New Delhi: India has emerged among top countries with high income and wealth inequality but the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 25 to 15 per…
NITI Aayog, on Tuesday, signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Programme, India to formalise a framework of cooperation on a range of areas, including localisation of…
22.8 crore in India still multi-dimensionally poor, of whom 9.7 crore are children 22.8 crore in India still multi-dimensionally poor, of whom 9.7 crore are children As many as 41.5…
A United Nations Development Programme research has said that the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology by way of electronic health records and AI-driven automation is revolutionising healthcare in…
“Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.”These are the famous lines by a Scottish-born writer, feminist and free-thinker, Frances Wright. Equality, as we…
Images Credit: (Mrs) Amb Narinder ChauhanBy (Mrs) Amb Narinder Chauhan,Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, UK, from 31 October to 12 November 2021, lots of wake-up calls are being sounded across…
Niti Aayog has suggested urban local bodies across states adopt the material recovery facility (MRF) model & implement it as a public-private partnership model for sustainable management of urban plastic…
When Manmohan Singh launched economic liberalisation in 1991, India was the world’s biggest beggar for aid. Today India is a net aid donor, having committed $30.6 billion to Asian neighbours…
The UNDP has revised and updated the underlying data and adjusted the goalpost.Human Development Report 2020: Out of 189 countries, India has ranked 131 on the Human Development Index 2020…
Bosnian cities of Sarajevo and Zenica has the world’s highest level of pollution. (Reuters Photo)Bosnian cities of Sarajevo and Zenica has the world’s highest level of pollution. Last year in…