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Extreme poverty nearly alleviated in India: SBI research

As the poverty rates in the country declined below 5 percent in 2024, a research study by State Bank of India also highlighted that the extreme poverty in the country has been reduced to minimal.......

SC uses extraordinary power, asks IIT Dhanbad to admit Dalit youth

The Supreme Court on Monday came to the rescue of a Dalit youth, who had lost his seat in IIT Dhanbad after missing the deadline to deposit a fee, by asking the institute to admit him to the BTech......

SC steps in to help Dalit youth secure IIT seat after missed deadline

The Supreme Court has assured help to a poor Dalit youth, who lost his hard-earned seat in IIT Dhanbad after he narrowly missed the deadline to deposit Rs 17,500 as acceptance fee after clearing......

'Maharashtra's Economy Is Going Sri Lanka's Way'

'Maharashtra is virtually in a debt trap.' IMAGE: Then Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde showers flower petals on women during the launch of the second phase of the Mukhyamantri Majhi......

43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015

More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said on Tuesday, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty......

363,000,000 people in India below the poverty line

A new panel has found that 29.5 per cent of India's population was poor in 2011-12 against just 21.9 per cent estimated under the previous methodology which had drawn sharp criticism from various......

8.2% Indian Americans live below poverty line

Boasting of having the highest per capita income among all the major ethnic groups, more than eight percent of the nearly three million Indian Americans are living below the poverty line in the......

China has over 100 mn living below poverty line

China has over 100 million people living below the poverty line, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development conference in Brazil stressing that his country......

One in six Americans living below poverty line: Census

One in six Americans are now living below poverty line, the Census Bureau said in a report, reflecting the adverse impact of economic crisis on common man. "The nation's official poverty rate in......

Five days below the poverty line

If one tries sincerely, it's not impossible to cut down weekly food costs to as low as $14.04, notes Dan Wilchins My wife Becky and I experimented with radically cutting our food costs last week......

The People Mumbai Forgot

'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.''One entire generation went without education.''Hunger forced them to take to crime.' IMAGE: Scenes from Todi Mill......

Steve Waugh back on India tour with 'Spirit of Cricket'

'India gave me lifelong memories, but life-changing moments' IMAGE: Steve Waugh captures the spirit of cricket in India during his many trips to the country. Photograph: Steve Waugh/Instagram He......

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