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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
TopicUnited Nations Development Program

Topic: United Nations Development Program

54 countries need immediate debt relief to combat poverty & climate change, says UNDP report

The UNDP stated the urgency of dealing with such issues as they steadily become unmanageable, also adding that developing countries are bearing the brunt of climate change.

India slips two spots to 131 on human development index 2020, ranks low on gender equality

The UN report says labour force participation rate of women in India was 20.5% in 2019 against 76.1% men.

India saw world’s largest reduction in poverty from 2005-16, says Oxford-UN study

Around 273 million people were lifted out of multidimensional poverty in India, the study by Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative with United Nations Development Programme has noted.

Machines will take over factory jobs as India is running out of humans

Automation will double over the next three years in Indian factories, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson.

Only public pressure will make governments act on pollution, says UNDP chief

Achim Steiner says several countries have been able to stymie air pollution, and suggests that India should go for the source of the problem, not the tail-end.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.