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Full-scale nuclear war could kill 5 billion people, shows new study

Five billion people would die in a modern nuclear war with the impact of a global famine, likely to far exceed the casualties caused by lethal blasts, a new study showed

Zelenskyy says Russia hopes for famine crisis as sea ports blocked

Ukraineian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Russian blockade of Ukrainian sea ports prevents Kyiv from exporting 22 million tons of grain

UN warns of impending famine in war-ravaged Yemen due to economic collapse

UNICEF warned Friday that millions of Yemeni people are at risk of famine as a result of the country's years-long military conflict and sharp deterioration of its economy, calling for urgent action

Shock-proofing the economy: Quality jobs the best possible safety net

Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, writes T N Ninan

1 million Afghan children may die if urgent action not taken: Unicef

The Unicef has warned that 1 million children in Afghanistan may die of acute malnutrition if urgent action wasn't taken.

UNWFP warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'

This number has risen from 42 million earlier in the year, and 27 million in 2019, the agency said, in a news release.

11 people die of hunger each minute around globe, 155 mn in crisis: Oxfam

Group says global military spending increased by $51 billion during the pandemic: an amount that exceeds by at least six times what the U.N. needs to stop hunger.

Pak's Sindh heading fast towards famine due to water shortage: Minister

Pakistan's Sindh Irrigation Minister Sohail Anwar Khan Siyal on Tuesday warned that the province is heading fast towards famine due to the water shortage

T'gana constructed Kaleshwaram project to overcome famine conditions: KCR

Telangana constructed the Kaleshwaram project to overcome the famine conditions so that water is available in abundance in any season, said the state's Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao

Yemen heading toward biggest famine in modern history, says UN WFP

Around 400,000 children may die in Yemen this year without urgent intervention

UN: Yemen faces world's worst famine and needs $3.85 billion

Conflict-torn Yemen is falling off a cliff and will face the worst famine the world has seen for decades unless donors, and especially its Gulf neighbours, contribute generously

2021 to see 40% surge in people needing humanitarian aid due to Covid: UN

The UN humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of Covid-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021

UN World Food Program warns 2021 is going to be worse than 2020

The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the UN agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year

Chronicler of distress from another time

Mumbai-based Chittaprosad reported on the Bengal famine after he was asked by the Communist Party of India for their journal, People's War

Covid-19 may cause hunger, famine, $8.5 trn loss in global output: UN chief

Guterres told the high-level meeting that the UN is asking for immediate, collective action in six critically important areas to deal with the crisis

Immigrant chronicles

We learn about Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy who traded in opium, earned a fortune, and donated generously to charities during the Bengal famine of 1943

Google, Amazon, Microsoft plan to fight famine in developing nations via AI

The tech firms 'will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding' to take action before it becomes a crisis

Despite global output surplus, chronic food shortage a reality for millions

In 2017, 70 mn people are likely to be food insecure; of them 20 mn are at an imminent risk of death