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World Day Against Child Labour 2025: Why June 12 Matters For Children's Rights
Observed on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour highlights the urgent need to end child exploitation worldwide, advocating education and safety for all children.
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India's Poverty Rate Likely To Decline Further To 4.6% In 2024: Report
India's poverty continues to decline steadily, with the poverty rate likely to fall to 4.6 per cent in 2024, estimates a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI).
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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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Indian-Americans Have Lowest Poverty Rate Among Asian Americans: Research
Indian-Americans are doing better than any other Asian-American group, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
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Second-Hand Clothing Gains Popularity in Argentina Amidst Economic Hardship
In October, the country's statistics office reported an annualized inflation rate of 142.7%, as announced on Monday.
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"Best Way To Drive Nail In Poverty Coffin...": World Bank Chief On India
India's growth rate gives it an advantage in tackling poverty if the country maintains the current momentum, the new World Bank President Ajay Banga said in Delhi today.
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"Modi Government In Denial Mode": P Chidambaram On Hunger Index Rating
Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government is in "denial mode" vis-a-vis challenge of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
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Akhilesh Yadav Slams BJP After UP Features In Top 3 Of Poverty Rating
As per the index, 51.91 per cent population of Bihar is poor, followed by 42.16 per cent in Jharkhand, 37.79 per cent in Uttar Pradesh.
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BJD Will Reduce Odisha's Poverty Rate To 10% In 5 Years: Naveen Patnaik
Asserting that BJD does not have a "boss in Delhi", Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that his party will continue to work for people of the state, and pledged to reduce its poverty rate to 10 per cent in the next five years.
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NITI Aayog's 'Poor' Ranking Of Bihar Angers Nitish Kumar Government
Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar has reacted with dismay to the NITI Aayogs "poverty index" report, which has placed the state quite at the bottom, much to the chagrin of the ruling dispensation's claim of a sustained high rate of economic growth.
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"Why Fix Post-Covid Treatment Rates?": High Court Questions Kerala Rationale
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to clarify why it issued the August 16 order by which treatment charges were fixed for post-Covid complications for those above poverty line.
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Opinion: There Will Be A Price To Pay For Making Vaccines Too Expensive
The world is unequal enough and the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to make things more unequal still. Poorer countries have had to take on debt they will struggle to pay back. Their more fragile healthcare systems and crowded cities forced them into stricter and more economically harmful lockdowns, and poverty rates have risen dramatically. Now, they ...
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Jharkhand Government To Give Lungi, Dhoti, Saree For Rs 10 To The Underpriviledged
The Jharkhand government on Friday announced that it will give dhotis or lungis, and sarees to all families in the state living below the poverty line twice a year at a subsidised rate of Rs 10.
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Female Poverty Rate In South Asia Projected To Rise Due To COVID-19: UN
The female poverty rate in South Asia will increase in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more women than men in the 25-34 age group will be poorer in the next decade, according to new data released by the UN.
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World Day Against Child Labour 2025: Why June 12 Matters For Children's Rights
Observed on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour highlights the urgent need to end child exploitation worldwide, advocating education and safety for all children.
-
India's Poverty Rate Likely To Decline Further To 4.6% In 2024: Report
India's poverty continues to decline steadily, with the poverty rate likely to fall to 4.6 per cent in 2024, estimates a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI).
-
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.
-
Indian-Americans Have Lowest Poverty Rate Among Asian Americans: Research
Indian-Americans are doing better than any other Asian-American group, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
-
Second-Hand Clothing Gains Popularity in Argentina Amidst Economic Hardship
In October, the country's statistics office reported an annualized inflation rate of 142.7%, as announced on Monday.
-
"Best Way To Drive Nail In Poverty Coffin...": World Bank Chief On India
India's growth rate gives it an advantage in tackling poverty if the country maintains the current momentum, the new World Bank President Ajay Banga said in Delhi today.
-
"Modi Government In Denial Mode": P Chidambaram On Hunger Index Rating
Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government is in "denial mode" vis-a-vis challenge of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
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Akhilesh Yadav Slams BJP After UP Features In Top 3 Of Poverty Rating
As per the index, 51.91 per cent population of Bihar is poor, followed by 42.16 per cent in Jharkhand, 37.79 per cent in Uttar Pradesh.
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BJD Will Reduce Odisha's Poverty Rate To 10% In 5 Years: Naveen Patnaik
Asserting that BJD does not have a "boss in Delhi", Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that his party will continue to work for people of the state, and pledged to reduce its poverty rate to 10 per cent in the next five years.
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NITI Aayog's 'Poor' Ranking Of Bihar Angers Nitish Kumar Government
Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar has reacted with dismay to the NITI Aayogs "poverty index" report, which has placed the state quite at the bottom, much to the chagrin of the ruling dispensation's claim of a sustained high rate of economic growth.
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"Why Fix Post-Covid Treatment Rates?": High Court Questions Kerala Rationale
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to clarify why it issued the August 16 order by which treatment charges were fixed for post-Covid complications for those above poverty line.
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Opinion: There Will Be A Price To Pay For Making Vaccines Too Expensive
The world is unequal enough and the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to make things more unequal still. Poorer countries have had to take on debt they will struggle to pay back. Their more fragile healthcare systems and crowded cities forced them into stricter and more economically harmful lockdowns, and poverty rates have risen dramatically. Now, they ...
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Jharkhand Government To Give Lungi, Dhoti, Saree For Rs 10 To The Underpriviledged
The Jharkhand government on Friday announced that it will give dhotis or lungis, and sarees to all families in the state living below the poverty line twice a year at a subsidised rate of Rs 10.
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Female Poverty Rate In South Asia Projected To Rise Due To COVID-19: UN
The female poverty rate in South Asia will increase in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more women than men in the 25-34 age group will be poorer in the next decade, according to new data released by the UN.
