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India, US have begun to move towards FTA, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that India is aiming to eliminate poverty in the next five years to ensure a good quality of life to every household of the country.
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Why India needs its version of the American Dream now than ever to uplift
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Feb 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): A new book titled 'The Self Made Indian Dream' by Vinodh Subramanian, founder of the Self Made Indian Movement, takes a look at the aspirations of the new Indian middle class, narrating how they achieve success, and move up in the social
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Naidu calls for long-term solutions to eradicate poverty
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called for finding long-term policy solutions to eradicate poverty rather than offering short-term waivers or freebies.
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JD(U) Rajiv Ranjan ask Rahul, Priyanka to declare rate of employment durin
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): JD(U) MLA Rajiv Ranjan on Wednesday took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi who had earlier questioned the BJP on the fall in employment rate, saying they need to first release a white paper on the employment rate, poverty and education during the 50
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Low-income people's health can be boosted with social equity investments i
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 3 (ANI): Canada needs to invest more to identify the exemption of the health care system being universal.
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Budget gives new hope that India will face headwinds with confidence, says
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Terming the Union Budget 2020-21 as "ambitious", Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that the Budget gives a new hope that the country will face the headwinds with confidence and will march ahead.
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Experiencing violence and adversity at early age can affect the brain
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): A research study has shown that childhood adversity is a significant problem in the US, especially for children growing up in poverty. Those who face poverty have a much higher risk of being exposed to violence and suffering from a lack of social support,
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Students should be encouraged to be job creators rather than job seekers:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said that students must be encouraged to emerge as job creators rather than job seekers and research and innovation hold the key to lifting people out of poverty, ensuring their health and well-being.
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Kerala: Welfare committee to hear case of women who surrendered children d
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) will hold a hearing on December 18 in the case pertaining to a woman, who had handed over her six children to a government-run care home due to extreme poverty and abuses from an alcoholic husband.
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Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflow turn up in dhoti, saree to receive Economi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 11 (ANI): Indian American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped million
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Shiv Sena lashes at Modi govt over rising onion prices, state of economy
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Shiv Sena on Tuesday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre over the spike in the onion prices and the state of the Indian economy.
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'MoHUA statement on Anaj Mandi Fire contains factual inaccuracies, motivat
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The Office of the Delhi's Urban Development Minister, Satyendar Jain on Monday rebutted the statement from Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUA) regarding the Anaj Mandi fire, saying that statement contains "factual inaccuracies and motivat
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