-The Telegraph The report prepared by the United Nations states that more men die by suicide, although more women attempt to take their own lives Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death globally. According to the Human Development Report 2021/22, more than seven lakh people die by suicide every year. Worryingly, the world’s burden of suicide mortality is borne by low and middle-income countries — over 77 per cent —...
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"Erroneous, Methodological Issues": India On Poor Hunger Index Rating -Kadambini Sharma
-NDTV.com Three out of the four indicators are related to health of children and cannot be representative of the entire population, India said New Delhi: India on Sunday termed the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report an "erroneous measure of hunger" and claimed it "suffers from serious methodological issues", after its ranking slipped to 107th out of 121 countries. A press note issued by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development said...
More »Explained: Understanding the Global Hunger Index -Saptaparno Ghosh
-The Hindu On what indicators is the GHI computed? Why did the Ministry of Women and Child Development reject the report and call it ‘an erroneous measure of hunger’? Why are child-centric metrics used to calculate global hunger? The story so far: For the second time in two years, the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Saturday rejected the Global Hunger Index (GHI) that ranked India 107 among 121 countries. India...
More »India's ranking in Global Hunger Index driven by incorrect record: Expert
-ANI Asia/ Business Standard India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022, slipping 6 ranks and an expert believes that the ranking had been driven almost entirely by an incorrectly recorded rise India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, slipping 6 ranks and an expert believes that the ranking had been driven almost entirely by an incorrectly recorded rise in...
More »Global Hunger Index attempt to tarnish India’s image: Centre -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Government wrongly claims that one of the indicators is based on an opinion poll The government has yet again rejected the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 which ranks India 107 among 121 countries and has called it “an erroneous measure of hunger” and an attempt to “taint” India’s image. It also wrongly claims that the ranks are based on an opinion poll. The Global Hunger Report 2022 found that India’s GHI...
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