A doctor shared the story of a BMW-driving professional earning ₹40 lakh annually who feels poor, highlighting how shifting lifestyles and ...

India's priority sector lending has aided financial inclusion for decades. However, a recent report suggests that simply increasing directe...

Niti Aayog proposes government action to boost skilled Indian worker mobility abroad. Key recommendations include formalizing contracts and...

Indian philanthropy is increasingly extending its grassroots development models to Africa, adapting localized interventions to address shar...

Kerala Exit Poll 2026: Exit polls suggest the Congress-led UDF could unseat Kerala's ruling LDF after a decade in opposition, with projecti...

India's economic growth is increasingly driven by disciplined MSMEs, not just startups. Stanford Seed's Harish Arnezath highlights that fou...

Four candidates are vying to become the next United Nations Secretary-General. This selection process unfolds in a world marked by deep div...

An American picking up Malayalam. A Korean calling himself Bihari. A Kiwi showing the nooks of India. Foreign influencers are using Indian ...

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, rose to global prominence at the 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions, introducing Vedanta ...

India must confront the impact of AI on jobs due to its large youth population, reliance on software services, and an oversupply of graduat...

India 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...

Rural poverty in India declined to under 5% in 2023-24, surpassing urban areas, thanks to higher consumption growth among the bottom 0-5% d...

India's rural and urban consumption gap is reducing significantly, thanks to government initiatives like direct benefit transfers and impro...

India'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...

Political empowerment is the first key ingredient of poverty removal. People with political agency will demand and obtain education and hea...

According to the report, India could end extreme poverty for 90 million people by 2019 if income inequality was reduced.

Whether intended or not, the presumption that the poor are not likely to be hurt much or, if hurt, cannot be protected against rising food ...