17 July 2021 Current Affairs
According to the annual UN-FAO report titled "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021", how many people in the world faced hunger in 2020?
The annual UN-FAO report titled "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021" states that between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.
The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 16 national highway projects in Manipur with an investment of Rs 4,148 crores covering a total length of 298 km.
India's first grain dispensing ATM has been installed at Farrukhnagar in the Gurugram district of Haryana under a pilot project, to make ration dispersal hassle and complaint-free for citizens.
The Ladakh administration has signed a tripartite MoU with Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency to convert the Union Territory of Ladakh into an organic entity by 2025.
The Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched a Chief Minister's COVID-19 Widows Support scheme wherein social and financial security would be provided to women who have lost their husbands to the coronavirus disease.
The Punjab government announced a waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community.
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