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  From Gaza to Ukraine: UN warns of rising 'weaponisation of food', what does it mean?

  World | June 25, 2025 17:39 IST

  Unlike nuclear weapons, the manipulation of food access remains a common tactic in modern conflicts. In today’s interconnected world, this method of warfare poses an even greater and more far-reaching threat.

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  World Hunger Day 2024: Hydration to Sleep, 5 ways to control unnecessary hunger pangs

  Lifestyle | May 27, 2024 21:08 IST

  Know effective strategies to manage unnecessary hunger pangs on World Hunger Day 2024. Learn five practical tips to help control cravings and promote healthier eating habits.

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  When is World Hunger Day 2024? Date, theme, history, significance, and all you need to know

  Lifestyle | May 27, 2024 16:26 IST

  Know the date, history, and significance of World Hunger Day 2024, highlighting its global impact and essential information. Stay informed on this crucial observance dedicated to combating hunger worldwide.

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  Sudan on course to become world's worst hunger crisis amid devastating 11-month civil conflict

  World | March 21, 2024 11:58 IST

  At least 18 million people are facing acute food insecurity and the Darfur region, which has seen the worst of the conflict, will face catastrophic hunger, according to the UN. Thousands of people have been killed since the war erupted in April 2023 and 10 million people have been driven homeless.

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  Israel-Hamas war: Aid trucks being looted in Gaza as population nears famine

  World | February 28, 2024 17:20 IST

  All 2.3 million people in Gaza are facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, and a complete breakdown of civil order in the north. One in in six children under the age of two in northern Gaza are suffering from "acute malnutrition and wasting", according to UN.

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  'We put our lives in danger...': Gaza residents resort to eating mallow plant amid food shortage

  World | February 25, 2024 17:42 IST

  Hunger and infectious diseases are spreading and some 80% of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been displaced, with about 1.4 million crowded into the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt.

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  Israel-Hamas War: No functioning hospitals left in northern Gaza, says WHO amid truce talks

  World | December 21, 2023 23:46 IST

  The WHO further said that around 10 health workers continue to provide basic first aid, pain management and wound care, with 80 injured patients. Thousands of Gazans are also suffering from starvation and infectious diseases like diarrhoea as Israeli attacks intensified.

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  Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova dies at 39: Know 5 side effects of plant-based diet

  Lifestyle | August 02, 2023 13:29 IST

  While Zhanna Samsonova's death is a great loss for the vegan community but these side effects are all aspects of veganism that should be taken into consideration when transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle.

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  Kenya SHOCKER: This pastor allegedly forces his 200 followers to starve till death; 600 missing

  World | May 14, 2023 19:34 IST

  Hundreds of bodies have been dug up from dozens of mass graves spread across pastor Paul Mackenzie's 800-acre property, located in the coastal county of Kilifi.

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  Kenya cult starvation deaths reach 110 as preacher says 'Starve yourselves in order to meet Jesus'

  World | May 02, 2023 7:00 IST

  According to the Kenyan Interior Ministry, five people have been found alive over the last two days by searches and aerial surveillance of the 50,000-acre Chakama ranch.

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  'Starve yourselves to meet Jesus': Kenyan police nabs 'cult preacher' as it exhumed 21 bodies

  World | April 23, 2023 8:05 IST

  As per the reports, the shallow graves are in Shakahola forest, where 15 members of the Good News International Church were rescued last week.

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  UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

  World | September 16, 2022 12:47 IST

  David Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, told the UNSC that the 345 million people facing food insecurity in the 82 countries where the agency operates is 2½ times the number of food insecure people before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

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  Afghanistan: Record 22.8 million people to face starvation

  World | October 25, 2021 17:43 IST

  The combined impacts of drought, conflict, Covid-19, and the economic crisis, have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people's access to food.  

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  Adivasi families in Palghar running out of money and rations, urge govt for help

  News | October 27, 2020 20:05 IST

  Advasi families are trying to cope with the situation since the Covid-19 lockdown, and they are fast running out of money and rations. The families are now urging the government to help them in their hard time.

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  Locked in school for a week, 17 cattle die of starvation in Gwalior

  India | October 17, 2019 20:44 IST

  In a shocking case from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, 17 cattle were starved to death for seven days in a government school's classroom. The cattle - eight cows and nine oxen - were later cremated after a post-mortem was conducted.     

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  Indian origin man tortures, starves mother to death in Dubai

  June 19, 2019 21:58 IST

  An Indian man and his wife have been charged in a court here with physically assaulting the man's mother, causing her bone and rib fractures, internal bleeding as well as severe burns and unintentionally causing her death.

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  Jharkhand: 65-year old man dies of starvation after denial of ration for three months

  India | June 08, 2019 22:44 IST

  Villagers said Munda died because the electronic machine used for biometric-based ration delivery was not working. Several villagers also claimed that they have not received any ration for the past three months.

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  300 yaks starve to death in North Sikkim

  India | May 12, 2019 13:37 IST

  "It appears that these dead yaks had got nothing to eat during the prolonged period of snowfall since December last year," Raj Yadav said.

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  Kerala: 27-year-old woman starved for dowry, weighed just 20 kg at death

  India | March 30, 2019 22:57 IST

  In a shocking case from Kerala's Kollam, a 27-year-old woman was starved to death for dowry so much so that she was reduced to a "bag of a skeleton" and weighed just 20 kgs on her death. 

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  Delhi Starvation Deaths: Probe confirms girls died due to malnutrition

  News | July 28, 2018 8:45 IST

  Probe confirms girls died due to malnutrition. The probe also brought the fact that one of sister had Rs 1800 in her account.