From hunger to obesity: Developing world faces growing threat to child healthChildhood obesity is rapidly increasing in developing nations, creating a significant health challenge. This epidemic is now outpacing unde...
03 Sep, 2026, 07.05 AM IST
Independence Day 2026: 79 years of an India on the rise as its households dream biggerIndependence Day 2026: Today's Indian consumers are transforming their financial habits, with a declining focus on food expenditure within ...
15 Aug, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
Independence Day 2026: President Murmu’s address has a warning for terrorists & their backers, a big economic message and a vision for India’s defencePresident Droupadi Murmu address: President Murmu highlighted India's development journey and the Viksit Bharat vision for 2047. She spoke ...
14 Aug, 2026, 07.38 PM IST
Parliamentary panel recommends mandatory kidney tests for all aged 20 yrs and above every 6 monthsA parliamentary committee proposes mandatory kidney function tests for adults aged twenty and above. High-risk individuals will undergo ann...
11 Aug, 2026, 08.32 PM IST
Independence Day 2026: 79 years of work, ambition and the making of modern India2026 Independence Day of India: The country's job market transformed from government security to private paychecks and now relies on acquir...
11 Aug, 2026, 07.33 PM IST
History will indeed remember Manmohan Singh kindly as most consequential PM: Sonia GandhiCongress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday defended former prime minister Manmohan Singh after the Supreme Court cleared him in the coal block...
11 Aug, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
'Pakistan mein haalat bahut kharab hain': Lahore migrant in Kabul says he earns more in Afghanistan. Watch viral videoA video showing Pakistani migrants working in Kabul has gone viral after workers said they earn more in Afghanistan than they could back ho...
10 Aug, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
India’s poverty levels continue to fall as SBI projects 4.6% rate for 2024A State Bank of India report estimates India's poverty rate to decline to 4.6% in 2024, a significant drop from the World Bank's 5.3% estim...
10 Jun, 2025, 12.04 PM IST
Extreme poverty in India down to 5.3% in 2022-23: World BankIndia witnessed a significant decline in extreme poverty, dropping from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% recently, even with the World Bank's revis...
07 Jun, 2025, 05.17 PM IST
India’s poverty rate declined to 4.5-5% in 2022-23: SBI ResearchIndia's poverty rate declined to 4.5-5% in 2022-23, with rural poverty declining to 7.2% and urban poverty down to 4.6%. This decline is at...
27 Feb, 2024, 09.49 AM IST
Extreme poverty in India declined by 12 percentage points between 2011-2019: World BankThe extreme poverty count fell from 22.5% in 2011 to 10.2% in 2019 and the decline in rural areas was much higher than in urban areas, esti...
18 Apr, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
The income roulette: What does India earn?When the top-few grow at an accelerated rate that the bottom-most cannot match, all growth and progress are bound to be skewed. Such a sign...
02 Mar, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
India's poverty rate lowest among nations with poor population: World BankAccording to report, the number of people living in extreme poverty around the world is likely to fall to under 10% of global population in...
05 Oct, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
- 23% poverty target unrealistic for 2015
India's poverty rates fell from 51% to 37% between 1990 and 2008. But it will still not reach the required Poverty Headcount Ratio of 23.9%...
03 Jul, 2012, 08.50 AM IST
- India's poverty will fall from 51% to 22% by 2015: UN report
As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years.
08 Jul, 2011, 09.08 PM IST
- India's poverty will fall from 51% to 22% by 2015: UN report
As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years, while India's poverty ...
08 Jul, 2011, 08.29 PM IST
- 320 mn people in India, China to come out of poverty by'15: UN
As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years.
08 Jul, 2011, 07.36 PM IST