World Bank says 100 mln people facing extreme poverty in 2021

Oct 15, 2021

Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): An estimated 100 million people experienced extreme poverty this year largely in the so-called middle-income countries (MICs) as a...

Afghanistan facing jump in poverty, unemployment

Oct 03, 2021

Kabul [Afghanisan], October 4 : People of Afghanistan are facing a sharp jump in poverty and unemployment and food and fuel prices have also...

India has officially eliminated 'extreme poverty': US report

Mar 02, 2024

India has now officially eliminated 'extreme poverty', which can be seen through the sharp decline in headcount poverty ratio and stark increase in household...

Punjab: Father kills three daughters due to extreme poverty

Oct 02, 2023

Three girls were killed by their own father due to the extreme poverty being faced by the family.

Extreme Poverty reduced to minimal in India: SBI Research

Jan 03, 2025

As the poverty rates in the country declined below 5 per cent in 2024, a research study by State Bank of India (SBI) also...

India defies global poverty trends amid World Bank's revised estimates

Jun 07, 2025

While the World Bank's revision to global poverty estimates led to a global increase in the count of extreme poverty by 125 million, India...