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Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R., Zoe Alexandra
Hunger is the Story of Our Time
12 Aug 2021
Hunger continues to take lives across the world, every day. This global failure stems from the very nature of capitalism itself.
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9.2 Lakh 'Severely Malnourished' Children in 2020; Number May Rise Due to Covid-19 Impact
07 Jun 2021
As many as 9.27 lakh ‘severely acute malnourished’ children between the age of six months to six years were identified till November last year, with four states and UTs not reporting any data.
The Associated Press
In Multiple Countries, Alarm Over Hunger Crisis Rings Louder
20 Nov 2020
UN agencies have warned that some 250 million people in 20 countries are threatened with sharply spiking malnutrition or even famine in coming months.
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A Month After Lockdown, Food Distress Continues to Remain High for Migrant Workers: Report
09 May 2020
As on April 26, only about 6% of all the workers who reached out to SWAN had received their full wages during the lockdown.
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Don’t Extend Lockdown Beyond May 3, Activists Urge Govt, Citing Acute Economic Distress
25 Apr 2020
Reportedly, 270 people have died due to hunger, exhaustion, state violence, suicides and inability to access healthcare due to the lockdown.
Doordarshni Thokchom
COVID-19 in Rural India-XI: Landless and Manual Labourers hit the Most in Irengband
14 Apr 2020
A supply crunch and steeprise in prices of essentials in this Manipur village, that mainly houses the Meitei community, are hitting the inhabitants hard, many of whom have lost their livelihoods.
Tikender Singh Panwar
Neither Work, Nor Housing, or Food!
11 Apr 2020
In case of extension of lockdown, urgent proactive intervention by the government is required to hold back remaining migrants in cities.
PTI
Beggars, Urban Poor Scour Once-Pulsating Vaishali Market in Ghaziabad for Food, Alms
11 Apr 2020
The lockdown has exposed the plight of the society's underbelly –closed factory workers and daily wage earners, such as rickshaw pullers,are now surviving on charity of people, barely 2 km from the…
PTI
‘We Don’t Know Who to Approach...We are Trapped,’ Say Tripura Villagers on Indo-Bangla Border
11 Apr 2020
There is little food left, no monetary aid or medical assistance for 3,000-odd people for whom the lockdown came as a shock as the border gates closed abruptly on March 24 midnight, shutting them out…