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Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices: Food and Agricultural Organization’s report

Financial aid for women heads of BPL families will be rolled out on January 23: Puducherry L-G

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Man kills children, ends life

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Recognition and Redistribution: balancing identities and economic disparity

Mogallan Bharti

BJP chief J.P. Nadda with Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development & entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan during a public meeting, in Kandhamal, Wednesday on December 28.

India’s extreme poverty level drops below 1%, says J. P. Nadda

As Adani Group clinches project to redevelop Dharavi, dreams and doubts abound in Asia’s largest slum

In Karnataka, five communities with 4% population will fall under EWS quota

Workers at an Agricultural Produce Market Committee yard in Rajkot.

India’s G20 presidency and food security

Bishow Parajuli

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In India, 222 million children face ‘double threat’ of climate disaster, poverty: Report

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Do not ignore, frame policies to address hunger: Activists to Centre

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P. Chidambaram said that the Central Government is in “denial mode” of India’s poverty, hunger issues. File

Centre in ‘denial mode’ of India’s poverty, hunger issues: P. Chidambaram

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Improvement in MPI for India has significantly contributed to the decline in poverty in South Asia. File

41.5 crore Indians exited multi-dimensional poverty since 2005-06

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The Bombay High Court on October 14 acquitted former Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba in a case of having links with Maoists.

Morning Digest | SC to hear Maharashtra govt’s appeal against Prof. Saibaba acquittal today, India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on Global Hunger Index; and more

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People run while police fire tear gas during a protest demanding the resignation of Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry after weeks of shortages, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on October 10, 2022.

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Police and locals at the place where two women were allegedly murdered and buried in a horrific case of black magic and human sacrifice at Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, on October 11, 2022.

Morning Digest | Human sacrifice claims lives of two Kerala women; IMF cuts India’s FY 2022-23 growth forecast to 6.8%, and more

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Dattatreya Hosabale. File.

Opposition pounces on Hosabale’s comments on wealth inequality to attack government

Sobhana K. Nair

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will join the on-going Bharat Jodo Yatra on October 6.

Morning Digest | Sonia Gandhi to join Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka on Oct 6; Bihar Minister Sudhakar Singh resigns, and more

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RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale. File

Poverty, unemployment are demons in today’s world: RSS

Poor nutrition is common among children in Keonjhar of Odisha, although the district has crores of funds reserved for welfare.

Odisha’s ‘rich’ Keonjhar poor in child health

Satyasundar Barik

People having food in an Indira Canteen at K.R. Market, Bengaluru.

Indira Canteen, meant to feed urban poor, is now starved of funds

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The helpline 1098, used to be referred as Childline, has now been referred as Children Helpline. File

Morning Digest | Helpline 1098 will remain in service, says Centre; Two minor Dalit sisters found dead in U.P.’s Lakhimpur Kheri, and more

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Mallika walks around 10 km a day in Kozhikode city seeking alms to mobilise money for hysterectomy.

A woman’s struggle on the streets for survival

A. Mithosh Joseph