-The Hindu Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said the Durga puja celebrations have received protection from the law and order enforcement agencies of Dhaka. The Government of Bangladesh "promptly" dealt with the miscreants who tried to disturb Durga puja celebrations in Comilla district, said an official here on Thursday. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said the festivities have received protection from the law and order enforcement agencies...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Global Hunger Index ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Only 15 countries fare worse than India. The Global Hunger Index launched on Thursday ranked India at 101 position out of a total 116 countries. India is also among the 31 countries where hunger has been identified as serious. India ranked 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released last year. Only 15 countries fare worse than India. These include Papua New Guinea (102), Afghanistan (103), Nigeria (103),...
More »India's rank in Global Hunger Index falls from 94th in 2020 to 101st in 2021, Pakistan and Bangladesh fare better
-IndiaToday.in The Global Hunger Index 2021 has ranked India 101st out of 116 countries. In 2020, India was ranked 94th out of 107 countries. As per the 2021 rankings, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal have fared better than India. The 2021 report, prepared by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, said the level of hunger in India is 'alarming'. INDIA'S GHI SCORE India's Global Hunger Index (GHI) score has fallen...
More »Hate speech in India linked to RSS accounts: FB whistleblower -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, recently told the US Congress that the social media giant 'promotes global division and ethnic violence', including in India The disclosures of Frances Haugen, who hit the headlines across the world earlier this week as “the Facebook whistleblower”, include multiple references to the promotion of divisions and ethnic violence in India. Her main claims on Facebook’s work in India are that pages associated with the...
More »Woman, Family Living In Assam For 54 Years Declared "Foreigners" -Ratnadip Choudhury
-NDTV.com 80-year-old Bhandari Das is now a widow and her children are married. But they are still considered "foreigners" in India. Guwahati: Bhandari Das fled from Bangladesh to India, an ally, in 1967 along with her husband and two children to escape "religious persecution" in her then hometown in Sylhet. She has lived as a foreigner at a village in Assam's Cachar district since then. 54 years later, the 80-year-old is now a...
More »