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India's Rural Poverty Down To 4.86% From 25.7% In 12 Years: SBI Report
India's rural poverty ratio has registered a dramatic decline to 4.86 per cent in the financial year 2023-24 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 while urban poverty has fallen to 4.09 per cent from 4.6 per cent during this period, according to a report.
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Odisha Parents Sell Newborn To Childless Couple Due To "Poverty": Police
A couple in Odisha's Balasore district allegedly sold their newborn boy to a childless couple in neighbouring Mayurbhanj district, police said on Sunday.
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Argentina's Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.
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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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'Forced Into Labour': How Delayed Madhya Pradesh Exams Are Crushing Dreams
They have spent years preparing for exams organised by the Madhya Pradesh government, seeing them as their ticket out of poverty, but persistent delays in organising the tests have put over 2 lakh candidates at risk of crossing the eligibility age.
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Woman "Gifts" Newborn Daughter Over Poverty, Odisha Government Orders Probe
As the Odisha government began an inquiry into the incidents of the alleged sale of two children due to poverty in Rayagada and Bolangir districts, one of them was rescued from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.
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G20 Leaders To Discuss Climate, Tax, Donald Trump's Comeback In Brazil
G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.
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Sri Lankan President's Party Wins Majority, Has Complex History With India
The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis.
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Brazil's G20 Presidency: Hunger, Poverty, Inequality Top Priorities
G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation -- areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.
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"I'm A Product Of Poverty": Cardi B Slams Elon Musk Over 'Puppet' Remark
"Another puppet who can't even talk without being fed the words," Mr Musk said in a tweet.
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Bibek Debroy's Last NDTV Column: Why India Needs A New Poverty Line
With the release of new data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), there is an opportunity to recalibrate India's poverty line to reflect contemporary socio-economic conditions.
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Nearly 100% Of Gaza Now Lives In Poverty, UN Sounds Alarm Over Unemployment
More than a year into Israel's war against Hamas, "nearly 100 per cent" of Gaza's population has been plunged into poverty with a ruined economy and "staggering" unemployment, the UN said today.
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UN Report Says 1.1 Billion People In Acute Poverty
More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said, with children accounting for over half of those affected.
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From A Child Beggar To Becoming A Doctor: How Pinki Haryan Beat Poverty
As a child, Pinki Haryan, along with her parents, begged on the streets and scavenged for food in garbage dumps in Mcleodganj.
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"Getting Shorter, Going Hungrier": Children In The UK Are Living In Poverty
Children's lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago.
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India's Rural Poverty Down To 4.86% From 25.7% In 12 Years: SBI Report
India's rural poverty ratio has registered a dramatic decline to 4.86 per cent in the financial year 2023-24 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 while urban poverty has fallen to 4.09 per cent from 4.6 per cent during this period, according to a report.
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Odisha Parents Sell Newborn To Childless Couple Due To "Poverty": Police
A couple in Odisha's Balasore district allegedly sold their newborn boy to a childless couple in neighbouring Mayurbhanj district, police said on Sunday.
-
Argentina's Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.
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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.
-
'Forced Into Labour': How Delayed Madhya Pradesh Exams Are Crushing Dreams
They have spent years preparing for exams organised by the Madhya Pradesh government, seeing them as their ticket out of poverty, but persistent delays in organising the tests have put over 2 lakh candidates at risk of crossing the eligibility age.
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Woman "Gifts" Newborn Daughter Over Poverty, Odisha Government Orders Probe
As the Odisha government began an inquiry into the incidents of the alleged sale of two children due to poverty in Rayagada and Bolangir districts, one of them was rescued from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.
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G20 Leaders To Discuss Climate, Tax, Donald Trump's Comeback In Brazil
G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.
-
Sri Lankan President's Party Wins Majority, Has Complex History With India
The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis.
-
Brazil's G20 Presidency: Hunger, Poverty, Inequality Top Priorities
G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation -- areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.
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"I'm A Product Of Poverty": Cardi B Slams Elon Musk Over 'Puppet' Remark
"Another puppet who can't even talk without being fed the words," Mr Musk said in a tweet.
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Bibek Debroy's Last NDTV Column: Why India Needs A New Poverty Line
With the release of new data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), there is an opportunity to recalibrate India's poverty line to reflect contemporary socio-economic conditions.
-
Nearly 100% Of Gaza Now Lives In Poverty, UN Sounds Alarm Over Unemployment
More than a year into Israel's war against Hamas, "nearly 100 per cent" of Gaza's population has been plunged into poverty with a ruined economy and "staggering" unemployment, the UN said today.
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UN Report Says 1.1 Billion People In Acute Poverty
More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said, with children accounting for over half of those affected.
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From A Child Beggar To Becoming A Doctor: How Pinki Haryan Beat Poverty
As a child, Pinki Haryan, along with her parents, begged on the streets and scavenged for food in garbage dumps in Mcleodganj.
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"Getting Shorter, Going Hungrier": Children In The UK Are Living In Poverty
Children's lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago.
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