Food types based on way of eating!

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Foods provide us with nutrition and are fuels for our daily activities and movements. This includes thinking and such mental activities as well.  Foods have varying amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and trace metals. These are basic components of food and should be in right proportions in daily diet for health and prevention of diseases. Diseases result from shortage of food, excess of food, as well as deficiency and excess of any of the above components of food.  Also, read Ways of eating idlis  Humans learned to cook food after fire was made using stones. They also use sun for drying and fermenting of foods. Some vegetables and fruits are eaten raw such as in form of salads. Spices were discovered and cultivated and humans started using them in their foods to enhance flavour, taste, and aroma of foods.  Foods are cereals, pulses, vegetables, oils and fats, fruits, nuts etc. These can be made into different dishes by combining or alone. M...
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Global peace index 2020!

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Global peacefulness has been showing a decline in the last decade. This is not a good sign. There are intercountry and intercountry conflicts and frictions. And if this continues, it would have a bad impact on world living, economy, and people's well-being. 

Global peace (Source: Vector Stock) 

Global peace indices

Global peace index chart reveals that global peace is at risk due to various race and religious conflicts. For calculating peace index of a nation, 23 quantitative and qualitative indicators are taken and each is weighted on a scale of 1-5. The lower the score of GPI, the more peaceful is the country. 

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In 2020, countries have shown an average of 0.34 percentage decline in GPI scores. The covid crisis added to the already prevailing regional tensions in the world. 

Countries and their GPI scores

Iceland tops the list with a score of 1.078. It is the most peaceful country and holds this first position since 2008. New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, and Denmark are not far behind Iceland. The least peaceful is Afghanistan with a GPI score of 3.644. Syria, Iraq, South Sudan and Yemen are just a small fraction above Afghanistan. Bhutan and Nepal are also peaceful nations and are in the top 100 peaceful country list. UK stands at number 42 and France is 66th in the list. Bangladesh is on 97 position. China is on 104. USA is on position no. 121 and Russia on 154. But both countries have improved on their scores compared to old scores. India is on number 139 and Pakistan on 152. India's GPI score was 2.477 in 2008 and it has fallen to 2.628. 

Global peace index report 2020 

This survey is conducted by Institute of Economics and Peace with headquarters in Sydney, Australia. 

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