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India pulled 415 million people out of poverty in 15 years: UN

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the......

India records largest reduction in poverty in 10 yrs, says UN report

About 273 million Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-6 and 2015-16, according to a United Nations report, which noted that India has recorded the largest reduction in the......

How the Fauji Foundation has ruined Pakistan

'Its internal economic rot and corrupt political elite have made the resurgent supremacy of the military establishment more invincible,' says Sunil Sethi. 'He has turned war into a national......

Indian NGOs receive UN award for fight against HIV

Three Indian organisations are among the 25 agencies chosen by the United Nations -- from across the globe -- to receive the Red Ribbon Awards for outstanding community leadership and action in the......

Pakistan may put up Munir Akram to thwart Tharoor

In an effort to stall the candidature of Shashi Tharoor, India's nominee for the post of United Nations Secretary General, Pakistan is likely to field Ambassador Munir Akram, currently its......

Cash for work - Asia's answer to crises

Policy makers in Asia are looking at social protection measures to provide relief, writes Ajay Chhibber. Mongolian herders and rural Indians, two seemingly disparate peoples, could provide valuable......

Financial crisis could push 21 mn into poverty

The still lingering global financial turmoil could push as many as 21 million more people into extreme poverty in the Asia-Pacific region, a joint report by the United Nations and Asian Development......

Indian is UNDP A-Pac bureau chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ajay Chhibber of India as United Nations Development Programme's assistant secretary-general, assistant administrator and director of its Regional......

Japan may get a taste of Melghat Chakli

Melghat, a backward region in Vidarbha better known for its malnutrition deaths, may soon be exporting food products to Japanese restaurant. Sitar, a chain of restaurants serving Indian food in......

The making of new IITs

The Indian Institutes of Technology are in the news again. Earlier this month, newspaper reports revealed the names of seven short-listed colleges to be converted into IITs, as per the S K Joshi......

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India pulled 415 million people out of poverty in 15 years: UN

India records largest reduction in poverty in 10 yrs, says UN report

How the Fauji Foundation has ruined Pakistan

Indian NGOs receive UN award for fight against HIV

Pakistan may put up Munir Akram to thwart Tharoor

Cash for work - Asia's answer to crises

Financial crisis could push 21 mn into poverty

Indian is UNDP A-Pac bureau chief

Japan may get a taste of Melghat Chakli

The making of new IITs

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