Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

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Brief

Food vs fuel

Say cheese to Brussels

PR companies give public face to corporate agenda

Unprecedented 93% of population in Gaza facing crisis levels of hunger, warns WHO

Region already reporting soaring rates of infectious diseases, hunger is expected to worsen illnesses

Delhi High Court reserves order on plea seeking junk food ban in schools

Industry argues against amicus curiae’s recommendations

Unilever’s Aromat risks recall from markets in Kenya

Seasoning contains GM ingredient, banned in the country since 2012

A thought for food

SOUTH AFRICA

Nestle scare

Contaminated baby milk products recalled in EU

Jaggery made using time-tested method is more wholesome

Arsenic linked to diabetes

Elemental woe

Future shock, this?

Online

Farmers demand complete ban on GM crops

Rumoured forbidden: It’s time to banish fears around ‘Khesari Dal’ and relish the nutritious legume 

Grass pea, linked to lathyrism in British India, could provide food security when conventional crops are failing due to climate change

Simply Put: Childhood diabetes

Less than half of hunger funding needs met, says report

Countries experiencing the worst hunger crisis received less hunger funding

The importance (and baggage) of ghee

The social standing of ghee is heavier than the health one

Most number of people in need of aid in Ethiopia, Yemen, DRC & Afghanistan in 2021

Need for humanitarian aid reached an all-time high during January 2018-December 2021

Is eastern Africa’s drought the worst in recent history? And are worse yet to come?

Human-induced warming has raised the temperature of the western Pacific Ocean

How poverty and violence are linked with anxiety in young South Africans

More than 8% reported anxiety disorder in the past year in South Africa