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More than a third of Pak population unable to get proper food due to pover
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): At least 37 per cent population of Pakistan is suffering from malnutrition, said chairperson of the women parliamentarian forum in the Balochistan Assembly Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi, adding that this ratio rises to nearly 50 per cent in Balochistan.
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SP will work with Gondwana Gantantra Party to oust BJP from power, says Ak
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 5 (ANI): Ahead of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said that his party will work with Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) to remove Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power and alleged that BJP has always spr
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No irregularity, Auditor General report 'misconstrued,' says Pak's Benazir
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): The office of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), a Pakistan federal cash transfer poverty reduction programme in Pakistan, has said that that "no irregularity" was committed during disbursements in relation to Ehsaas Emergency Cas" and the conte
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Food insecurity increases Pakistan's woes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad, [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Pakistan has failed to lift itself out of poverty with the Global Hunger Index (GHI) ranking it 92nd out of 116 nations and with a score of 24.7. The country's level of hunger is categorised as 'serious'.
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Afghan economic problems will be solved if central bank's assets are relea
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 27 (ANI): As Afghanistan facing a severe financial crisis, Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund on Friday said that problems including poverty and economic crisis existed even before the Taliban seized control of Kabul.
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Pakistan PM's adviser downplays incidence of poverty
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad,{Pakistan }: November 27, (ANI): Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin downplayed on Friday the incidence of poverty in Pakistan while insisting that its rate has gone down recently.
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Shimla tops in NITI Aayog progress index for meeting sustainable developme
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Shimla has topped the NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) index that ranks 56 urban areas on progress towards meeting SDG indicators related to ending poverty, zero hunger, good health and well being, quality education, gender equality amo
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At UNSC open debate, India commits to intl obligations on illicit arms tra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 23 (ANI): India on Monday (local time), during an open debate at UN Security Council (UNSC), committed to implementing its international obligations regarding illicit trade in small arms.
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India votes in favour of UN resolution to eradicate rural poverty
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 23 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) voted in favour of a UN resolution to eradicate rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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China made dubious claims of victory in its 'war on poverty': USCC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) in its newly released report has said that China made dubious claims of victory in its "war on poverty" and stressed that it has been one of the central themes of the centennial propaganda campaign of
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First consignment of Russian humanitarian aid lands in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18 (ANI): The first Russian consignment of humanitarian aid arrived in Kabul on Thursday.
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Nearly 40 million Afghans may fall into 'extreme poverty' by mid 2022: UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 18 (ANI): Raising concern over the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN Migration Agency said that Afghanistan may fall into "extreme poverty" by mid-2022 if no action is taken immediately to address the simultaneous humanitarian, economic and political c
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