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Tackling income inequality could boost low-income children's vocabulary, n
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): While parenting deficiencies have long been blamed for the word gap, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, implicates the economic context in which parenting takes place- in other words, the wealth gap.
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IDFC FIRST Bank launches Employee-funded customer COVID relief Ghar Ghar R
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): IDFC FIRST Bank has announced the launch of "Ghar Ghar Ration" Program, an Employee-funded program for its low-income customers whose livelihoods are affected by COVID-19.
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US to purchase, donate 500 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low-inco
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): In a major move, US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the country will purchase and donate half a billion Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low-income countries and the African Union (AU).
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UN urges G7 to ensure COVID-19 vaccine access across low-income countries
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and equal access to coronavirus vaccines, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (OHCR) said on We
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Imran Khan-govt will economically burden Pakistan's low-income class: Bila
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan intends to push the country's burden on to its low-income class group in the upcoming 2021 budget.
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Study finds educational intervention improves student learning
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 23 (ANI): Students exposed to Photovoice, an educational intervention, experienced greater improvements in STEM-capacity scores and environmental awareness scores compared to a group of youth who were not exposed to the activity, according to a study of low-income, urban
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EU to donate 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low, mid-income countri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Europe aims at donating at least 100 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus to low and middle-income countries by the end of the year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday.
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Virtual program might help kids get ready for kindergarten
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): With pandemic lockdowns still in place last summer, The Ohio State University couldn't host its in-person Summer Success Program to help preschoolers from low-income families prepare for kindergarten.
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Educational intervention enhances student learning: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): In a study of low-income, urban youth in the US, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that students exposed to Photovoice, an educational intervention, experienced greater improvements in STEM-capacity scores and environmenta
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Systemic inequalities driving exposure to high indoor air pollution in Lon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): According to a report by UCL researchers, systemic inequalities mean that low-income households in London are more likely to be exposed to higher levels of indoor air pollution.
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Women with gynecologic cancer, low income report increased anxiety during
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): A recent study provides insights on the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on employment, anxiety and financial distress among women who have gynecologic cancer and low income.
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ADB, Habitat for Humanity to support housing microloans for India's vulner
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 19 ((ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has teamed with Habitat for Humanity International to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) deliver housing loans to low-income families in rural and peri-urban areas of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippi
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