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Hunger has no gender

Hyderabad: Breaking bread and sharing food with strangers can form lifelong bonds. Yoga Nambiar, the first trans woman in India to earn a PhD in mental health, who leads the Lalitha Bhavan Community Kitchen, says “I used to see my community members beg on trainsand streets. In addition to meals, she runs a skill development centre called Atma Saman, offering …

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Sunrise on the Reaping: The new Hunger Games book is blowing up TikTok.

Slate

Suzanne Collins’ new Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, is the first installment in the series since 2020’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and its publication has been a hotly anticipated event. It’s not fair for an outsider to BookTok to mock their ways, but I describe these instant, days-after-publication overreactions to illustrate how much things have changed …

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ASHA workers' hunger strike enters second day, Minister Veena George defends Delhi trip

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The controversy surrounding the failed attempt by Kerala’s Health Minister Veena George to meet Union Health Minister JP Nadda continued to stir debate even after her return to the state on Friday morning. She further defended her actions, explaining, “There was nothing wrong with trying to meet the Union Minister during my trip, especially when ASHA workers are on …

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1 week, 1 day ago

ASHA workers go on hunger strike in Kerala from March 20 for hike in wages

Hindustan Times

The Accredited Social Health Activists, sitting on agitation in the Kerala capital for better pay and retirement benefits, said they would begin an indefinite hunger strike after the talks with the state government failed. Health minister Veena George told reporters after the meeting that she would meet her Union counterpart JP Nadda in Delhi in connection with the demands of …

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Kerala ASHA workers step up protest, begin indefinite hunger strike in front of Secretariat

The Hindu

Accredited Social Health Activists in Kerala, whose 38-day-old agitation for fair remuneration has been making headlines at the national level, launched an intense phase of their agitation on Thursday when they began an indefinite hunger strike in front of the government Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. ASHAs, under the banner of Kerala ASHA Health Workers’ Association, resorted to the hunger strike after …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Talks fail, ASHA workers to begin indefinite fast on March 20

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With multiple rounds of talks, including at the minister level, failing to yield results, ASHA workers are set to launch an indefinite strike from Thursday. Representatives of the Kerala ASHA Health Workers Association had met NHM director Dr Vinay Goyal on Wednesday morning and Health Minister Veena George in the evening. With no concrete action forthcoming, the ASHA workers …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Talks fail, ASHAs to go on hunger strike from March 20

The Hindu

Accredited Social Health Activists, who have been agitating in front of the Secretariat to secure a better remuneration package, have decided to go ahead with their indefinite hunger strike from Thursday as two rounds of discussions with the National Health Mission authorities as well as the Health Minister failed to resolve the stalemate. With ASHAs declaring their intent to go …

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1 week, 2 days ago

‘Sunrise’ arrives at midnight for fans celebrating release of new ‘Hunger Games’ novel

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Savannah Miller, 26 years old and a “Hunger Games” reader for half of her life, has only grown in admiration for Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novels. Attendees in New York — some dressed as Haymitch Abernathy, Effie Trinket and other characters — went on scavenger hunts, attempted to solve “Hunger Games”-themed puzzles and tried out a “Hunger Games” …

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1 week, 3 days ago

JACTTO GEO to go on hunger strike on March 23

The Hindu

JACTTO GEO has resolved to mobilise a massive crowd of protestors for the hunger strike to be organised near Government Siddha Medical College in Palaymkottai on March 23. In a preparatory meeting held at Tirunelveli District Revenue Officials’ Association Building here on Monday, speakers said the hunger strike was part of their ongoing agitations to get their demands, including revival …

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1 week, 3 days ago

New books this week: 'Hunger Games' is back, and young people navigate a new Tanzania

NPR

New books this week: 'Hunger Games' is back, and young people navigate a new Tanzania NPR This week brings a number of promising new reads — but none more eagerly awaited than Sunrise on the Reaping, the latest Hunger Games adventure from Suzanne Collins. Sponsor Message Purchase BookAbundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson close overlay Buy Featured Book Your …

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1 week, 3 days ago

'Hunger Games': NASA building has cockroach 'infestation' as staff works 'with no desks'

Raw Story

After returning to the White House on January 20, President Donald Trump issued numerous executive orders — one of them telling federal employees who had been working remotely since the COVID-19 pandemic to return to physical offices. For example, the Reuters journalists report that at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration office in Washington, "employees returned to an infestation of …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Brit 'mum on the run' goes on hunger strike in 'hell on Earth' Thai prison where guards 'served her rat meat' after she was arrested while 'claiming UK benefits'

Daily Mail

A British 'mum on the run' languishing in a 'hell hole prison' in Thailand for overstaying her visa has gone on hunger strike in protest at her treatment and conditions within the facility. Ellis Matthews, 32, is being held in the Mothers and Children Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok with her four-year-old son Cairo, where she says she has been …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo ends hunger strike after four days, authorities say

Associated Press

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has ended a four-day hunger strike that he began in protest of his trial on rebellion and other charges, judicial authorities announced Friday. A judicial clerk informed the Supreme Court’s panel overseeing the case that Castillo ended the hunger strike Thursday afternoon after being released from a hospital where he was taken that same day …

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2 weeks ago

UN chief visits Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as hunger fears rise

Al Jazeera

Antonio Guterres’s visit comes after the UN food agency says it may have to halve food vouchers for the Rohingya starting next month. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as their food rations face drastic cuts next month, threatening already dire living conditions in the world’s largest refugee settlement. Guterres’s visit on Friday to the …

