Is India’s poverty rate 5% or 24%? A debate over poverty lines, data transparency, and Parliament’s questions reveals how millions may be missing from policy.
In Mumbai's Dharavi, poverty is being curated, priced and sold to dollar-rich visitors. Slum tourism has been around in India for decades, but there is a thin line between giving context, and ...
In a major drive against ineligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders, the State government has taken action against ...
India has been holding tight to its position as the fastest-growing large economy since 2021. With annual growth of more than 6 or 7 percent, it doubles in size every decade, while Germany, Japan and ...
In a video, people are see collecting ghee form the ground after a tanker containing 21,000 liters of ghee overturned in ...
The state Economic Survey 2025-26, released Monday, projects a family income of nearly Rs 16 lakh. But seven in 10 families live their year on less than Rs 1.80 lakh, according to Parivar Pehchan ...
Media accounts simultaneously cast her as victim and avenger, until a life shaped by caste violence and gendered oppression ...
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi brings together global political leaders, technology giants, startups, and researchers to deliberate on ...
Pakistan's defence minister says it's "open war" between his country and Afghanistan. Here's a quick overview of why the two south Asian neighbours are fighting and what might happen next.
In the attention economy that dominates social media, some content attracts millions of views by depicting poverty or precarious living conditions. However, these images also provoke growing unease.
Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that. Over the past 50 years, the federal government’s welfare spending has increased by 765 ...
New Jersey’s Hispanic residents were more likely to live below the poverty line than other groups, according to the latest Census figures. Recently released Census data for 2024 shows that about 16% ...