Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said global food aid given on time and directly to people suffering from malnutrition and hunger could yield better results. "Food aid has to be provided on time directly to those suffering from hunger in order to ensure better results," FAO Senior Economist Terri Raney told PTI here.

A population of 57,000 in Arunachal Pradesh's East Kameng district faced certain starvation with no rice supplies from Food Corporation of India (FCI), it was officially stated today.

Pattinacheri (Tamil Nadu): Of all those left behind helpless by the tsunami attack that left behind a swathe of death and destruction, the orphaned girls in Tamil Nadu, it seems are the worst affected. Fifteen year-old Mahalaxmi is one of the unfortunate, who after having lost her father in childhood now has to go through the trauma of losing her mother.

The severe drought in several parts of Bihar has resulted in six starvation deaths in Nalanda district alone last month and the RJD Government in the state is doing little to provide relief to the affected people, Janata Dal (U) member Nitish Kumar told the Lok Sabha today.

Notwithstanding the Orissa Government's claim that there were no starvation deaths in Kashipur block, the spectre of death looms large over far-flung villages in this remote hill- locked area of Rayagada district. It is debatable whether the 19 deaths were due to starvation or consumption of contaminated food. But the fact remains that despite the Government's intervention during the last few days to mitigate the miseries of the people, acute poverty and hunger had been driving them to eating anything.