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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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Xi Jinping Declares China Created "Human Miracle" Of Eliminating Extreme Poverty
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared his country had achieved the "human miracle" of eliminating extreme poverty, though questions continue to surround the Communist Party's criteria for making the claim.
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Covid Could Push Over 200 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030: UN
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world's extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found.
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By 2021, 150 Million People May Be In Extreme Poverty Due To Covid: World Bank
The World Bank today warned that by 2021, as many as 150 million people are likely to be in extreme poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic and countries will have to prepare for a "different economy" post-COVID by allowing capital, labour, skills and innovation to move into new businesses and sectors.
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Coronavirus Pandemic Pushed 37 Million Into Extreme Poverty: Gates Foundation
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed almost 37 million people into extreme poverty besides reversing the progress made in the health sector for past several decades, a report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Tuesday.
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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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Xi Jinping Declares China Created "Human Miracle" Of Eliminating Extreme Poverty
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared his country had achieved the "human miracle" of eliminating extreme poverty, though questions continue to surround the Communist Party's criteria for making the claim.
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Covid Could Push Over 200 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030: UN
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world's extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found.
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By 2021, 150 Million People May Be In Extreme Poverty Due To Covid: World Bank
The World Bank today warned that by 2021, as many as 150 million people are likely to be in extreme poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic and countries will have to prepare for a "different economy" post-COVID by allowing capital, labour, skills and innovation to move into new businesses and sectors.
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Coronavirus Pandemic Pushed 37 Million Into Extreme Poverty: Gates Foundation
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed almost 37 million people into extreme poverty besides reversing the progress made in the health sector for past several decades, a report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Tuesday.
