Food Crisis

U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa

The Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.

WATCH: Long ques, fights ensue as food shortage worsens across Pakistan

The insurgency-affected provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are the worst affected along with Sindh and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)

Pakistan: Balochistan on brink of starvation, runs out of wheat

Blaming the federal, Sindh and Punjab governments for the wheat crisis in Balochistan, provincial food minister Zamarak Khan said that Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi has not fulfilled his promise to provide 600,000 bags of wheat

Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world

An enduring global food crisis has become one of the farthest-reaching consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine, contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths. It is estimated that more than 345 million people are suffering from or at risk of acute food insecurity

The global inflation nightmare: It’s 167% in Lebanon, 70% in Sri Lanka

If you think rising prices in India are concerning, here’s a look at the nations which are worst hit by inflation. At 167.2 per cent, Lebanon is posting the highest inflation rate in the world; Sudan and Venezuela are not far behind. Sri Lanka and Turkey are struggling

Apropos EAM Jaishankar’s US trip: How does ‘reformed multilateralism’ help India achieve its foreign policy goals?

India is impatient, because the confluence of factors that has landed it in a geopolitical sweet spot won’t last forever

Indonesian chairmanship of G20 is an opportunity for India, rising responsibility for Global South

As the largest country of ASEAN, Indonesia has always played a positive role in creating a better impact whenever it chaired ASEAN and EAS or APEC

From Russia’s war in Ukraine to food crisis: Why it’s not business as usual at UNGA

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominates the 77th United Nations General Assembly with France’s Emmanuel Macron quoting Narendra Modi on the war. The session is likely to get more intense with speeches from US president Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Afghanistan: Residents continue to face ongoing economic crisis, high food prices, increasing child malnutrition

Highlighting the rising costs of vegetables and daily essentials in Kabul, the residents asked the Islamic Emirate to put a cap on the price

Cultivatable land underwater, agriculture sector reeling: Amid floods, now Pakistan faces food crisis

Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was quoted as saying that 80 to 90 per cent of the country's crops have been damaged. The number of 'acutely hungry' people, already over 40 per cent, will only increase, experts say