A worthy goal

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Towards a global anti-poverty convention

Aid for alleviation

Traditional knowledge: Let the people decide

NIGERIA

Cause of death: poverty

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Beggars on a beach of gold

Healthy idea

But a poor way to bell the malnutrition cat

Failure isn't a keyword

Our vanishing cousins

As told to Parliament (December 9, 2022): 25% Indians are multi-dimensionally poor, says minister

Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index captures multiple and simultaneous deprivations faced by households across the three macro dimensions of health, …

'Half of India without significant wealth'

Inequality hurts democracy, which is why governments need to intervene and regulate to fix this trend: Lucas Chancel, lead editor of World …

One out of every two Bihar households is multi-dimensionally poor: NITI Aayog

The share of multi-dimensional poor in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is also uncomfortably high, according to NITI Aayog

NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India

Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019 

The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study

Researchers from a prominent non-profit feel that Asia's increasing urbanisation and rapid demographic transition could mean that tiger range …

Troubled by illness, 385,000 people committed suicide between 2001 and 2015

At least four per cent of India’s population suffers from poverty because they have to incur huge expenses for treating their illness

The curious case of missing children at anganwadis

The names of malnourished children are missing from the registers at several anganwadis in Madhya Pradesh

Environment: A People's Perspective

Justice is a central component of the conceptual transition from human development to sustainable human development and a similar concern for …

Past lessons, future strategies

Studying the history of human interaction with nature can be very useful in formulating resource management policies. It can also provide a …

Vertigo at the summit

The forthcoming World Summit for Social Development has already polarised North-South social imperatives

Planning Commission's new toilets: lessons for us

Planning Commission to SC: Rs 26 a person a day the 'adequate' poverty line

This has been arrived at by applying the price level in June 2011

COVID-19: The world is staring at a recession — the first to be driven by a pandemic

The novel coronavirus disease and measures to contain outbreaks can shrink the global economy by 5.2%; that would be the 4th-…

Setback to health insurance

Private hospitals in Chhattisgarh, Andhra refuse to treat under government insurance scheme