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.......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Make 'Women's Safety' The Reason Why You Vote Next

'Days ago, India witnessed the horror of the brutal rape and murder of a woman doctor on night duty at the R G Kar hospital in Kolkata.' 'The crime was so outrageous that any self-respecting chief......

No proposal to release caste census data: Govt in RS

The government has no proposal at present to release the report of the caste census carried out in 2011, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. IMAGE: A census exercise underway. Photograph:......

'Noel Tata Should Be Inducted Into Tata Sons Soon'

'The quality of a leader should be such that even if the leader is not there, the institution carries on.' IMAGE: Noel Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy CII/X   It will be business as usual for......

Urban poverty report launched

Aiming at sensitising policy makers and planners towards the dynamics of poverty in cities, governmentreleased on Tuesday a reportoutlining the nature and extent of urban poverty in the country.......

93 million Indians to live in urban slums by 2011

There has been a growth of 17.8 million in urban slum population of India in the last decade, according to a government committee formed to create a 'reliable statistical model' of enumerating......

10.2 million houses in urban India lying vacant: CBRE

Even as the country faces a shortage of 19 million houses, around 10.2 million completed units are lying vacant, which can be absorbed under rental housing programme for weaker sections, says......

National Awards 2017: An important day in Akshay's life

Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor dressed traditionally at the 64th National Awards, held at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing &......

This cricketer has a heart of gold

Gautam Gambhir to bear educational expenses of Sukma bravehearts' children  IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir has pledged to bear the educational expenses of the children of the 25 CRPF personnel.......