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Scientists suggest early Indian monsoon forecasts could benefit farmers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Farmers in India should be provided with early forecasts of expected variations in the monsoon season in order to reduce crop losses, said a team of scientists.
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Tunisians protest against poverty, police brutality
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Tunisians took to the streets of the country's capital on Saturday to protest against poverty and police brutality, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Economic Survey: India must focus on economic growth to alleviate poverty
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): In order to lift the poor out of poverty, India must continue to focus on economic growth, stated the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday.
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Santo donates £250,000 to help fight poverty amid COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Wolverhampton [UK], January 29 (ANI): Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has donated £250,000 in an initiative, Feed Our Pack, which aims to help reduce the effects of food poverty and support residents of Wolverhampton who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Mega-rich recoup Covid-losses in record-time, but billions in poverty: Oxf
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], January 25 (ANI): The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their Covid-19 losses within just nine months but it could take more than a decade for the world's poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, shows a new Oxfam report released on Monday.
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How will India be in 2030 - a new book charts the course
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): India wants to be the third-largest economy in the world by the end of this decade, raise Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education to 50 per cent, end extreme poverty and produce 450 GW of renewable energy. The Narendra Modi government has undertaken
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J&K Police organises COVID-19 awareness camp, distributes safety kits
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 23 (ANI): The Srinagar district police on Friday organised a COVID-19 awareness camp where coronavirus protection kits were distributed among below poverty line (BPL) families under the Civic Action Program 2020-21.
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PDM seeks democracy, never asked for relief through NRO, says Bilawal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thatta [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): Refuting Prime Minister Imran Khan's allegations that Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was formed "only to seek National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)", Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that the PDM's aim is to
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At Indore's 'Wall of Education', poor, needy students pick up donated book
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 31 (ANI): The phrase putting up a wall often means encountering a roadblock. This is not the case in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, where two walls have come up as part of a good Samaritan initiative to help the poor.
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J-K Police distributes COVID-19 kits to families below poverty line in Bar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 28 (ANI): In an effort to help people Below the Poverty Line battle fight the Covid-19 virus, the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla distributed safety kits to underprivileged families in the district's Uri area.
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Gadkari inaugurates 'Hunar Haat' in Rampur
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Nitin Gadkari on Friday inaugurated 'Hunar Haat' in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district through video-conferencing.
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77 pc Pakistanis believe country heading towards wrong direction: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 16 (ANI): Four out of every five persons in Pakistan view that the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to the latest survey by research company IPSOS.
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