poverty
- Middle East
130 mn Arab population in poverty: UN survey
Beirut: A survey released by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has said that poverty affects one-third of the Arab region’s population, excluding the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)…
- Middle East
Lebanese father mortgages car in exchange for infant son’s body
Beirut: The image of the 43-year-old Lebanese citizen Hussein Al-Baarini, shook social media users, in which he appeared carrying the body of his infant son in his arms, leaving the hospital on…
- Business
To whom does RSS want to convey message by expressing concern over unemployment, poverty?
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has never openly admitted that the BJP is a subsidiary organisation, but it is known to all that the policy, strategy and statements of the…
- Middle East
Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt’s economy pushed to brink
Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There’s a waiting list to buy a new car. Egypt, a country…
- Politics
I-Day celebrations would’ve been better if people could tide over inflation, poverty: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday said Independence Day is a matter of immense happiness, but the celebrations would have been brighter had the citizens not been bogged by inflation…
- Delhi
Free education, healthcare not freebies, can eliminate poverty: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and access to these services can make India rich and eliminate the country’s poverty…
- World
Italy’s poverty rate climbed in 2021: ISTAT Report
Rome: A total of 11.1 per cent of Italy’s households were classified as being under relative poverty in 2021, up from 10.1 per cent a year earlier, the National Institute of Statistics…
- World
Poverty in Sri Lanka to spike this year, warns World Bank
Colombo: More Sri Lankans will slip into poverty this year, the World Bank has warned, as it urged the debt-ridden island nation to undertake urgent policy measures to address the high levels…
- India
BJP has narrow mindset of making youth sell pakoras’: Mayawati
Lucknow: Amidst continuing unrest among railway job aspirants in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the BJP of having a narrow mindset of making the youth sell pakoras…
- Middle East
Lebanon: Nationwide protest against long-term economic crisis
Beirut: Lebanese held a nationwide protest against soaring prices and deteriorating living conditions caused by the long-term economic crisis. Drivers and citizens took to the streets on Thursday in the capital Beirut,…
- India
Kerala magician who shot to fame with 808 fire escapes now sells chips
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala magician Manu Mankombu’s journey from obscurity to prominence by doing 808 fire escapes, is a thing of the past as now the 46-year-old ekes out his living by making and…
- Health
COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into poverty: UN report
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organization (WHO) and World…
- Telangana
13.74% of Telangana’s population lives in poverty: Niti Ayog
Hyderabad: Niti Ayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has revealed that 13.74 percent of the population in Telangana is living in poverty. The MPI puts Telangana at 19th position among 28 states and…
- India
Bihar, J’khand, UP emerge as poorest states in India: NITI Aayog
New Delhi: Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog’s first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. As per the index, 51.91 per cent…
- Sports
Tokyo Olympics: Through pain & poverty, hockey captain Rani kept dreaming of donning India colours
Tokyo: Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal’s determination not to give an inch till the last minute of every single game she has played for the country perhaps comes from her…
