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Covid pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN report

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organization and World Bank

Covid-19 rolling back progress made for kids in last 75 yrs: Unicef

The Covid-19 pandemic is the biggest threat for children as it is rolling back progress on key challenges such as poverty, health and access to education, the Unicef said in a new report

India faces 'extreme pain', aspirations dashed: economist Abhijit Banerjee

The Nobel laureate was sharing his observations from a recent visit to West Bengal.

Blame game begins as J'khand among poorest states in Niti Aayog report

Hitting out at the Hemant Soren government, the BJP said the dispensation did not implement the central schemes properly as it was busy with transfers and postings

China made dubious claims of victory in its 'war on poverty': USCC

The USCC is a bipartisan commission created by Congress to monitor and report on trade, economic, and defence issues in the US-China relationship

UN responds to Musk on how his wealth could address world hunger

The head of UN's food-assistance branch WFP David Beasley has laid out the plan as to how this amount could prevent 42 million people across 43 countries from starving

Dip in India's rank in Global Hunger Index 2021 'shocking', says govt

The Centre on Friday said it was shocking that India's rank was lowered on the Global Hunger Index, terming the methodology used for rankings "unscientific". India slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th. It is now behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Reacting sharply to the report, the Women and Child Development Ministry said it is "shocking" to find that the Global Hunger Report 2021 has lowered the rank of India on the basis of FAO estimate on proportion of undernourished population which is found to be "devoid of ground reality and facts and suffers from serious methodological issues". "The publishing agencies of the Global Hunger Report, Concern Worldwide and Welt Hungerhilfe, have not done their due diligence before releasing the report," the ministry said in a statement. The methodology used by FAO is "unscientific", the ministry claimed.

Festival cheer and beyond: Admirable sangfroid in the face of negative news

The government's recent spate of programmes should be expected to generate some momentum, but the macro-economic numbers are not encouraging, notes T N Ninan

Need bold leadership to end child labour, poverty, says Kailash Satyarthi

The Nobel laureate said that $52 bn can provide social protection for every child and every pregnant woman in low income countries

UN faces $100-trn shortfall in fight against climate change, inequality

Adding the costs of financing the global transition to a low-carbon economy to limit global warming, and total funding out to 2050 comes in at $200-$220 trillion

Afghanistan on brink of universal poverty, urgent efforts needed: UN

Adds Taliban response to Afghan protests becoming very violent

60% domestic workers not paid in lockdown, faced poverty, debt: Report

The 2020 lockdown and the partial state shutdowns have hurt millions of informal workers in India, with female workers bearing the brunt of the crisis

China a 'role model' for developing countries to address poverty: PaK PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan described China as a "role model" for the developing countries to address poverty, saying Beijing's high economic growth has brought 800 million people out of penury

Covid-19 pushes 80 million people in Asia into extreme poverty: ADB

Covid-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without Covid, ADB said

Democrats outline $3.5-trillion antipoverty, climate blueprint

The budget blueprint is expected to be voted on this week in the Senate soon after final passage of Biden's bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure package

Kerala CM says extreme poverty to be eradicated in 5 yrs; hails SC verdict

Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday hailed the recent SC verdict that begging could not be banned until poverty is eradicated and said his govt aims to put an end to it in the state in the next five years

Covid undoes gains India made after supercharging economy 30 years ago

Many Indians who had clawed their way out of poverty face grim job prospects and carry heavy debt loads.

Poverty in Pakistan rises to over 5% in 2020, estimates World Bank

The World Bank has estimated that poverty in Pakistan has increased from 4.4 per cent to 5.4 per cent in 2020, as over two million people have fallen below the poverty line

Why the poor are leaning right

How support for left and right-leaning parties is changing in social composition

Parents lost to Covid-19, young lives fall vulnerable to exploitation

The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis for the most vulnerable sections, and children who have lost a parent or have been orphaned are among the worst hit