Hungry children waste away in India's economic boom
Earlier this month, the UN's children's agency, Unicef, said that 57 million of the world's 146 million malnourished children under the age of 5 were in India, by far the largest share of any nation.
View ArticleFloods displace 66,000 people in India
Floods caused by summer monsoon rains displaced about 66,000 people in India’s northeast, while heavy rains disrupted traffic in eastern India, officials said on Friday.
View Article7 killed in Orissa flash floods
It was a manic Monday for people in Orissa. Seven people were killed and 18, including six fishermen, went missing in the Bay of Bengal off Paradeep in flash floods caused by incessant rains over the...
View ArticleOrissa widow dies of starvation
A widow in Orissa's Jajpur district died of starvation after remaining bedridden for several days, a village leader said Thursday. Seventy-two years of age, Kolhanai Bewa, died at her village Mahisara...
View ArticleHalf a million homeless in India floods, Mumbai hit
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country's financial capital.
View ArticleDisease risk as India floods recede
Indian rescue workers persisted with efforts on Thursday to reach hundreds of thousands of people stranded by days of flooding, but as water levels receded in some regions, officials warned of the risk...
View ArticleIndia struggles to get relief to flood victims
Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa are struggling to get relief to hundreds of thousands of people who have been stranded after floods submerged their homes, officials said today.
View ArticleOne million lose homes in India floods
At least one million people have lost their homes to floods in eastern India, but government relief is slow and inadequate, voluntary groups said today. The flooding, triggered by annual monsoon rains...
View ArticleIndia Floods Leave 1.5 Million Homeless in Orissa
Fresh floods caused by renewed monsoon rainfall in India's eastern state of Orissa have displaced more than 1.5 million people from their homes and damaged about 240,072 hectares of farm land.
View ArticleGlobal food aid can reduce hunger if extended to poor
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said global food aid given on time and directly to people suffering from malnutrition and hunger could yield better results. "Food aid has to be provided on...
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