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India’s top 1% grew wealth share by 62% between 2000 and 2023, says G20 inequality reportIndia's wealthiest 1% saw their wealth share surge by 62% from 2000 to 2023. This trend mirrors global patterns where wealth concentration ...- India's top 1% grew its wealth by 62% since 2000: G20 reportIndia's wealthiest 1 percent saw their wealth surge by 62 percent between 2000 and 2023. A new report warns global inequality is at emergen...
- US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impactSouth Africa faces setbacks in HIV research. The United States withdrew funding, impacting trials. Researchers are devastated as crucial pr...
- US funding cuts could reverse decades of gains in AIDS fight: UNThe United Nations warns that the halt to US foreign aid, initiated by President Trump in February 2025, poses a significant threat to glob...
- UNAIDS 50 percent workforce cuts is a major threat to global HIV response amid funding crisis: Key pointsUNAIDS faces a major funding crisis. The agency will cut its workforce by more than half. It plans to scale back its presence in many count...
- Twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?Gilead's twice-yearly HIV prevention shot was 100% effective in women and almost as good in men. The company will offer cheap generic versi...
- Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'The shots made by U.S. drugmaker Gilead and sold as Sunlenca are approved in the U.S., Canada, Europe and elsewhere, but only as a treatmen...
- New 'vaccine-like' HIV drug could cost just $40: ResearchersA new "vaccine-like" HIV drug that currently costs over $40,000 per person a year could be made for as little as $40, researchers estimated...
- Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be doneCOVID-19 has also derailed progress against diseases that affect poor people. .
- COVID-19 pandemic's long-term impact could lead to more new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths: UNThe UNAIDS is calling on countries to make far greater investments in global pandemic responses and adopt a new set of bold, ambitious but ...
- WHO chief warns world leaders not to "politicize" pandemicWorld leaders must not politicize the coronavirus pandemic but unite to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization warned Monday, ...
- India in bottom 15 of Oxfam index on efforts to reduce inequalityAccording to the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index developed by Oxfam and Development Finance International, Nigeria, Singapore, Indi...
- Sex-abuse claims a stain on the organisation, come forward and justice will be done: Oxfam chief Winnie ByanyimaThe head said that the attacks on Oxfam are "out of proportion" to its mistakes.
- Donald Trump's 'billionaires first' policy to be on display at WEF: OxfamA new Oxfam survey, scheduled to be released today, shows that Trump's economic agenda is deeply unpopular with the US public.
- Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence lead new group to tackle world's economic woesA sluggish recovery from the global financial crisis and concerns about globalization have helped fuel a rise of populist movements across ...
- Indian scientist Yusuf Hamied appointed to high-level panel on healthAn eminent Indian scientist has been named by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to a high-level panel on health technology innovation and access.
- WEF 2015: $18 trillion unaccounted black money stashed in tax havensThe estimate from Oxfam comes at a time when countries worldwide, including India, are making efforts to crack down on the menace of black ...
- WEF 2015: Need for social reform tops agendaGlobal thought leaders urged corporates & policymakers to shift attention toward sustainability & narrow socio-economic divide that is esca...
- India to have strong presence at WEF's Davos meetAmong other engagements, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to talk at WEF on how new leadership is transforming the business.
- World's 85 richest people own nearly half of global wealth: Oxfam reportA tiny elite comprising the richest 85 individuals hold wealth equivalent to that owned by the bottom half of the world's population, a rep...
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