‘Global hunger was at 5-yr high last year’
May 05, 2021
Indians not among the 150 m people who faced ‘acute food insecurity’: FAO
About 155 million people in 55 countries faced acute food insecurity and extreme hunger globally last year due to food crises relating to Covid-19 along with extreme weather conditions, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday.
In its annual report launched by Global Network Against Food Crises – an alliance of the UN, EU and non-governmental organisations working to tackle food crises, FAO said that the number of those who faced acute food insecurity hit a 5-year high last year.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced two schemes for the labourers of the state.In the first, an insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh will be given to all labourers for accidental death or disability. A health insurance cover of .
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced two insurance schemes for laborers of UP.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced two schemes for the laborers of the state. In the first, an insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh will be given to all laborers for accidental death or disability. A health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh will also be given to them.
Yogi said that in the midst of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government was going to restart the distribution of free ration under the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana from May 5.
He said that in 2020, the government had not just given free ration to laborers but also a bharan poshan bhatta or allowance. Around 54 lakh laborers had benefited from the financial assistance. More than 40 lakh migrant workers who returned to the state were also given benefits.
NEW DELHI: Emphasising that the recent surge in Covid-19 infections marked a “once in a century crisis” and “a big challenge for the world”, PM Narendra Modi on Friday asked his ministers to help people in their respective regions.
“You have to be compassionate and patient with people who are going through distress,” the PM said in his virtual address to members of the council of ministers.
Significantly, sources quoted the PM as saying that he, alarmed by the rising number of cases in Maharashtra, had held a meeting of CMs where he emphasised the need for state governments to be vigilant against the virus: something which acquires significance in view of the allegation in certain quarters that the government took its eyes of the pandemic after having tackled the first wave of infections.
DDâs pandemic mantra: Messiah Modi will save India
As thousands of Indians die every day, the state broadcaster is busy eulogising the prime minister and the RSS.
Shambhavi Thakur
They donât scream and shout like your TV anchors. They smile and purr politely into the camera. But the objective is hardly different.
As a steep Covid surge wreaks havoc in India, Doordarshanâs programming is not focused on the unfolding tragedy, but lionising prime minister Modi and his government, while projecting his political opponents as tyrannical or incompetent.
DD News is a state-owned channel funded by the taxpayers, and one of the most watched channels in the country with penetration in both urban and rural areas. It is run by Prasar Bharati, which in turn comes under the ministry of information and broadcasting.