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Swagata Yadavar With more than a fifth of its children wasted — low weight for height — India ranks 100 among 119 countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI), down three places from 97 last year. Only in three other countries — Djibouti, Sri Lanka and South Sudan —Continue Reading

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United Nations: India is the world’s third-biggest exporter of beef and is projected to hold on to that position over the next decade, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 report, releasedContinue Reading

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Kolkata: There were 35,000 reported cases of child trafficking and 125,750 women trafficking cases in the country in 2016-2017, with West Bengal topping in both categories, a senior National Anti-Trafficking Committee (NATC) official said here on July 1. “Among 35,000 reported cases of child trafficking, 13,000 were registered from WestContinue Reading

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By:Ram Puniyani The turmoil in Kashmir, which got intensified after the fake encounter of Burhan Wani (July 2016), does not seem to abet. It has been worsening as reflected in the ongoing violence leading to low turnout of voters in the by poll (April 2017). Shockingly there was a turn outContinue Reading