Shocks caused by COVID-19: Addressing chronic poverty, its inter-generational transfer
Any health shock causes entry into poverty for most of those who suffer from it
Neocolonial Raj has taken root in India
Inequality has been widening rapidly in the country since the 1990s
As told to Parliament (December 20, 2023): Improvement in malnutrition indicators for children in India
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050
Sahelian countries need $33.16 billion for climate adaptation by 2030
Nigeria: Over 5 million more people will be pushed into poverty due to COVID-19
Climate-related shocks pose as an additional risk to households just above poverty line
COVID-19: UNHRC, WWF raise concerns about increasing inequalities due to pandemic
The world must aim clearly at a green, equitable and resilient recovery, they said
Climate change impact on agriculture: 50 million to be poor by 2030, says UN body
Rising displacement due to disasters fuelling more conflicts
Every third child in the world is poor: UN
Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world
Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation
Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …
ICAR-CIRG signs MoU to transform India’s goat value chain
Agreement to increase goat productivity, provide advanced training in breeding and healthcare practises and foster sustainability
World off-track to meet SDGs; global hunger back to 2005 levels, says UN secretary general
Halfway to 2030, a third of the goals have stalled or gone into reverse, emissions continue to rise & gender equality is 300 years away, says …
Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong
Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a …
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Dalit votes matter, but what about their issues
Punjab’s political parties have hardly focussed on addressing issues of the state’s landless rural Dalits and the cateism the …
Gains lost: ILO flags rise in child labour — the first time this millennium
Globally, 9 million more children are at risk of child labour by the end of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has hit India’s urban poor more than those in villages: Report
Urban poor have seen a decline in income and have been left more hungry, though this was not the case earlier
Cape Town’s climate strategy isn’t perfect, but every African city should have one
Only 13 cities in Africa are C40 cities — cities committed to taking measurable climate action. Only five in South Africa have climate …
Need for revisiting Gandhi at this critical juncture
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought ugly realities into focus; this is when Gandhi and his thoughts become even more relevant
Gaps in South Africa’s relief scheme leave some workers with no income
Exclusion of workers whose employers failed to register them for unemployment insurance remains a major gap
305 million African children will be living in extreme poverty by 2030: Report
New British think tank report suggests cash transfers, access to basic services and redistributive public finance can help in curtailing child poverty
Africa to house 86% of the world’s poorest by 2050
Population growth in Africa is a major reason for high concentration of people living in extreme poverty, says a report
Youth need to occupy the future on climate change
Youth will suffer the fury of climate change. The time to change that is now— for today and for the future
Deforestation rate slowed down: FAO
The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015
Diseases, lack of continuum of care perpetuating malnutrition among children: experts
Major gaps identifed by experts, include improper screening methods to identify malnourished children and treatment failures
“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”
World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems
Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand
The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives