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On IMF demands, Pakistan raises tax rates for salaried class
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Owing to the demand of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) withdrawing relief given on June 10, Shehbaz Sharif government on Friday increased the tax rates for the salaried class.
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Daughters of 3 labourers win medals, steal hearts at Khelo India Youth Gam
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
These three girls from Andhra Rajitha, Pallavi and Sireesha are champions in the truest sense. Each of them comes from a heart-wrenchingly poor background. Despite all the odds they are bringing glory to their state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Defying odds Jharkhand boys make it to KIYG hockey semis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Defying odds Jharkhand boys have made it to KIYG hockey semis. Jharkhand are now poised to create history in the Khelo India Youth Games.
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Sindh province has highest suicide rates in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh province is a nightmare for Scheduled Castes with the highest suicide rates in the country.
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Minor mother held for strangling her two-month-old baby in Indore
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): A minor, who was a rape victim in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, killed her two-month-old baby after she failed to look after the child due to poverty, said a police official.
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Fighting poverty, protecting environment can work together: German policy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], June 2 (ANI): On the occasion of the Stockholm+50 summit which is starting Thursday, a report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) for the German Environment Ministry shows that a decent living for all people and better protection of nature and clima
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RCF steps up to drive CFTI's 'Tailoring Skill Development Unit' initiative
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 30 (ANI/TPT): Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. and CFTI and are working in tandem to drive a campaign that focuses on training women in rural areas to become proficient in the art of tailoring.
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Dhami slams Congress over failure to remove poverty
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], May 29 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday slammed the Congress party and alleged that despite ruling the country for "55 years", it could not remove poverty from the country.
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More than half of Afghanistan's population dependent on humanitarian assis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the Taliban seized power in August last year as poverty and unemployment are at an all-time high and families in Kabul are forced to move to the streets.
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Need more focus on livelihood, poverty, inequality: PM's Principal Secy P
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia], May 23 (ANI): PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday underlined the five main points that must underpin the practice of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery.
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Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes, Coldplay sign Global Citizen letter calling f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Renowned musicians have partnered with the international advocacy organisation Global Citizen to urge leaders to take action against poverty and climate change.
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Urbanization must for India's quantum economic growth: Amitabh Kant
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): The real growth in India can only happen through urbanization which is a must for quantum economic jump and poverty reduction in the country, Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog said today during an interactive session around a range of policy issues, orga
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