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Film Baazar announces its 10 recommended films for IFFI
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The long-awaited Film Baazar Recommended films for the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) list has been released. According to the Press Information Bureau release this year's selection includes fiction, docu-shorts, documentaries, a horror film, and even an animated feature th
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Telangana: KTR accuses Congress of using minorities as 'vote bank'
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
BRS Working President and Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday accused the Congress of using minority communities as a Vote bank the result of which, he said, is that they are still living in poverty.
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Half of Afghanistan's population currently lives below poverty line: World
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
World Bank's top economists have said that half of Afghanistan's population currently lives below the poverty line, TOLO News reported.
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"I don't have to read in books what poverty is": PM Modi reiterates free-r
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, while addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni, reiterated his declaration on the government's decision to extend the free ration scheme for the poor for five years.
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Half of all Afghan population living in poverty:World Bank
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In its latest monthly report known as the "Afghanistan Economic Monitor," the World Bank has noted that half of all Afghans are living in poverty, as reported by Tolo News on Thursday.
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H&M Foundation : Shifting the narrative to transform systems
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], November 1: Communication plays a huge role in painting a vision of what a reinvented textile industry could look like, and inspiring stories can help motivate this shift. The power of perception can be a key enabler in reducing poverty, improving education and fighting i
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Pakistan: Amid slump in economy, petroleum division notifies huge hike in
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A significant increase in petrol prices has been announced by the federal government, which will go into effect from November 1.
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Climate change may push up to 158.3 million more women and girls into pove
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
If unchecked, climate change will significantly increase women's vulnerability to poverty and hunger, undermining hard-won development gains, according to a UN report.
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“Your dream is my resolution…”: PM Modi lays thrust on welfare schemes rea
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a gathering at the 125th founder's day of 'The Scindia School' in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior emphasized his focus on saturation of welfare schemes reaching all beneficiaries.
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Poverty surges across Pakistan with spike in food, energy prices: World Ba
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the Macro Poverty Outlook, which was prepared for the recent annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Marrakesh, Morocco, prolonged and high inflation in food and energy prices, combined with a lack of substantial economic growth, could lead to social upheaval and negatively
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Climate change may push up to 158.3 million more women, girls into poverty
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
If unchecked, climate change will significantly increase women's vulnerability to poverty and hunger, undermining hard-won development gains, according to a UN report.
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40 per cent below poverty line under double-engine government: Bhupesh Bag
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"I would like to tell Amit Shah that when there was a double-engine government, as per RBI's 2018 report 40 per cent of the population was below poverty line. Today, NITI Aayog report says that 40 lakh people have risen above the poverty line...," Baghel said.
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