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Top 10 hungriest countries in the world in 2025: India falls under ‘serious’ category

November 06, 2025 6:40 pm

Top 10 hungriest countries in the world in 2025 list: The Global Hunger Index 2025 shows that a number of nations still fall into the categories of ‘alarming’ or ‘serious’ hunger, with scores ranging from 31 to 42.6.

Top 10 countries that waste the most food: India discards 3 times more food than US; see its rank

September 30, 2025 6:50 pm

Top 10 countries that waste the most food in 2025: According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), more than $1 trillion’s worth of food is thrown away every year, while around 783 million people struggle with hunger.

‘Nonsensical policies’: Pune restaurant charges extra from customers for wasting food, viral post sparks debate

August 20, 2025 10:21 am

According to the viral post, the aim behind this move is to promote mindful ordering to reduce food wastage.

40 kg of waste in 2.5 hours: How Pune Ploggers helped clean city after Palkhi processions

June 28, 2025 3:39 pm

Pune Ploggers was launched in October 2019 by Vivek Gurav, an environmental and solutions consultant from Jaysingpur. The initiative was sparked by the growing pollution in the city.

Mohali civic body cracks down on food waste mismanagement

May 09, 2025 9:50 am

The Phase 5 operation was limited to one block where residents had been struggling with dirty water flooding their doorsteps due to recurring sewer back flow.

How new gene-edited bananas could help reduce food waste

March 11, 2025 12:31 pm

Tropic, the UK-based biotech company which has developed these bananas, claims that their fruit remains fresh and yellow for 12 hours after being peeled. Here is why this matters.

What India can do to reduce food wastage

September 30, 2024 6:31 pm

Lowering post-harvest losses and food waste is not just a matter of improving economic efficiency, but also providing nutrition, eliminating hunger and saving the environment.

Zero food wastage initiative by Dawoodi Bohras in Pune goes global

September 29, 2024 2:01 pm

As of 2024, there are 521 Dana Committees across 24 countries and over 9,000 Dawoodi Bohra volunteers are part of the Committee.

Scrapping use-by dates could prevent huge amounts of food waste – here's what else could help

August 12, 2022 7:08 pm

Household food waste is also notoriously difficult to manage. Studies show that consumers often both fail to understand the environmental consequences of food waste, and are rarely held accountable for it.

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