sustainable and resilient food systems and agriculture innovations which are vital to eradicate hunger and poverty
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RSS should talk about proverty, hunger rather than discrimination: BSP
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria hit out at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabole for his statement on religious conversion and said that RSS should talk about poverty, hunger and other p
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Pak businessmen protest in Pindi against govt over inflation, unemployment
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], October 27 (ANI): Hundreds of Pakistani businessmen and civil society members staged a protest against the Imran Khan-led government over inflation, unemployment, hunger, lawlessness in the country.
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22.8 million Afghan people will face acute hunger: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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Eight children died of hunger in western Kabul, says former Afghan lawmake
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 24 (ANI): Former Afghan lawmaker Haji Mohammad Mohaqeq on Sunday said that eight children have died of hunger in western Kabul, mainly populated by the Hazara minority.
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Protests in Bangladesh against communal violence
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 23 (ANI): Hindu community leaders, students, teachers, and activists are set to demonstrate and observe a token hunger strike in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh on Saturday to press home their demand for ensuring the safety and security of religious minorities
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