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India progressed from aspiring to inspiring nation: Ex-President Kovind
India progressed from aspiring to inspiring nation: Ex-President Kovind
Published on Apr 05, 2025 09:43 PM IST
PTI |
Odisha’s farm economy holds lessons for others
Odisha has shown fast and significant poverty reduction driven by exceptional agricultural transformation
Updated on Dec 25, 2024 08:24 PM IST
Brazil launches global anti-hunger alliance before G20 summit
G20-SUMMIT/SOCIAL-HUNGER (PIX):Brazil launches global anti-hunger alliance before G20 summit
Published on Nov 15, 2024 06:47 PM IST
Reuters |
‘Good infrastructure essential for eliminating poverty’: Nitin Gadkari at HTLS
Nitin Gadkari said the government will soon introduce a satellite-based toll system.
Published on Nov 14, 2024 06:14 PM IST
S.Africa's president prioritises growth, jobs as parliament opens
S.Africa's president prioritises growth, jobs as parliament opens
Published on Jul 19, 2024 12:50 AM IST
AFP |
Dweepsree, the self-help group that helped women in Lakshadweep to become independent
Dweepsree, the self-help group that helped women in Lakshadweep to become independent
Published on Feb 09, 2024 10:23 AM IST
PTI |
States in focus, a budget that seeks to lift all boats
The Centre and states need to look ahead to develop a shared vision, adjust to new expectations, redefine our engagement with citizens and the private sector
Published on Feb 01, 2024 10:24 PM IST
What poverty numbers reveal
The decline in multidimensional poverty is one part of the story. The challenge is to ensure income growth for people across classes
Published on Jan 16, 2024 10:15 PM IST
HT Editorial
Pakistan’s current economic model is not working: World Bank
The remarks by World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine came in a Policy Vision article, published in the latest UNDP publication.
Updated on Dec 28, 2023 02:45 PM IST
PTI |
Democratisation of knowledge through open-access resources and online education
This article is authored by Siddharth Rajgarhia, chief learner and director, Delhi Public School, Varanasi, Nashik, Lava Nagpur, and Hinjawadi.
Published on Oct 18, 2023 04:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times
At G20 meet, World Bank chief Ajay Banga warns of growing disparities
The World Bank chief stressed the importance of investing in education and creating job opportunities, especially for the growing population of young people in developing nations
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 05:03 PM IST
U.P. leads in poverty reduction, Yogi says BIMARU tag gone
Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot figures among the top five aspirational districts in the NITI Aayog’s Champions of Change Delta rankings for May 2023.
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 12:36 AM IST
135 million fewer multidimensional poor in 2021 compared to 2015: NITI Aayog
Multidimensional poverty in India has decreased from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-21, says a report
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 04:51 AM IST
UN praises 'remarkable' India as 415 million exit poverty levels in 15 years
In April, India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, according to UN data.
Updated on Jul 11, 2023 05:24 PM IST
PTI |
African countries are fed up with being marginalised in global institutions
They will be pushing hard for change at a big global pow-wow this week
Published on Jun 20, 2023 04:51 PM IST
The Economist
The just transition framework is unjust
The current Just Energy Transition Partnerships framework does not work for India because it prioritises G7’s agenda and overlooks our specific energy transition needs and challenges
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 07:53 PM IST
‘Affordable housing can be green too’
Linking sustainability with quality rather than pricing can create opportunities for upcoming housing projects, especially since India’s socio-economic milieu warrants different perceptions of affordability.
Updated on Feb 25, 2020 01:57 PM IST
What has driven India’s poverty reduction?
55 % Indians were classified as poor by the MPI methodology in 2005-06. India halved its poverty rate in the next 10 years. In absolute terms, the number of poor fell from 630 million to 360 million during this period.
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 10:31 AM IST
Hindutsan Times, New Delhi | Arjun Srinivas
Education, healthcare can win global war on poverty: Goalkeepers report
One billion people worldwide have come out of poverty since 2000, but rapid population growth in the world’s poorest countries threatens to slow or even reverse the decline, according to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers: The Stories Behind the Data 2018 released on Tuesday.
Published on Sep 19, 2018 07:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanchita Sharma
India’s 7% projected growth rate ‘amazingly fast’, can double economy in 10 years: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India to remain the fastest growing Asian nation with 7.3 per cent growth in 2018-19, and 7.6 per cent in 2019-20
Updated on May 06, 2018 12:23 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Manila | Press Trust of India
Spotlight on health — Changing India’s sanitation practices
Through interventions like the Swachh Aadat curriculum, HUL is reaching out to millions of people with its focus on three clean habits—washing hands, drinking purified water, and using clean toilets.
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 11:07 AM IST
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