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In Pakistan, old hopefuls jostle to turn around struggling economy

New gov’t will have to deal with soaring inflation, increasing poverty, low forex reserves and weakening infrastructure.

Al Jazeera

Life expectancy falls by two years in London's poorest areas

Health experts say figures reflect impact of Covid pandemic as well as rise in obesity and poverty

Evening Standard

'Russian roulette at intersections': SUVs belong on camping trips, not in car parks

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Kerala Budget 2024-25 | Marginal increase in Plan outlay for local bodies; extreme poverty eradication by Nov. 2025

Share for local bodies enhanced to 28.09% of the State Plan Outlay, at ₹8,532 crore. In 2023, the share of local bodies was 27.19%, while it was 26.5% in 2022.

The Hindu

Walkathon for a new social order

MYSURU Dhan Foundation, an NGO conducting a walkathon to create public awareness for empowering women and eradicating poverty.

The Hindu

PM Modi accentuates on ‘Modi Guarantee’ as a key campaign slogan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlights the 'Modi Guarantee' as a key campaign slogan, emphasizing the government's support for development and poverty alleviation.

The Hindu

Free ration eliminates worries about food for 80 crore people: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Free Ration - Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 said worries about food have been eliminated through free rations for 80 crore people in the country.

The Hindu

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‘Orupidi Nanma’ initiative completes one year

The ‘Orupidi Nanma’ initiative wherein school students play an important role in uplifting families living in extreme poverty has completed one year.

The Hindu

Millions of households in England ‘will still be in fuel poverty by end of decade’

About 3m households affected because of government missing home energy efficiency targets, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Car insurance: drivers paying monthly ‘face interest charges of more than 30%’

‘Poverty premium’ penalises drivers who cannot pay one-off lump sum, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Texas Counties Try to Fight Poverty with Cash

A Harris County poverty relief program intended to put money into needy pockets faces a challenge from a Texas state senator.

Texas Observer

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Reason

Lok Sabha elections | People sound poll bugle for me, says PM Modi in Bulandshahr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches development projects in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing on reaching all beneficiaries and eradicating poverty.

The Hindu

Tax change welcomed but groups rue 'missed opportunity'

Welfare groups say the government has missed out on the chance for broader reform, following changes to stage three tax cuts.

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Women And Girls In Gaza Are Using 'Parts Of Tents' To Replace Period Products

With blocks on humanitarian aid deliveries, women and girls in Gaza are witnessing the most severe cases of period poverty.

Reason

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They should be heard, not shouted down.

Reason

Princeton's Matthew Desmond Gets Everything Wrong About Poverty's Root Causes

Desmond's analysis never goes deeper than his facile assertion that "poverty persists because some wish and will it to."

The Guardian - UK

Escaping poverty has become much harder in past two decades, report says

Six million of the poorest people would need more than double their incomes to move out of hardship, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Salon

It's about wages, not education

Want to reduce inequality, create opportunity and win back working-class voters? There's an easy solution

The Guardian - UK

‘No one should have more than €10m’: the author of Limitarianism on why the super-rich need to level down radically

Prof Ingrid Robeyns has spent a decade studying wealth and ethics and says that limits are essential if we want to eradicate poverty and protect social cohesion and the planet

The Hindu

Congress seeks halt to recruitment in U.P. for jobs in Israel

The minority wing of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee opposes the government's plan to send workers to Israel, citing unemployment and poverty.

Evening Standard

Anxiety, poverty and undiagnosed special needs fuel spiralling levels of school truancy

More than a fifth of students in England were 'persistently absent' last year

Reason

The World Could Soon Have Its First Trillionaire. Good!

A new report brings remarkable economic illiteracy to its focus on poverty and inequality.

The Hindu

India will be among the world’s top three economies in my next term, PM Modi says in Solapur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi guarantees that India will be among the world's top three economies in his next term.

The Guardian - UK

Areas of England with poorest health have higher rates of poverty, report finds

Analysis of ONS statistics shows one in four ‘economically inactive’ people live in areas with high levels of poor health

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