UNICEF Child Food Poverty Report: Representational Image A recent UNICEF report titled ‘Child Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood’ has revealed disturbing statistics about the state of child food poverty worldwide. According to the report, one in four children globally is living in severe food poverty, surviving on just one or two food groups
Further investigation is underway, said police. (Representational) Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh: An elderly couple, Laxman Singh, 68, and Shyamvati, 66, was found dead in their home in Dibai in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. The couple had about 50 pigeons, all of whom were also found dead. The police said that the couple lived on their own and
Srinagar: Karan Singh, former Sadre Reayasat (president) of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and former Union minister is not one to feel sentimental about the bifurcation — one of the hot button political issues ahead of the coming assembly election. The key thing now is the restoration of statehood, and that should be done
FSSAI asks catering company to instal x-ray machines (Photo Credit: file photo) The Food Safety And Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently issued a notice to the airline catering company TajSATS regarding improving the safety, hygiene and service of in-flight meals. This comes after an Air India passenger claimed that he found a blade-like metal
The mother of the girl filed a police complaint against the man. (Representational) Mumbai: Police have arrested a 39-year-old employee of a grocery shop for allegedly sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, an official said on Friday. The man allegedly targeted the child when she went to the shop, located in the Kalachowki area in central
Rohingya have faced persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades. Dhaka: Escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state in recent months may have spurred some Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, a key refugee official said, although Dhaka insists it cannot accept more refugees from its war-torn neighbour. Rohingya have faced persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for
Rohingya have faced persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades. Dhaka: Escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state in recent months may have spurred some Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, a key refugee official said, although Dhaka insists it cannot accept more refugees from its war-torn neighbour. Rohingya have faced persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for
IIT JAM Admission List 2024: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has announced the third admission list for the Joint Admission Test for Masters (IIT JAM) 2024. Candidates who participated in the counseling process can now view their allotted seats by visiting the official website, jam.iitm.ac.in. To access the admission list, candidates will
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Friday claimed that the ED challenged her husband’s bail order even before it was uploaded on the trial court’s website. Speaking in south Delhi’s Bhogal where Delhi Water Minister Atishi began an indefinite hunger strike to get more water from Haryana, Sunita Kejriwal said
There were no customers when the blast occurred, said police (Representational) Kalaburagi, Karnataka: Ten people were injured allegedly after an LPG cylinder exploded at an eatery here on Friday morning, police said. There were no customers when the blast occurred at the Saptagiri Orange hotel, they said. The incident took place around 6.15 am when
New Delhi: Parts of Delhi experienced rainfall today amid an intense spell of heatwave. Visuals from the RK Puram area showed rain lashing the streets, providing a welcome change from the scorching conditions that have gripped the region. Similar scenes were witnessed in other areas of the National Capital Region (NCR), with Haryana’s Gurugram also
Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi. Nairobi: At least 200 people were injured and more than 100 arrested across Kenya in Thursday’s nationwide protests against government plans to raise $2.7 billion in additional taxes, an alliance of rights groups said. Police fired tear gas and water cannon