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Afghanistan on brink of ‘horrific’ mass starvation as harsh winter sets in

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Afghanistan on brink of ‘horrific’ mass starvation as harsh winter sets in

Nearly four months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, this war-torn country is on the verge of massive starvation, as more than half of the population faces severe hunger in the cold. The United Nations World Food Program stated in a report that since the Taliban overthrew a Western-backed government and took control of the country, the Afghan economy has been in a state of free fall.

According to the United Nations agency, the economic crisis and the limited supply of cash have created a new hungry class as urban residents face food insecurity similar to rural communities for the first time. David Beasley, the head of the World Food Program who recently visited Afghanistan, said his team is “a race against time” to avoid a humanitarian disaster in the country.

“What happened in Afghanistan is simply terrible,” Beasley said. “I met families without jobs, no cash, no food, mothers who sold one child to feed another, and lucky children came to the hospital. When the Afghan people are starving, the world cannot shrink back.” With With the approach of severe winter, humanitarian organizations warned that 1 million children may be killed. The New York Times reported that food insecurity and imminent large-scale hunger could adversely affect the new Taliban government and the United States, which imposed economic restrictions when measuring the actions of the Sunni Pashtun.

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Mary-Ellen McGroarty, Country Director of Afghanistan, World Food Program, urged the international community to respond to the “Hunger Tsunami”.

“We need to separate humanitarian necessity from political discussions,” she said. “The innocent people of Afghanistan, children…their lives are not upended because of their own fault, and they cannot be sentenced to hunger and hunger just because of the geopolitical lottery and birth lottery.”

News Source : Hindustan Times

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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