World Food Programme

Khartoum, Feb 9: At least 40,000 South Sudanese citizens are threatened to starve to death due to escalating food insecurity in the new-born state, UN agencies said Monday. "South Sudan is facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity,…

Bhubaneswar, Jan 14: Her Excellency Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme visited Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) on January 13, 2016. Dr. Achyuta…

United Nations, Nov 10: India has been reelected by the General Assembly to a six year term on the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). After the election Monday, India's Mission to the UN said in a statement that "it…

Bhubaneswar, Oct 28: A six-member delegation of World Food Programme led by its head Mirjana Kave is on visit to Odisha to review the implementation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in the state. The delegation held meeting with various…

Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday that it distributed food to 267,000 of the 1.4 million Nepalese people in need of food after the disastrous earthquake that hit the country on April 25. Rice, a…

In an aim to promote food security in Odisha, the top officials of World Food Programme,WFP, led by Mr. Manoj Juneja, on Monday visited the State capital and called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other prominent leaders. The officials…