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YS Sharmila stages hunger strike in Hyderabad, taken into police custody
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 15 (ANI): YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday was taken into police custody as she breached the time allotted for her sit-in hunger strike at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad demanding the Telangana government t
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'Feeding the Hungry' campaign launched amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): Indian migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has faced multiple hardships. With offices and factories following the protocol of the lockdown imposed in the country, millions of migrant workers had to deal with job loss, food shortage and unc
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Study explores why some people are hungry all the time
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 13 (ANI): New research shows that people who experience big dips in blood sugar levels, several hours after eating, end up feeling hungrier and consuming hundreds of more calories during the day than others.
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Navalny says 'continuing hunger strike' despite high temperature, bad coug
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 8 (ANI): Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is continuing his hunger strike despite a high temperature and a bad cough, according to a post shared by his team on his official Instagram account.
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Putin-critic Navalny announces hunger strike
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 1 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny announced to go on a hunger strike to protest against prison officials' refusal to grant him access to proper medical care.
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Study reveals 'hunger hormone' ghrelin affects monetary decision making
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): Higher levels of the stomach-derived hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, predict a greater preference for smaller immediate monetary rewards over larger delayed financial rewards, a new study finds.
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Youth Congress MLAs continue hunger strike in Kerala to express solidarity
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 21 (ANI): Two Youth Congress leaders, Shafi Parambil and K Sabarinathan, continued their indefinite hunger strike for the eighth day to express solidarity with Public Service Commission (PSC) rank-holders who are protesting for the provision of j
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12.4 million people in Syria face food insecurity in 2021
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Food Program (WFP) said in a press release on Thursday that an additional 4.5 million Syrians have become food insecure over the past year, bringing the total number of people on the brink of hunger to a record 12.4 million.
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Activist and 'Hunger warrior', Ameer Ali from Palakkad, Kerala initiates
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI/ThePRTree): Ameer Ali, is an action man from Palakkad Kerala. He was arranging food and medicine for the poor when Covid calamity happened and has reached out to all sections of society beyond community and politics. This act had endeared him to the people
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Andhra Police forcibly remove TDP's fasting Palla Srinivas Rao to hospital
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday ended Telugu Desam Party's leader Palla Srinivasa Rao's six-day long hunger strike against the privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
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Kerala Congress holds hunger strike against petrol price hike
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 16 (ANI): Kerala Congress on Tuesday held a hunger strike in front of Raj Bhavan in protest against the hike in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas.
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Bengal para teachers to continue hunger strike demanding equal pay
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 13 (ANI): Protesting para teachers forum in poll-bound West Bengal has warned the State Government to continue their hunger strike if their demands of equal pay scale on a par with regular teachers are not fulfilled.
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