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Migrants suffering due to coronavirus pandemic, lockdown: Mayawati
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Friday stressed upon the plight of migrants during the coronavirus times and said they are reeling under poverty due to rampant unemployment in the state.
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Marcus Rashford set to become youngest recipient of honorary degree from U
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Manchester [UK], July 15 (ANI): Marcus Rashford is set to become the youngest ever recipient of an honorary degree from The University of Manchester, 'in recognition of his achievements as a footballer and as a passionate campaigner against child poverty', Manchester United announced on Wedn
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Centre is pro-industry, pro-development; we want to create more employment
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the Atmanirbhar Bharat web dialogue on Saturday said that India's government is pro-development and pro-industry and wants to create more employment potential and eradicate poverty.
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Afghan Presidential envoy for economic development dies from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): Special envoy to the Afghan president on economic development and poverty reduction, Yosuf Ghazanfar, has died from COVID-19, a presidential adviser told Sputnik on Saturday.
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More people pushed into poverty under Modi govt: Manish Tewari
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday slammed the Central government for allegedly pushing more people into poverty and also demanded the conduct of a fresh poverty survey in the country.
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COVID-19 may push millions of children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York/Geneva, June 12 (ANI): Millions of more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF
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Hope we move closer towards ending period poverty, breaking taboos: Akshay
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): On the Menstrual Hygiene Day, actor Akshay Kumar recalled working in the film 'PadMan' and said that he is glad that he worked on the taboo subject.
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Lockdown measures worsening poverty and vulnerabilities among informal eco
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 9 (ANI): The Covid-19 lockdown and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world's informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points in low-income countries, according to a new briefing paper issued by the International
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Govt is ready to gradually loosen curfew: Puducherry CM
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], April 30 (ANI): Puducherry Chief Minister Velu Narayanasamy on Wednesday said that it would not be possible to implement the entire curfew in Puducherry and the government is ready to gradually lift the restrictions.
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COVID-19 crisis a wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems: IL
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Governments together with social partners and other stakeholders should use the COVID-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen their social protection systems, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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Main aim to bring progress in rural India: Aahwahan Foundation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] April 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): Founded in year 2009, Aahwahan Foundation, a Non-Government Organization (NGO) aiming to bring equality in the society through its various measures focused on eradicating poverty, unemployment, women inequality and promoting girl's educa
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China earmarks $10 million from its ADB Trust Fund to address COVID-19 ch
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Apr 17 (ANI): China has earmarked 10 million dollars (about Rs 77 crore) in its poverty reduction and regional cooperation fund to support the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in assisting its developing member countries to address their novel coronavirus disease (COVID
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