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Top headlines: 271 mn Indians out of poverty, Shiv Nadar retires & more

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According to a UN report, India has recorded the largest reduction in the number of people living in this category. Photo: Shutterstock

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India lifted 271 mn out of poverty between FY06-16, says UN report
About 273 million Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-6 and 2015-16. According to a UN report, India has recorded the largest reduction in the number of people living in this category. The data, released by UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), shows that 65 out of 75 countries studied significantly reduced their multidimensional poverty levels between 2000 and 2019. Read more.

HCL Tech Q1 profit up 31.7% at Rs 2,925 crore; Shiv Nadar retires
HCL Technologies on Friday posted 31.7