poverty

India’s poverty alleviation schemes have helped lift over 415 million Indians from poverty. (Image: Shutterstock/Representative)The UN Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) showed that India is among the 25 nations who have halved the…

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UNITED NATIONS: The goals the world set to ease extreme poverty, improve access to drinking water and take steps toward sustainable development for all humanity are "in peril", the United Nations has said in a report published on Monday…

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Beauty salons are one of the last safe havens for women in Afghanistan, but they too are about to disappear. The Taliban is outlawing salons across the country, ordering them to close in one month, putting thousands of women out of…

When a blanket of oppressive heat smothered B.C. in late June of 2021, Q Lawrence and their roommate began sleeping in the coolest place they could find — the kitchen floor.Temperatures in their Fraser Valley community of Chilliwack soared…

NEW YORK: Ajay Banga, the president of the World Bank, has been named by a prestigious philanthropic organisation to its annual 'Great Immigrants' list of honourees who have enriched and strengthened America and its democracy through their…

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that growing up in poverty may influence the wiring of a child's brain. The study, published June 27 in JAMA Network Open, indicates a link between both…

Participants at the Paris summit on finance and climate stopped short of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping. Issued on: 23/06/2023 - 17:05Modified:…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis met Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (Jun 21) and discussed a range of common concerns including peace, poverty, inequality and the environment, the Vatican said. Although the Vatican…