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Sri Lanka crisis: Over six million people 'food insecure', says World Food Programme
•The economic crisis has led to an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas, fuel and toilet paper, with Sri Lankans being forced to wait in lines for hours outside stores to buy fuel and cooking gas
World faces major food crisis: What's the cause? Which countries are most hit?
Fp Explainers •The Global Report on Food Crises suggests that situation in 2022 is expected to get worse as compared to 2021. The ongoing war in Ukraine will most likely aggravate food insecurity that the world is experiencing this year
India welcomes findings of UN chief's Global Crisis Response Group on food purchases
•The findings had said the war in Ukraine is setting in motion a three-dimensional crisis - on food, energy and finance - that is resulting in cascading effects on a world economy which is already reeling under COVID-19 and climate change
Taliban find it easy to win Kabul but difficult to rule as Afghans face one of the worst humanitarian crises ever
Brijesh Singh •As winter advances, there are serious shortages of food, medicines and drinking water everywhere in Afghanistan
Don’t ban cryptocurrencies, instead set up a regulatory body
Suril Desai •The potential of crypto is enormous and banning it would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater
How NSA-level talks bring India back in the Afghanistan game
Sujan R Chinoy •A proactive approach has enabled India to actively contribute to the task of building a regional consensus on the future of Afghanistan
Supreme Court to hear plea seeking setting up of community kitchens across country to battle hunger
•The plea claimed 69 percent of children under the age of five die every day due to hunger and malnutrition and that it was violative of various fundamental rights, including right to life
Afghanistan: More than half the country facing 'acute' food shortages, say UN agencies
•According to the statement issued by the World Food Programme and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, one in two Afghans faces Phase 3 'crisis' or Phase 4 'emergency' food shortages
United Nations Day 2021: A look at some of the global body's milestone achievements
Trendingdesk •The day was announced to “be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for” its work
Over 3 million Afghan children under five could suffer from acute malnutrition by year end, warn UN agencies
•Acute food insecurity is affecting 14 million people in Afghanistan who are without reliable access to water, food and basic health and nutrition services, following years of conflict