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India's rural-urban income gap declines sharply amid fall in poverty level: SBI Report
Along with the sharp decline in poverty in India, there has also been a marked reduction in the rur…
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Tech titans love Modi's economic powerhouse India — despite mass unemployment and abject poverty
India is on track to become the world's third-largest economy by 2027, but Narendra Modi faces a pi…
Theron Mohamed
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The extravagant Ambani pre-wedding party was an affront to the millions of Indians in poverty, critics say
The pre-wedding events for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, which featured Rihanna, show a blatan…
Joshua Zitser,Spriha Srivasta…
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Poverty is rising faster in American suburbs as lower-income people are pushed out of big cities
Suburbs in major metros areas in the South, West, and Midwest saw some of the biggest jumps in pove…
Eliza Relman
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One mind-boggling chart shows how government stimulus cut poverty by nearly half during the pandemic
New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and b…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Madison …
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Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus could drastically cut poverty, studies say
Two studies found the stimulus could halve child and shrink poverty rates in 2021 by a third, but a…
Juliana Kaplan
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Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades
Up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including floods, …
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Biden's child tax credit kept 3 million children out of poverty in just its first round of payments
If Biden's child allowance program gets extended, the US could see a 40% annual drop in child pover…
Madison Hoff
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One chart shows how pandemic poverty reached a new high in March
In March, before many of the American Rescue Plan's benefits were enacted, pandemic-era poverty lev…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Democrats are holding the first hearing in 23 years on a measure to lift the elderly and disabled out of poverty
Democrats want to boost Supplemental Security Income, to lift 3.3 million of the elderly and disabl…
Ayelet Sheffey
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3.3 million people could be lifted out of poverty with a proposal in Democrats' $3.5 trillion social spending bill
The Urban Institute found boosting Supplemental Security Income would cut the poverty rate for low-…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A $15 minimum wage would take 7.6 million people out of poverty, according to a new study
The $15 minimum wage has the president's support, but Democrats still haven't been able to raise pa…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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What poverty in Philadelphia taught me about homelessness in Los Angeles
Both cities have high rates of poverty. But in one, the housing is far less affordable - and that h…
Charles Davis
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Today 20 million consumers trust us, we aim to at least double this number in the next 12-18 months: Rahul Deorah, apna.co
Rahul Deorah tells us how he plans to achieve his ambitious plans for the platform