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Indian sailors risk work at sea, as Iran war grinds onIndian sailors are increasingly finding themselves caught in the crossfire of the Iran war, with thousands of seafarers stranded in conflic...
Quote of the day by George Orwell: “If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.”George Orwell's profound quote, "If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love," high...
From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...
Foreign handles, desi stories: How global creators are decoding IndiaAn American picking up Malayalam. A Korean calling himself Bihari. A Kiwi showing the nooks of India. Foreign influencers are using Indian ...
Naxalism has been almost eradicated from Bastar, the region is now on the path of development: Amit Shah in Lok SabhaNoting that the Modi government has taken several steps to usher development in areas that were affected by Left Wing Extremism, Union Home...
Techie from Bihar who landed Rs 28 LPA job reveals mother’s sacrifice: ‘She fought…’A young professional from Bihar's inspiring journey to a high-paying Intel role highlights education's transformative power. Her mother's u...
"Lalu-Nitish rule turned entire Bihar into a labourers' state": Prashant KishorJan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor criticized the RJD and JD(U), asserting their governance transformed Bihar into a state of laborer...
Poverty cannot be abolished, remove core problems: Meghnad DesaiThe Indian-born member of British House of Lords, who is also a Padma Bhushan awardee, said we need to concentrate on the core problems of ...
Chhattisgarh highest incidence of poverty: C Rangarajan panelThe poor population was 44.3 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, 42.4 per cent in Jharkhand, 41.3 per cent Bihar and 40.9 per cent in Assam.
- Rural poverty getting concentrated to some states: Report
According to it, Muslim and Buddhist communities have higher rates of poverty, whereas Sikh and Christian communities have lower rates of p...
Centre's poverty definition 'cruel joke' on poor: NitishPoverty should not be decided in terms of calories and money to purchase food but on the basis of the right to live respectfully," Kumar to...
Bihar to uplift 1 crore people through skill developmentBihar government has set a target to enhance the skills of one crore people in various works in the next five years, Nitish Kumar said.
India can learn from Pakistan's poverty alleviation scheme: Nitish KumarPoverty is a cross-border phenomenon and India could learn from the experiences of the Benazir Income Support Programme, Bihar Chief Minist...
- Growth is necessary to remove poverty, and interventions like NREGA help
Growth is necessary to lift people out of poverty, but states like Madhya Pradesh show that even when growth lags, schemes like NREGA can d...
- Bihar's growth story has a poor side
That Bihar under Nitish Kumar grew at over 10% between 2004-05 and 2009-10 is now well-known. But data released on Monday shows that in the...
At Rs 28 daily consumption, India's poverty declinesAn individual above a monthly consumption of Rs 859.6 in urban and Rs 672.8 in rural areas is not considered poor, as per the controversial...
- '8 Indian states poorer than Africa’s 26 poorest'
Eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together account for more poor people than the 26 poorest African nati...
- Maharashtra 3rd among BPL states only behind UP, Bihar
- Orissa has highest number of poor, J&K the least
Almost half of Orissa's population is poor, with 46.37 per cent of the people in the state living below poverty line.
- Andhra Pradesh is poorer than Bihar!
A mega scam is in the making in the form of bogus ration cards for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families ahead of the commencement of the Rs 2-...