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Aid organization Oxfam condemns US embargo on Cuba
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], May 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The US embargo against Cuba affects the rights of women, adolescents and girls, Oxfam, a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on global poverty alleviation, said Tuesday.
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Faizal, the activist who focuses on charity activities, poverty alleviatio
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI/ThePRTree): It was his life as an expatriate that inspired him to do social work when he came back to India in 2004. Since then Faizal has been a familiar face in circles that intend and inspire to work for others and help the needy.
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Economic Survey: India must focus on economic growth to alleviate poverty
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): In order to lift the poor out of poverty, India must continue to focus on economic growth, stated the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday.
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'MoHUA statement on Anaj Mandi Fire contains factual inaccuracies, motivat
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The Office of the Delhi's Urban Development Minister, Satyendar Jain on Monday rebutted the statement from Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUA) regarding the Anaj Mandi fire, saying that statement contains "factual inaccuracies and motivat
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India will lead world in combating challenges of poverty, terrorism and cl
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday spoke on India's initiatives on combating environment challenges along with fulfilling the growing needs of the population, saying, "One must have a very delicate balance between the environment a
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Muraleedharan meets Fiji minister, discusses ways of boosting bilateral ti
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan met Fiji's Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Veena Bhatnagar here on Tuesday and discussed measures for giving a thrust to bilateral relations.
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PM congratulates Abhijit Banerjee for Nobel Prize, lauds his contributions
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian-origin economist and academic Prof Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and said that he has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation.
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Centre taking steps to confer ownership rights to residents of unauthorise
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The central government is taking steps to confer ownership rights to the residents of unauthorised colonies (UCs) in Delhi, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation said on Tuesday.
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Healthcare a critical area in need of improvement: NITI Aayog
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Despite India's rapid economic growth and successful poverty alleviation in the past decade, healthcare remains a critical area that needs improvement, according to a report by government think-tank NITI Aayog.
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Poverty alleviation in Pak amongst 15 MoUs signed with China
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 3 (ANI): Pakistan and China on Saturday signed 15 agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) for cooperation in various.
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PM Modi's Philippines visit to focus on terrorism, poverty alleviation: In
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], November 12 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Philippines Jaideep Mazumdar on Sunday said that several bilateral issues, including terrorism, and poverty alleviation, would be discussed and various agreements would be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here.
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Employment generated 155 percent more in 2016-17: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu chaired the third Governing Council meeting of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) here today, to deliberate upon the steps to further strengthen the
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