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World Bank Data On India And Pakistan Shows Massive Contrast Over Poverty
Latest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries - India and Pakistan - and their journey to battle poverty - a colonial inheritance.
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Extreme Poverty Rate Drops To 5.3% From 27.1% In India: World Bank Report
About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12.
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"My Early Life Was Spent In Extreme Poverty, But We Never..": PM Modi
Recalling his early life spent in extreme poverty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he picked up life's lessons at his father's tea shop and from his mother who treated children with home remedies.
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National Mathematics Day: Why It Is Celebrated On December 22
Mr Ramanujan grew up in extreme poverty, yet he became one of the most influential mathematicians in history.
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India Has Eliminated Extreme Poverty, Says US Think Tank Brookings
The American think tank Brookings Institution, in its latest report, lauded India for eliminating extreme poverty, marking a significant milestone in the nation's socio-economic landscape.
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Jharkhand's Ragi Revolution Becomes Case Study For Harvard Business School
A Jharkhand district known for its extreme poverty and Maoist insurgency is now witnessing a silent revolution centering around snacks made from a type of millet which can help prevent malnutrition.
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India's Economy, Development Goals At Risk Due To Extreme Heat: Study
Killer heat waves are putting "unprecedented burdens" on India's agriculture, economy and public health, with climate change undermining the country's long-term efforts to reduce poverty, inequality and illness, a new study showed.
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Woman, 2 Daughters Found Dead Inside Home In UP's Aligarh
The family had been battling extreme poverty after her husband died a few years ago, said police.
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Afghanistan Woman Attempts To Sell Child Amid Economic Crisis: Report
A family in the Balkh province of Afghanistan attempted to sell their child due to extreme poverty, media reports said on Saturday.
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Goal Of Eradicating Extreme Poverty By 2030 Out Of Reach: World Bank
Covid-19 has dealt the "biggest setback" to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank warned Wednesday that the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out-of-reach.
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Covid Made A Billionaire Every 30 Hours, Time To Tax Rich: Oxfam At Davos
The Covid pandemic has created a new billionaire every 30 hours and now one million people could fall into extreme poverty at the same pace, Oxfam said Monday as the Davos summit returns.
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Poverty In India Declined 12.3 Percentage Points Between 2011-2019: World Bank Paper
Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3 percentage points between 2011 and 2019, with rural areas doing better than urban centres, according to a working paper of the World Bank.
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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Poverty-Stricken Maharashtra Woman Sells Newborn Son For Rs 1.78 Lakh: Police
Struck by extreme poverty, a 32-year-old woman from Shirdi town in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district allegedly sold her three-day-old son to a man in Mumbai for Rs 1.78 lakh, police said on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 Pushes 80 Million People In Asia Into Extreme Poverty: Asian Development Bank
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without COVID-19, according to a new report by th
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World Bank Data On India And Pakistan Shows Massive Contrast Over Poverty
Latest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries - India and Pakistan - and their journey to battle poverty - a colonial inheritance.
-
Extreme Poverty Rate Drops To 5.3% From 27.1% In India: World Bank Report
About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12.
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"My Early Life Was Spent In Extreme Poverty, But We Never..": PM Modi
Recalling his early life spent in extreme poverty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he picked up life's lessons at his father's tea shop and from his mother who treated children with home remedies.
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National Mathematics Day: Why It Is Celebrated On December 22
Mr Ramanujan grew up in extreme poverty, yet he became one of the most influential mathematicians in history.
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India Has Eliminated Extreme Poverty, Says US Think Tank Brookings
The American think tank Brookings Institution, in its latest report, lauded India for eliminating extreme poverty, marking a significant milestone in the nation's socio-economic landscape.
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Jharkhand's Ragi Revolution Becomes Case Study For Harvard Business School
A Jharkhand district known for its extreme poverty and Maoist insurgency is now witnessing a silent revolution centering around snacks made from a type of millet which can help prevent malnutrition.
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India's Economy, Development Goals At Risk Due To Extreme Heat: Study
Killer heat waves are putting "unprecedented burdens" on India's agriculture, economy and public health, with climate change undermining the country's long-term efforts to reduce poverty, inequality and illness, a new study showed.
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Woman, 2 Daughters Found Dead Inside Home In UP's Aligarh
The family had been battling extreme poverty after her husband died a few years ago, said police.
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Afghanistan Woman Attempts To Sell Child Amid Economic Crisis: Report
A family in the Balkh province of Afghanistan attempted to sell their child due to extreme poverty, media reports said on Saturday.
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Goal Of Eradicating Extreme Poverty By 2030 Out Of Reach: World Bank
Covid-19 has dealt the "biggest setback" to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank warned Wednesday that the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out-of-reach.
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Covid Made A Billionaire Every 30 Hours, Time To Tax Rich: Oxfam At Davos
The Covid pandemic has created a new billionaire every 30 hours and now one million people could fall into extreme poverty at the same pace, Oxfam said Monday as the Davos summit returns.
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Poverty In India Declined 12.3 Percentage Points Between 2011-2019: World Bank Paper
Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3 percentage points between 2011 and 2019, with rural areas doing better than urban centres, according to a working paper of the World Bank.
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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Poverty-Stricken Maharashtra Woman Sells Newborn Son For Rs 1.78 Lakh: Police
Struck by extreme poverty, a 32-year-old woman from Shirdi town in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district allegedly sold her three-day-old son to a man in Mumbai for Rs 1.78 lakh, police said on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 Pushes 80 Million People In Asia Into Extreme Poverty: Asian Development Bank
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without COVID-19, according to a new report by th