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2 weeks ago

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo transferred to a hospital days after starting hunger strike

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was taken from prison to a hospital on Thursday, three days after he began a hunger strike in protest of his ongoing rebellion trial. During the opening of the trial last week, he denied committing rebellion, saying that all he “did was convey the people’s desire through a political speech.” After Castillo …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food

Al Jazeera

With Israel’s complete blockade on Gaza approaching 10 days, Philippe Lazzarini says aid is being ‘weaponised’. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that the situation in Gaza is “deteriorating very, very quickly”, more than a week after Israel again halted all supplies from entering the Gaza Strip. “Whatever the intent is, …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Former Peruvian president announces hunger strike to protest rebellion trial

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said Monday that he was beginning a hunger strike in protest of the start of an oral trial against him for the alleged crime of rebellion. Castillo, detained since Dec. 7, 2022 after a televised speech in which he declared the dissolution of Congress and his intent to rule by decree, said …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why Robert Maudsley, UK’s ‘most dangerous prisoner’, is on hunger strike over PlayStation

Firstpost

Britain’s most dangerous prisoner, Robert Maudsley, has gone on a hunger strike inside his isolated cell at the UK’s Wakefield Prison after some of his possessions, including a PlayStation, were confiscated. Infamously known as ‘Hannibal the Cannibal’, the 71-year-old has been lodged in solitary confinement for over four decades for a series of horrific murders The 71-year-old Robert Maudsley, who …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Proposed cuts to SNAP benefits could deepen hunger and hurt local economies, experts warn

Salon

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has long been a crucial lifeline for millions of Americans facing food insecurity. “Cuts to SNAP would not only increase food insecurity but also shift the burden of food assistance to local governments and charities, which cannot fully meet the need,” the letter read, in part. The proposed cuts would further strain food banks, food …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Serial killer 'Hannibal the Cannibal' goes on hunger strike in prison after being denied PlayStation

Hindustan Times

A notorious serial killer, known as "Hannibal the Cannibal", has allegedly gone on a hunger strike in prison after staff confiscated his Playstation and TV. 74-year-old Paul Maudsley told the Mirror UK that his serial killer-brother Robert Maudsley is usually "polite" but he is refusing food on hunger strike after prison guards took away his items including the gaming console, …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘The hunger’: ICC releases Virat Kohli tribute video ahead of India vs New Zealand final

Live Mint

ICC has just released a video of Gautam Gambhir. The video shows the Head Coach of Indian men's cricket speaking about Virat Kohli. Ravi Shastri on Virat Kohli Virat Kohli’s dominance in ODIs comes from his discipline and match awareness, former Head Coach Ravi Shastri earlier said on The ICC Review. Shastri believes Kohli tried too hard in recent years …

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3 weeks ago

Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight

Associated Press

DALLAS — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. There’s been plenty of debate over the practice, but about 70 countries — about 40% of those across the globe — currently use what …

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3 weeks ago

Cheteshwar Pujara expresses desire to play in England Tests: Hunger is even more

India Today

India batter Cheteshwar Pujara expressed his desire to play in the England Test series later this year. Pujara’s last appearance for the Test team came during the World Test Championship 2023 where he registered figures of 14 and 27. Recently, Pujara also expressed his desire to return to the Test team given his rich vein of form in domestic cricket, …

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Ludhiana: Several farmers rounded up, tractor-trailers confiscated

Hindustan Times

The police stopped hundreds of farmers from marching towards Chandigarh to participate in a protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Wednesday. As per government directives, no protester will be allowed to enter Mohali or Chandigarh.” The authorities have also set up additional checkpoints at multiple locations to intercept farmers heading towards Chandigarh. Similarly, the police stopped farmers in …

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Hunger has no gender

Sunrise on the Reaping: The new Hunger Games book is blowing up TikTok.

ASHA workers' hunger strike enters second day, Minister Veena George defends Delhi trip

ASHA workers go on hunger strike in Kerala from March 20 for hike in wages

Kerala ASHA workers step up protest, begin indefinite hunger strike in front of Secretariat

Talks fail, ASHA workers to begin indefinite fast on March 20

Talks fail, ASHAs to go on hunger strike from March 20

‘Sunrise’ arrives at midnight for fans celebrating release of new ‘Hunger Games’ novel

JACTTO GEO to go on hunger strike on March 23

New books this week: 'Hunger Games' is back, and young people navigate a new Tanzania

'Hunger Games': NASA building has cockroach 'infestation' as staff works 'with no desks'

Brit 'mum on the run' goes on hunger strike in 'hell on Earth' Thai prison where guards 'served her rat meat' after she was arrested while 'claiming UK benefits'

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo ends hunger strike after four days, authorities say

UN chief visits Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as hunger fears rise

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo transferred to a hospital days after starting hunger strike

UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food

Former Peruvian president announces hunger strike to protest rebellion trial

Why Robert Maudsley, UK’s ‘most dangerous prisoner’, is on hunger strike over PlayStation

Proposed cuts to SNAP benefits could deepen hunger and hurt local economies, experts warn

Serial killer 'Hannibal the Cannibal' goes on hunger strike in prison after being denied PlayStation

‘The hunger’: ICC releases Virat Kohli tribute video ahead of India vs New Zealand final

Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight

Cheteshwar Pujara expresses desire to play in England Tests: Hunger is even more

Ludhiana: Several farmers rounded up, tractor-trailers confiscated