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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicPoverty

Topic: Poverty

Live in Mumbai’s slums to enjoy poverty, says this Dutch NGO member

'Poverty tourism' in the slums of Mumbai shows a superficial understanding of the problem.

India’s poverty rate reduced to half over 10-year period, says UN

More than 270 million people in India have shed poverty during the period 2005-15.

Extreme poverty in the world is declining, but not fast enough: World Bank

Despite progress, poverty rates remain high in countries affected by conflict and political upheaval, says World Bank study.

Why older Indian women are poorer compared to older men

The gap between female and male poverty rates widens dramatically after the age of 45 in India.

Poverty or inequality: What is more important for India and Indian economists

Is it reasonable to posit that in a still-poor country poverty alleviation is of greater consequence?

Poverty figures drop by 50 million, India on way to become middle-income nation: Study

Study based on World Bank data says the drop happened in past two years, but Congress govt's NREGA scheme also played its part.

Amarnath Yatra begins amid security threat, and Vijay Mallya offers to pay back his dues

Security agencies have also said that the Amarnath Yatra was a target for militants.

‘Factfulness’ will challenge the way you perceive the world and various facts

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates called this ‘one of the most important books’ he’s ever read.  The book Factfulness moots the issue of ‘negative perception’ and points out the...

Johann Hari’s ‘Lost Connections’ doesn’t solve all the world’s problems, but it offers a start

Hari uses his own experience of anti-depressant abuse and the discovery of a complicit system of over-prescription in the health industry to ask the one question the doctor failed to — Tell me about your life.

Once India’s gold mine, this dejected Karnataka town is only remembered in election season

Thousands rendered jobless due to closure of mines in 2001, voters say political parties promise to re-open mines before every election, but never deliver.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.