Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) An estimated 8.2 per cent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, according to a UN report published on Monday. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report published by five specialised UN agencies, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 7 (IANS) Farmers and social activists of Tiruppur and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu are gearing up for an indefinite protest demanding the revival of the Noyyal River, which they said has been reduced to a drain due to unchecked pollution. The protest, scheduled to begin on July 13 … Read more
Srinagar, June 27, KDC: Jailed Member of Parliament and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) President Engineer Rashid has announced that he will observe a 24-hour hunger strike inside Tihar Jail, from 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 28 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 29, in protest of the continued denial of democratic rights to Kashmiris, said a party spokesperson. In a statement … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Wednesday said that former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s decision to impose Emergency was constitutional but wondered about the undeclared Emergency going on in the country for the last 11 years. At a press conference here, Sapkal criticised the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 19 (IANS) The opposition AIADMK has announced a hunger strike in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district on Friday, demanding that the DMK government intervene to address the distress faced by mango farmers in the region. AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said the party would … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) Four “untainted” or “genuine” teachers in state-run schools in West Bengal, who have lost jobs following a Supreme Court order in April this year and who had been on hunger strike near the office of West Bengal school service commission since the night of June 12, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) A group of “untainted” or “genuine” teachers in state-run schools in West Bengal, who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order in April this year, started a fresh fast-undo-death agitation near the office of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). The hunger strike … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Tumakuru, June 3 (IANS) Former minister Sogadu Shivanna has been taken into police custody while staging an indefinite hunger strike inside the premises of the Tumakuru District Deputy Commissioner’s office, protesting against the filing of FIRs against farmers who agitated against the Hemavati Link Express Canal Project. Sogadu Shivanna is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Ranchi, May 8 (IANS) Even after 10 months, the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has not been able to declare the results of the Civil Services Mains Examination held in June last year. This has triggered anger and frustration among aspirants. On Thursday, a group of candidates began an indefinite … Read more