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In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, Nepal ranks 81^st out of 121 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2022 GHI scores.

With a score of 19.1, Nepal has a level of hunger that is moderate, according to the Global Hunger Index.

Jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerlife, the GHI lists countries by ‘severity’. Yemen has ranked in the lowest position at 121, while the top of the list is dominated by European nations including Croatia, Estonia, and Montenegro.

 Among Asian nations, China and Kuwait have ranked the highest. With a score of 29.1, which falls in the ‘serious’ category of hunger, India was ranked behind its neighbors Nepal (81), Pakistan (99), Sri Lanka (64), and Bangladesh (84). India has been recording decreasing GHI scores over the years. In 2000, it recorded an ‘alarming’ score of 38.8, which was reduced to 28.2 by 2014. The country has started recording higher scores since then.

Nepal reported 32 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 634 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 28 returned positive. Likewise, 528 people underwent antigen tests, of which four were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that seven infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 668 active cases in the country.

A player died in a paragliding accident during the Ninth National Games being held in Pokhara on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Nisim Thapa Magar. He was representing the Nepal Army club in the cross-country competition. The tragedy occurred when the paraglide of a company suddenly fell from the sky this afternoon.    

The body of cultural expert and historian Satya Mohan Joshi has been kept in the Kist Hospital for last tributes. The body will be taken to the office of the Lalitpur Metropolitan City in Pulchowk today itself. Lalitpur Metropolitan City Chief Chiribabu Maharjan said that the mortal remains will be kept in the premises of the Metropolitan City from 12 pm to 4 pm the tributes. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba among others will reach the office of the Lalitpur Metropolitan City this afternoon to pay final tributes to Joshi. Joshi passed away at the age of 103 on Sunday. He breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Gwarko-based Kist Medical College this morning. According to a source at the hospital, he passed away at 7: 09 am today. Joshi, who had been suffering from prostate and heart-related ailments for the past many years, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital on October 10. Joshi was also suffering from pneumonia and was also found infected with dengue during the blood test. Earlier, he had announced to donate his body to the hospital after his death.