About one-third of the world's poor live in India but there are countries where 88 per cent of population is extremely poor.

Rediff.com brings you some pictures from the public life of this legend.

Ace Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda finished sixth while Tintu Luka ended ninth in 800m race in the second leg of the prestigious Diamond League Meetings series in Shanghai.

The two decades of our "spectacular economic progress" has side-stepped vast swath of our underprivileged that oscillates between twenty per cent and one-fifth of our population!

India should take up the issue in the strongest way with Beijing. But the solution is definitively not building more dams in Arunachal Pradesh, cautions Claude Arpi.

Have a look at the flags above and see if you can recognise which country it belongs to.

Bikash Mohapatra digs out athletes who have given their nations a solitary golden moment at the Olympics.

Rediff.com takes a look at a few athletes in recent history who have upset the odds (and the favourites) to take home the gold at the world's biggest sporting event.

Those already arrested in this case are Romi Uppal, son of a senior police officer, Sahil Deep Singh and another accused Sumeet. All of them are in police custody.

Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez, club mates at Barcelona, sparkled as Argentina and Chile put behind them a weekend to forget with victories in the South American 2014 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.

Latin America has the largest income inequality, although it is more equitable than sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in life expectancy and schooling, states a UNDP report.

A Didier Drogba double helped the Ivory Coast become the second side to progress from the African Nations Cup preliminaries to next year's finals after a 6-2 win in Benin on Sunday.

Seeking to inject a fresh impetus to India's strategic ties with African countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday left on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania during which he will discuss ways to effectively combat the twin threats of terrorism and piracy.

India, Brazil and South Africa received the 2010 Millennium Development Goals awards for South-South Cooperation at a prestigious gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.

The deaths in the drone strikes of many Al Qaeda leaders such as its No 3 Sai'd al-Masri and Saleh-al-Somali from Somalia have not weakened the capability of Al Qaeda to plan and mount terrorist strikes, writes B Raman.

At least 64 people were killed by co-ordinated explosions while they were watching the Spain-Holland World Cup final in the Ugandan capital Kampala late Sunday night, emerging reports said.

The Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata airports can issue this visa.

President Barack Obama has nominated his friend and former room-mate and major campaign fund-raiser Vinai Thummalapally of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the next US Ambassador to Belize, the only country in Central America where English is the official language.

Ruias-owned Essar will take a 50 per cent stake in Kenya's only refinery in Mombasa, the African nation's Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi said on Wednesday.

What a terrific start to the new year! Tata Steel has won a mind-blowing $13.65 billion bid for Anglo-Dutch steel-maker Corus.

A decline in cereal production in several low-income food-deficit countries this year could lead to a tighter food supply situation with 28 countries facing serious food scracity, according to a new United Nations report.

A tribute to General Indar Jit Rikhye, soldier turned peacemaker.

The global mean surface temperature is currently estimated by the World Meteorological Organisation to be 0.42 Celsius above the 1961-1990 annual average of 14C.

The global epidemic continues to grow with 2.9 million deaths last year.

The total tax burden on Indian companies is one of the highest in the world and in fact more than that of businesses in major economies like the US, UK, China and Japan.

Why do you think are Indians unhappy? What would make you happier? What does the government and society need to do to make India a more contented nation? What is it that really makes you happy or unhappy?

Egypt striker Mido has returned to Tottenham Hotspur after the club reached agreement on a deal with AS Roma.

What do YOU think makes for lasting happiness? Money, respect, food or love? Tell us.

Denmark is the happiest country in the world.

The government has notified a list of 57 countries in Africa and South America that would get duty benefits under the Focus Market scheme, announced in the Foreign Trade Policy early this year, to boost exports.

Bedi, who has served in various capacities in India, was felicitated along with 22 other military and police officers serving with the world body on Friday.

In the wake of foreign exchange reserves of the country reaching $100 billion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has undertaken a review of the main policy and operational matters relating to management of the reserves.