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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicPoverty

Topic: Poverty

Over 3 billion people will live in overcrowded slums by 2050. Urban poverty a global challenge

Globally, 1.6 billion people do not have access to adequate housing and this number is expected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.

Our beliefs about poverty are flawed. Let communities lead the change, give them resources

The social and economic gaps continue to grow even though well-intentioned people in the world have spent trillions to fight poverty. Our approach is wrong.

Fight against poverty, climate change is not isolated. Protect the poor with energy taxes

216 million climate refugees are expected to be displaced in six world regions. The top three are sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, and South Asia.

SubscriberWrites: Policymakers need to identify bio rights as framework to eliminate poverty

Bio rights is a financing mechanism that provides global market players ecosystem services by paying small credits to the local communities, writes Ayush Anand.

Old data, changing methodology — why number of Indians under poverty line is a mystery

India's official poverty estimates are more than a decade old. A consumption expenditure survey was last conducted in 2017-18 but its findings were never accepted by the govt.

Capitalism isn’t too bad — its impact on poverty isn’t what you think it is, new study says

The effect was negative until workers were empowered and treated fairly. Dignity and respect are tenets of stakeholder capitalism.

India ranks 107 in Global Hunger Index 2022, govt says attempt to ‘taint country’s image’

The Centre rejected the findings, saying the index is an 'erroneous measure' of hunger. With a score of 29.1, the level of hunger in India has been labelled as 'serious'.

Covid reversed poverty decline, made 7.1 cr people poor, says World Bank. At least 1/3 from India

According to World Bank, no. of global poor increased by 7.1 crore in 2020, of which at least 33% were in India. Other methods used to estimate poverty in India due to lack of govt data.

Covid has caused a global ‘learning catastrophe’. Reversing damage won’t be enough

Most 10-year olds in low and middle-income countries are unable to pass basic literacy examinations.

Woman from Mumbai suburb ‘kills’ disabled teen daughter out of ‘frustration’

Police say they were informed about a suicide in Andheri, but the woman later confessed that caring for her daughter had taken a toll on her, amid financial issues faced by family.

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Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.