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Millennium Alliance supports Katha initiative 300M with goal of universal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI-NewsVoir): India has approximately 150 million children in primary education, nearly half of which are unable to read well. According to a UNESCO report of September 2016, "India will be half a century late in achieving universal education goals." In
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Shouldn't think of 'expenses' when taking care of cows: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): Following his suggestion that the Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders should be mandated to rear at least one cow each, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Murlidhar Patidar on Monday said that to rear a cow, one needs to have serving nature than
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BJP MLA's cow remark meant to bolster communal activities: CPM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Murlidhar Patidar reportedly said that Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders must rear at least one cow each and if they fail to do so, they should be barred from BPL facilities, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
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The poorer a child is, the more disruptive is his behaviour
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 20 (ANI): Children experiencing poverty suffer greater behavioural problems, according to a recent study.
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President Mukherjee to distribute LPG connections to 2.5 crore BPL familie
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): History is set to be created when President Pranab Mukherjee will distribute 2.5 crore LPG gas connections to Below Poverty Line (BPL) beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme in West Bengal on July 15.
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India, Bangladesh should fight terrorism, poverty together: Assam CM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 3 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said that India and Bangladesh should be united in their fight against poverty and terrorism and must seek to eradicate it as early as possible.
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70 pct of Pakistan an ideal breeding ground for Jihadis, say Pak Govt. sta
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Poverty statistics of Pakistan for fiscal 2014-15 appear to suggest that at least seventy (70) percent of the country acts as an ideal breeding ground for militants and jihadis.
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Indian youth selected to represent the nation at United Nations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): The UN Summit of 2015 was indeed a historic one; the world leaders adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, the goals didn't come into force until 2016. With the aim of ac
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UP Govt. announces free electricity for BPL families
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Shrikant Sharma on Thursday said that under the 'Power For All' scheme all the urban Below Poverty Line (BPL) families would get free electricity connection.
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Hyderabad garage owner makes two-wheeler ambulance for poor
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] June 13 (ANI): There are many who cannot afford an ambulance service due to poverty and lately we have seen people carrying dead bodies on their shoulders, walking for kilometers.
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Lalu's BPL servant gifted plot to Rabri Devi: Sushil Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday alleged that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's servant "gifted" two plots of land in Patna to Lalu's wife Rabri Devi and daughter Hema Yadav while t
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Employment generated 155 percent more in 2016-17: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu chaired the third Governing Council meeting of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) here today, to deliberate upon the steps to further strengthen the
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