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By Tom Polansek

New Delhi: India said the Global Hunger Index suffers from “serious methodological issues" after the 2023 edition saw the country slip four places to rank 111 out of 125 countries. India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in 2022. This year, the GHI ranked Pakistan at 102, Bangladesh at 81, Nepal at 69 and Sri Lanka at 60.

North Sikkim by helicopter to assess the damage caused by the flash floods in the area, an official said. The central team members — Director, Ministry of Power, RK Meena, executive engineer Ministry of Jal Shakti Sashwat Rai and director SSDMA, Prabhakar Rai — flew by helicopter from Burtuk airport for North Sikkim, he said.

millets, extending concessional rate of 18% GST on vehicles purchased by visually impaired persons and taxability on corporate guarantee and bank guarantee given by the directors and promoters of the companies. While no major changes are proposed in GST on goods, the fitment committee is expected to exempt five services supplied to government authorities including water supply, public health, sanitation, solid waste management and slum improvement and upgradation project, an official aware of the discussions at the fitment committee told ET The council is also expected to relax the eligibility criteria on the Appellate tribunals being set up, giving more time to taxpayers to file tax appeals in the tribunal and enabling the provision of one man company in the GST registration form, the official added. The council is likely to issue detailed clarification in terms of GST on certain services, including applicability of taxation of re supply of electricity by housing societies, GST on service on the process of making malt from barley and on renting of bus services. The fitment committee is also learnt to bring all services provided by Indian Railways, under forward charge mechanism, a move which may save India railways Rs 1,300 crore annually, the official said.

Narendra Modi on Sunday teamed up with fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuriya in a cleanliness exercise as part of his call for everyone to undertake sanitation measures for an hour on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. «Today, as the nation focuses on Swachhata, Ankit Baiyanpuriya and I did the same! Beyond just cleanliness, we blended fitness and well-being also into the mix.

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Uttar Pradesh has achieved a remarkable 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus status across 95,767 villages, as confirmed by an official announcement on September 28. In the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), the Uttar Pradesh Government reports that among these ODF Plus villages, 81,744 are classified as aspirational villages, demonstrating the implementation of effective solid waste management and liquid waste management systems. "In addition, 10,217 villages are ODF Plus rising villages with provision for both solid waste management and liquid waste management, and 3,806 villages are ODF Plus Model Villages," ANI quoted an official statement as stating.

The Labor Department said it is investigating plants operated by poultry giants Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods following a report that some of the companies’ contractors employed migrant children to clean meat-processing plants. The New York Times magazine last week published an article that said migrant children were working overnight shifts at some of the companies’ plants. Perdue and Tyson said they would cooperate with any federal investigation.