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Thursday, May 22, 2025
TopicIndia's poor

Topic: India's poor

Govt has been counting India’s poor all wrong—it’s ad hoc, arbitrary

In 'An Alternative Development Agenda for India', Sanjay Kaul presents a transformative, sustainable developmental agenda for India, focusing on seven vital sectors and the systemic issues that plague them.

Kerala’s poor is UP’s rich — how access to basic services varies in Indian states

West Bengal and Rajasthan have remarkably improved the delivery of basic services to their poorest 20% population between 2005-06 and 2015-16, NFHS data show.

Mayawati asks Modi govt to review policies, says lives of poor more painful than before

The BSP leader said the Modi govt's tenure had been surrounded by a lot of controversies, adding that it must seriously think in the interest of the country and the people.

Coronavirus disparity: No work from home for India’s poor

As the coronavirus crisis worsens in the country, the lower income class Indians can either save their jobs or lives.

On Camera

US is facing brain drain. India must decide if it’s ready to welcome back scholars

Countries in Europe have taken swift action on the perceived brain drain from the US. Emmanuel Macron extended an open invitation to the best brains to relocate to France.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

All about Golden Dome, Trump’s $175 billion plan to shield America

Trump is not the first American president to propose such a defence system. Ronald Reagan proposed a space-centric Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983, but it never took off.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.