In a distressing incident reported, a tribal child in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district consumed insecticide due to hunger, prompting the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to set up an inquiry into the matter. The incident allegedly took place on December 31 when the child was not given wheat by the[Read More…]
Tag: Hunger
Three minor sisters starve to death in Delhi, govt orders magisterial inquiry
New Delhi: Three sisters — aged two, four and eight — were found dead in their house here with autopsy reports suggesting that they died because of hunger, officials said on Wednesday. The government has begun a magisterial probe into the incident that has shocked people in the richest state[Read More…]
India continues to struggle with malnourishment and hunger
The recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 by the International Food Policy Research Institute paints a grim picture of a country with the second largest and one of the fastest growing population. India ranks 100 out of 119 countries in GHI, which is worse than its last year rank[Read More…]