poverty

PM distributed house keys to slum dwellers in Kalkaji Mandir

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced that now some residents of Delhi's Jhuggi-Jhopdi clusters will…

2 years ago

51% of children in India facing ‘double threat of poverty and Climate Crisis: Study

Representative Image NEW DELHI: According to a recent survey, 51 per cent of children in India are experiencing the negative…

2 years ago

415 million people uplifted from poverty between 2005-06 to 2019-21: UNDP

NEW DELHI: According to the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the…

2 years ago

560 disasters expected around the world every year by 2030: UNDRR Report

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) recently published the Global Assessment Report 2022,…

3 years ago

COVID-19 remains top most worry of urban Indians: Survey

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Ipsos released its monthly survey on ‘What worries the world’ on February 25. Even as India…

3 years ago

Afghanistan on the brink of universal poverty: UNDP Report

Representative Image KABUL: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report on Thursday, September 9, saying that the poverty…

3 years ago

Extra efforts required to address global fragilities exposed by COVID: UN Secy General

Representative Image NEW YORK: Antonio Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations (UN), on Wednesday, September 16, urged for extra efforts to…

4 years ago

Poverty graph shoots up in Britain

Representative Image LONDON: The number of people living in poverty has gone up in Britain due to the coronavirus and…

5 years ago

India, Norway signs MoU to work together on SDGs

Representative Image NEW DELHI: India and Norway on January 8, 2019 agreed to closely collaborate on ocean economy and achieving…

6 years ago

Satellite can advance sustainable development by highlighting poverty

A technique to extrapolate poverty levels in rural settings using satellite data and imaging has proven to be very promising.…

6 years ago