[ad_1] Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterGetty ImagesThe closing credits of 2021's No Time To Die, the most recent film in the 007 series, ended with a familiar message: "James Bond will return."But for the last few years,…
Study finds children in urban slums suffering from…
[ad_1] A recently-published study to estimate “child food poverty” among children aged between 2 and 5 in urban slums found that they lacked adequate nutrition in energy and protein. Most children in urban slums were…
Conflict, poverty, climate change fuel Nigeria’s worsening malnutrition…
[ad_1] Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, and one of its largest oil producers. Yet, the northern states of the country are in the grip of an acute malnutrition crisis. Over 600 children have…
Homeless Tamil woman gets land under poverty eradication…
[ad_1] The State government has provided land to Pichammal, a Tamil Nadu native who has been making a living by collecting and selling scraps near Manjeri, as part of its extreme poverty alleviation programme.Revenue Minister…
No country with 28% poverty can claim to…
[ad_1] Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto No country that has a poverty rate of 28.1%, as India did in 2022 according to the World Bank, can make a “justifiable” claim to being one…
World Bank: India ranks 4th in income equality,…
[ad_1] India has become one of the most equal societies in the world, ranking fourth globally in income equality with a Gini Index of 25.5, according to the latest World Bank data.India stands next only…
Congress slams Modi government after World Bank said…
[ad_1] Congress leader Pawan Khera. File | Photo Credit: PTI “The Modi government is celebrating a drop in extreme poverty to 5.3% but this is based on a poverty line of $3 per day which…
Big progress on poverty reduction! India’s poverty rate…
[ad_1] India has achieved substantial success in diminishing poverty rates. (AI image) India’s poverty rate is expected to come down further to 4.6 per cent in 2024, according to a State Bank of India (SBI)…
Despite West Bengal raising threshold, India achieves big…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's extreme poverty rate has fallen sharply over the past decade after the World Bank updated its international poverty line definition and included updated data in its June upgrade of the methodology.Based…