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Cyclone Ditwah inundates 1.1 million hectares in Sri Lanka; 2.3 million pe
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Cyclone Ditwah has caused one of the largest flood events in Sri Lanka's recent history, submerging 1.1 million hectares, roughly 20 per cent of the country's land mass, and directly exposing 2.3 million people to cyclone-driven flooding, according the United Nations Development Programme (U
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UN demands Afghanistan to lift "all bans on women", restore rights
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"UNDP also reminds us of the critical need to lift all bans on women, including restoring women's ability to work and to move outside the home as part of humanitarian and recovery operations. Not to mention the right of girls to go to school," Dujarric stated.
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UNDP report indicates worsening economic insecurity in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The UNDP report, released on January 18, revealed that 69 per cent of Afghanistan's population faces a shortage of necessities, including healthcare, essential goods, suitable living conditions, and vital job opportunities.
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UNDP points towards worsening economic insecurity in Afghanistan under Tal
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The UNDP report released on Sunday reveals that 69 per cent of Afghanistan's population faces a shortage of necessities, including healthcare, essential goods, suitable living conditions, and vital job opportunities.
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Over 6 million internally displaced people in Afghanistan, says UNDP repor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in a report said that Afghanistan currently has a staggering 6.55 million Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs), making Afghanistan with the second highest tally across the world after Syria, reported TOLO News.
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Hamara Samarpan Trust's Young Volunteer Pledges To End Poverty by 2030 by
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI/GPRC): India is a land of dichotomies. In the year 2022, on one hand, according to the Fortune India's list of 'India's Richest', the collective wealth of 142 billionaires in India is a whopping USD 832 billion. On the other hand, recognizing India's "grea
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Centre in "denial mode" of India's poverty, hunger issues: Chidambaram
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government is in "denial mode" vis-a-vis challenge of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, which he claimed was more evident when it rejected
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Pakistan drops seven spots to 161st rank in Human Development Index
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): Pakistan has dropped seven spots to 161 out of 192 countries in the latest human development rankings released on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Pak's South Punjab region most deprived in the province: UNDP report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 9 (ANI): Pakistan's South Punjab is the most deprived region of Punjab Province, in terms of basic facilities, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in a new report.
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In Imran Khan's Pakistan, military is the de facto ruler
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Imran Khan once targeted the armed forces for its anti-democratic political interventions when he was deeply involved in a lawyer's movement that aimed to end Pakistan's military dictatorship, but now his elected government is effectively run by ex-soldier
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UN warns Myanmar on the brink of economic disaster due to coup, COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday warned Myanmar that it is on the brink of economic disaster due to the double shock of the military coup and COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pak using 'clear ambiguity' in Indus Water Treaty to not settle
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 2 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said in a report that Pakistan is using the 'clear ambiguity' in Indus Water Treaty, 1960, to not settle its water disputes, and added that its negligence in conducting a sound analysis of trans
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