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Poverty linked to higher risk of Covid-19 death, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): People in Scotland's poorest areas are more likely to be affected by severe Covid-19 - and to die from the disease - than those in more affluent districts, according to a study of critical care units.
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Focus on lifting India's smallholder farmers out of poverty at webinar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): East-West Seed, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Embassy of the Netherlands in India jointly organised a webinar on Friday titled 'How to lift India's smallholder farmers out of poverty' with three distinguished Worl
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Uttarakhand to provide water connection at Rs 100 to urban poor
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 10 (ANI): Uttarakhand government has decided to provide new water connections for Rs 100 to the urban poor.
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Over 2 million UK families likely to plunge into poverty amid COVID-19 cri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Over one million UK families comprising 2.4 million people experienced destitution in 2019, but the number is expected to double, as the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the United Kingdom's economy into its deepest recession since recording began, a study
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Farmers lend support to farm laws, urge Agriculture Min Tomar not to repea
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Several farmers groups met agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday and pledged their support for the centre's agriculture laws. The delegation of 20 people, most of whom were from Haryana, spoke how these laws will bring farmers out of the vic
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PTI government has become nightmare for poor, says Jamaat-e-Islami chief
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has become a nightmare for the poverty-ridden people, said Jamaat-e-Islami emir Senator Sirajul Haq.
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PoK activist Amjad Mirza slams Imran Khan after man throws his 5 children
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 7 (ANI): Amjad Ayub Mirza, an exiled activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, made a veiled attack at Prime Minister Imran Khan after a Lahore citizen threw his five kids into a canal due to poverty and hunger.
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Pakistan: Poverty drives father to throw his five children into canal
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): A father facing acute financial problems threw his five children into the Jamber canal in Pattoki on Sunday, causing the death of two children while other three went missing.
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Puducherry LG approves deposit of Rs 2200 each into BPL families accounts
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], December 5 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi has given the approval to deposit Rs 2,200 each into the bank accounts of 1.75 lakh BPL families.
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Scotland becomes first country to provide free menstrual products
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], November 25 (ANI): Scotland became the first country in the world to provide free menstrual products as part of a global movement against period poverty on Wednesday.
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CM Nitish Kumar won't speak on real issues like inflation, corruption: Tej
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that by commenting on my family, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is targeting Prime Minister Modi and moreover he can only indulge in abusing me but he won't speak on the real issues like
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Nitish couldn't eradicate poverty, set up industries in 15 years, what wil
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Rohtas (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar on Monday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said when the present CM could not provide employment and set up industries in last 15 years what would he do in the next five year
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