Sunday, October 6, 2024, 10:36 PM
BREAKING NEWS
**First fuel trucks enter war-torn Gaza: Rafah crossing official **Six trucks with fuel to power generators at two hospitals crossed from Egypt **Hezbollah war with Israel would be 'mistake of its life': Netanyahu **We will strike it with a force it cannot even imagine: Netanyahu **Force ‘not way’ to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict : China **Iran journalists who covered Amini death get jail sentences **Elaheh Mohammadi, Niloufar Hamedi were both found guilty of collaboration with US **Elaheh and Niloufar were arrested after reporting on the death last year of Mahsa Amini
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 10:36 PM
Home Top News India ranks below Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Global Hunger Index

India ranks below Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Global Hunger Index

Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels

by NWMNewsDesk
0 comment

India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2023. In the index, India has a score of 28.7, indicating a serious level of hunger, and stood lower than neighboring countries including Pakistan (102nd), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th).

While the rate of undernourishment in India stood at 16.6 percent and under-five mortality at 3.1 percent, the prevalence of anemia in women aged between 15 and 24 years stood at 58.1 percent.

https://twitter.com/Welthungerhilfe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1712432518303989929%7Ctwgr%5Efec05d518171ff7f26cb9120a3ae8bc3173688ba%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Furdu.newsworld-media.com%2F5205%2F

As per the index, India also has the highest child-wasting rate in the world at 18.7 percent, reflecting acute undernutrition. Wasting is measured based on children’s weight relative to their height.

banner

Modi government termed it “erroneous and having malafide intent”.

You may also like

In a recent breakthrough, researchers have found that the updated COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated an impressive 95% efficacy rate against the emerging Delta variant, which has been causing widespread concern globally.

Blogs

Latest Articles

© 2023 News World Media. All Rights Reserved.