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Balochistan - A resource rich area facing poverty, dismal growth rate, bad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Balochistan, a resource-rich province, has been experiencing a disappointing growth rate, widespread poverty, and bad governance.
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Haryana to provide Rs 5,000 to BPL families as Covid relief
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 11 (ANI): Haryana Government will provide Rs 5,000 to the families below the poverty line (BPL) in the state as their livelihood has been affected during the COVID pandemic, said State Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday.
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COVID-19: Haryana announces medical aid for BPL patients
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 6 (ANI): While reiterating his commitment that every needy has the first right on the government, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to give medical assistance to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families so that needy or poor persons do no
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Rising cases of child marriage cause concern in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Child marriage is the most horrifying among the many serious poverty-related issues plaguing Pakistan, experts said.
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Chhattisgarh HC directs state govt to fix reasonable ratio of allotment of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to fix a reasonable ratio of allotment of vaccines to the 'Antyodaya Group', persons belonging to 'below poverty line' and persons belonging to 'above poverty line', with reference to
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UN warns Myanmar on the brink of economic disaster due to coup, COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday warned Myanmar that it is on the brink of economic disaster due to the double shock of the military coup and COVID-19 pandemic.
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Andhra CM credits Rs 1048.94 crore under Jagananna Vasathi Deevena scheme
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): Asserting that poverty should not deprive a child from pursuing higher education, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday credited Rs 1048.94 crore into the accounts of mothers of 10,89,302 students under 'Jagananna V
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Fair climate policy could help reduce extreme poverty: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], April 27 (ANI): Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. If recent trends continue, the UN goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 will be clearly missed.
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Economic and resource crisis looms over Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 27 (ANI): Balochistan is losing the fight against poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment with every passing day and an economic and resource crisis is looming over it.
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3.4 mn people in Myanmar will suffer from hunger within 6 months, warns Wo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 23 (ANI): Within the next six months, 3.4 million people will go hungry, over and above the 2.8 million people considered to be food insecure in Myanmar before the military takeover, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
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Study reveals your neighbourhood may affect your brain health
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods -- areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities--had more brain shrinkage on brain scans and showed a faster decline on cognitive tests than people
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Spurt in suicide rate in Pakistani desert region linked to poverty driven
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): At least 143 people have taken their own lives in Thar desert's Tharparkar, Umerkot districts between 2016 to 2020. Extreme weather patterns are frequent threat, major cause of poverty pushing people to suicide in Pakistani desert region.
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