poverty
- India
India tops largest number of people living in poverty: UN report
United Nations: India is among the five countries globally with the largest number of people living in poverty, according to the UN report that said 1.1 billion people, over half of them…
- India
NITI meeting: PM Modi calls for zero poverty, Mamata stages walkout
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for setting zero poverty targets starting at village level at a meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council that witnessed high drama with West…
- World
Nearly 1 million Bangladeshis may slip into poverty: World Bank
Dhaka: Nearly 1 million Bangladeshi people are projected to join the ranks of the moderately poor, who earn less than $3.65 a day in purchasing power parity (PPP), said the World Bank…
- Top Stories
India’s poverty level has fallen below 5 percent: NITI Aayog CEO
New Delhi: The latest household consumer expenditure survey indicates that India’s poverty level has fallen below 5 per cent and people are becoming more prosperous both in the rural and urban areas,…
- India
13.5 cr move out of multidimensional poverty in 5 years: Niti report
New Delhi: India witnessed 13.5 crore people moving out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 with fastest reduction in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, a Niti Aayog report…
- Middle East
World Food Programme plans to suspend aid to over 2 lakh Palestinians
Gaza: The World Food Programme (WFP) is planning to suspend food aid to over 200,00 Palestinians from next month due to a shortage of funds, the group’s senior official for the Palestinian…
- Videos
Join Zakat Center India towards poverty-free self-reliant Muslim community
Zakat Center India (ZCI) is on a mission to eliminate poverty and help the poor and needy with its livelihood, education, ration, and pension projects. Established in 2022, the centre plans to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: ‘Only 5% Muslims in Old City slums pursue higher edu’, says survey
Hyderabad: A post-COVID-19 survey in urban slums and catchments of the Old City of Hyderabad revealed that the vicious cycle of poverty continues among the Hyderabadi Muslims living in slums in the…
- Middle East
130 mn Arab population in poverty: UN survey
Beirut: A survey released by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has said that poverty affects one-third of the Arab region’s population, excluding the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)…
- Middle East
Lebanese father mortgages car in exchange for infant son’s body
Beirut: The image of the 43-year-old Lebanese citizen Hussein Al-Baarini, shook social media users, in which he appeared carrying the body of his infant son in his arms, leaving the hospital on…
- Business
To whom does RSS want to convey message by expressing concern over unemployment, poverty?
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has never openly admitted that the BJP is a subsidiary organisation, but it is known to all that the policy, strategy and statements of the…
- Middle East
Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt’s economy pushed to brink
Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There’s a waiting list to buy a new car. Egypt, a country…
- Politics
I-Day celebrations would’ve been better if people could tide over inflation, poverty: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday said Independence Day is a matter of immense happiness, but the celebrations would have been brighter had the citizens not been bogged by inflation…
- Delhi
Free education, healthcare not freebies, can eliminate poverty: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and access to these services can make India rich and eliminate the country’s poverty…
- World
Italy’s poverty rate climbed in 2021: ISTAT Report
Rome: A total of 11.1 per cent of Italy’s households were classified as being under relative poverty in 2021, up from 10.1 per cent a year earlier, the National Institute of Statistics…
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