El Niño and La Niña are natural phenomena which WMO describes as “major drivers of the Earth’s climate system”. After a three-year La Niña spell, which is associated with ocean cooling, the world faces an 80 per cent chance of an El Niño event developing between July and September. Tell-tale signs are a warming of…
Roughly 258 million in 58 countries faced acute hunger at crisis levels or worse, and people in seven countries faced potential starvation, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). This is the highest number in the seven-year history of the report, although much of the growth reflects an increase in the population…
— Photo: AFP New Delhi: In the Indian state of Kerala, the war elephant that killed 6 people to get the popular food ‘rice’ and ‘dals’ was captured. According to the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, the male elephant was notorious for attacking rice and grain shops in the southern state of Kerala. A team of…
Riyadh: The Saudi Food Authority has strongly denied the permission to use insect powder in food products. According to the details, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority has said that it is absolutely not allowed to use insect powder in food items in Saudi markets. According to the website of Urgal, the truth of the…
For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are at risk of experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger, or one step away from famine, they said. The majority, 42,000, are in Burkina Faso and Mali, where violent unrest in some areas has hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid. The combined effects of conflict, climate…
File photo Diet plays a very important role in maintaining the mental and physical health of a person. If the diet is healthy and good, it will have positive effects on mental health, while poor nutrition can lead to physical health as well as mental health disorders. According to health experts, including the following nutrients…
Over one third of the world’s working women are employed in agrifood systems, which include the production of food and non-food agricultural products, as well as related activities from food storage, transportation and processing to distribution. But in a new report, FAO says that gender inequalities such as less access for women to knowledge and…
Ramadan has become a shadow. Women’s houses take special measures regarding this holy month. Women actively participate in these special initiatives and try their best to complete all the necessary tasks before Ramadan, especially shopping before Ramadan, so that they can spend as much time as possible with a single needle in Ramadan. Time can…
Photo courtesy of AFP Bail application of journalist Shamsul Zaman Shams arrested in Bangladesh was rejected. According to foreign media, local newspaper journalist Shamsul Zaman was detained from his house in Dhaka on Wednesday. According to reports, the journalist was sent to jail for falsifying food prices. According to foreign media, the journalist was accused…
OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva that the current phase was still “a humanitarian emergency where we look at, ‘What do the survivors need? How can we support those who have survived this devastating earthquake?’” Help for millions in need In Türkiye, where over nine million have been directly affected, the UN and partners have…
