CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -With 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million) India is facing a major malnutrition crisis as it holds almost a third of the world’s burden for stunting, according to a global nutrition report published Thursday.

Detailed explanation-2: -India is home to 46.6 million stunted children, a third of world’s total as per Global Nutrition Report 2018. Nearly half of all under-5 child mortality in India is attributable to under-nutrition.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Global Hunger Report 2022 released by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, Non-Government Organisations from Ireland and Germany respectively, has ranked India at 107 among 121 countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -As per a report of the Centre, Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) district recorded 51.6 per cent stunting, followed by Southwest Khasi Hill (Meghalaya) with 51.4 per cent stunting, Patan (Gujarat) with 50.5 per cent stunting and Gadwal with 49.7 per cent stunting.