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Quote of the day by The Alchemist writer Paulo Coelho: 'Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures' - lessons on emotional cost of isolation by Eleven Minutes and Wept author- PM Modi to attend G20 Summit in Brazil, advocate India’s stand on key global issues
- India to support Brazil in G20 summit: Focus on debt, climate, and gender issues
- India at UN, highlights lifting 250 million people out of poverty, reiterates commitment for food securityIndia reinforces its dedication to food security and poverty eradication at the UN, emphasizing digital infrastructure and targeted policie...18 Oct, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
- Global Citizen Festival 2023: Jung Kook of BTS to co-headline at mega eventJung Kook of BTS is set to co-headline the Global Citizen Festival 2023. This will be Jung Kook's first appearance at the festival and his ...07 Sep, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
- UN warns its development goals for 2030 are in trouble and 575 million people will remain very poorThe report on progress in achieving 17 wide-ranging UN goals adopted by world leaders in 2015 to improve life for the world's more than 7 b...11 Jul, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
- Instead of having 169 Sustainable Development Goals, let’s prioritise targets that matter mostOver that decade-and-a-half, governments, international institutions and private foundations poured in billions of dollars more than they h...16 Feb, 2023, 11.22 PM IST
- View: How to make doing good betterThis is a particularly urgent challenge right now, given that Covid-19 and the response to the pandemic have made things even harder for so...27 Dec, 2021, 12.15 AM IST
- Living standard, not income, key to fixing poverty line: Govt paperThe future definition of poverty line cannot be the subsistence level income required by an individual but will have to factor in living st...19 Oct, 2020, 10.12 AM IST
- Divided world is failing COVID-19 test, says frustrated U.N. chiefThe former Portuguese prime minister said far more could have been done if countries had worked together to combat the disease, which has k...17 Oct, 2020, 06.38 PM IST
- B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary to be observed for 1st time at UNOn the occasion, a panel discussion will be organised on 'Combating inequalities for the achievement of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals...09 Apr, 2016, 11.55 AM IST
- UN ushers in ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development GoalsThe Millennium Development Goals came to an end with 2015 paving the way for the SDGs, an even more ambitious set of goals to banish a host...01 Jan, 2016, 11.49 AM IST
- SAARC Standing Committee discusses terrorism, energy, povertyForeign Secy Sujata Singh & other top diplomats met at 41st meeting of SAARC Standing Committee ahead of 18th SAARC Summit scheduled from N...23 Nov, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
- Burden of sustainability cannot be placed on poor: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra MahajanMahajan noted that the Indian elections held in the summer this year symbolised a great yearning for growth and development by the people o...19 Nov, 2014, 03.29 PM IST
- India, Pakistan should jointly combat hunger and poverty: Nitish KumarNitish Kumar today said India and Pakistan should jointly combat hunger and poverty rather than fighting each other.15 Nov, 2012, 09.38 PM IST
- Plan panel's poverty benchmark is unacceptable: ExpertsMore than 25 of the top economists of the country have written an open letter against the Planning Commission poverty line.27 Sep, 2011, 10.49 AM IST
- 'Planning Commission's national poverty line is unacceptable'The planning commission, has proposed national poverty line at Rs 32 and Rs 26 per capita per month for urban and rural areas resp.27 Sep, 2011, 04.55 AM IST
- India contributes to large drop in global poverty: UN reportIndia has contributed to a large reduction in global poverty, according to the UN annual report on the Millennium Development Goals.08 Jul, 2011, 11.11 AM IST
- Financial crash could deepen food crisis: UNGovts should avoid reducing aid to developing countries' agriculture and introducing protectionist trade measures in response to the global...15 Oct, 2008, 03.53 PM IST
- Simple solutions for social goals: SachsIndia does not require miracle solutions for meeting its millennium development goals (MDG) of water, sanitation, education and health, Dr ...23 Jan, 2007, 03.06 AM IST
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