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Starving, poverty-stricken family hospitalised in UP's Aligarh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI): A widow in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh who had lost her job due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown was admitted to a hospital along with her five children, after reportedly starving for days.
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GiveIndia to invest in scaling giving culture further with generous grant
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): In recognition of its mission of scaling the giving culture to alleviate poverty in India, Bangalore-based non profit GiveIndia has been awarded a generous grant by US author and philanthropist Mackenzie Scott. India's largest and most t
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K'taka announces Rs one lakh relief for BPL families that lost earning mem
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 15 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced Rs 1 lakh relief to each family under Below Poverty Line (BPL) which has lost an earning or adult member due to COVID-19.
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Chinese villagers facing widening income inequality despite modernisation
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 14 (ANI): Beijing's push to modernise rural areas of China claiming to improving lives and reducing poverty, Chinese villagers across the nation are facing an even wider gap in income inequality against their urban counterparts as an economic opportunity in the countrys
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Bilawal slams Imran Khan-led PTI's budget, calls for greater increase in s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lashed out at the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over issues of price hike, unemployment and poverty in the country and called for increased salaries.
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With high inflation, unemployment, Pakistan plans to take $16 billion fore
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): Having high unemployment, poverty and inflation, the Pakistan economy is under stress and the government plans to take nearly $16 billion gross foreign loans in the next fiscal year to meet the requirements of maturing external public debt and cover up the
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COVID-19 vaccination almost out of reach for poor people, refugees in Paki
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): In Pakistan, where nearly a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 has become very difficult for them as well as for the refugees who are residing in the country.
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COVID-19: NHRC directs Centre to take appropriate action within 8 weeks to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday quizzed the Secretaries of various Central Ministries including Home, Health and Family Welfare, and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, over the plight of millions of homeless people and street childr
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Chhattisgarh to provide free rice to BPL ration card holders for 5 months
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday announced free distribution of rice to all Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration card holders for five months from July to November.
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Slow jobs recovery, increased inequality risk long-term Covid-19 scarring:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The labour market crisis created by Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and employment growth will be insufficient to make up for the losses suffered until at least 2023, according to a new assessment by International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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Chinese Communist Party marks 100 years, claims credit for achieving Chine
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Taking credit for delivering the modernity and prosperity which Chinese people have dreamed of for over a century, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pulling out all the stops to celebrate 100th anniversary of the party.
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Aid organization Oxfam condemns US embargo on Cuba
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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