Starvation News

Impromptu markets where people sell household goods for cash have sprung up across Kabul, but buyers are in short supply Even with billions of dollars in foreign aid, Afghanistan`s economy had been struggling Jobs are scarce and many government workers have been unpaid since at least July

Local administration says help was rushed the moment the plight of the family surfaced. It was, however, too late for the toddler.

According to a new study, researchers have characterized the cell death process due to starvation, in which the endoplasmic reticulum plays a leading role.

Thousands of tourists, traders and local residents were stranded in Manipur's Moreh town, reeling under a severe shortage of essential food items and life-saving medicines, as a result of an indefinite highway blockade.

In a humanitarian crisis, over 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing severe food shortage due to financial hardship after losing their jobs and the government has ordered its mission in the Gulf nation to provide food to them besides other assistance.

In what can bring in huge embarrassment for Akhilesh Yadav led-Uttar Pradesh government, a 40-year-old man has allegedly died due to starvation in Barabanki district.

 The stress of short-term nutritional deprivation as larvae actually makes honeybees -- critical to the world's food supply -- more resilient to starvation as adults, a new study has found.