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Poverty rate in India reduced by half over past 10 years, new UNDP study says

Among South Asian countries, only Maldives has a lower headcount ratio than India at 1.9 per cent, with Nepal (35.3), Bangladesh (41.1), and Pakistan (43.9) having higher incidences of multidimensional poverty.

Sep 21, 2018

Child mortality rate steadily decreasing in India, UN study finds

However, as per the report released by Unicef, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Population Division and the World Bank Group, an estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017 and the vast majority of these deaths -- 5.4 million -- occurred in the first five years of life, with newborns accounting for around half of the deaths.

Sep 18, 2018

ISRO espionage case: SC grants Rs 50 lakh in damages to acquitted scientist Nambi Narayanan

Nambi Narayanan was falsely implicated in an espionage case for selling confidential ISRO data to Maldivian intelligence officers in 1994. There were claims that Narayanan along with another ISRO scientist sold the data for millions.

Sep 14, 2018

Mother, son die in UP due to severe malnutrition; govt records their deaths as diarrhoea

Sangeeta and her eight-year-old son Suraj were rushed to the hospital when they started vomiting. When their condition became worse a few hours later, they were rushed to a hospital.

Sep 13, 2018

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Amit Shah's political war cry targets Bangladeshi migrants; says country's security more important than human rights

Amit Shah was addressing party workers in Jaipur when he made these comments. Shah also said that the government would single everyone out and expel them one by one.

Sep 12, 2018

Drastic rise in world hunger; around 821 mn undernourished globally, says UN

The uptick in global undernourishment was particularly focused in South America and Africa, said the report.

Sep 11, 2018

BJP leader Ram Madhav addresses a press conference in New Delhi

'Illegal immigrants will soon be deported,' says BJP leader Ram Madhav

The updated draft list of the NRC has excluded at least 40 lakh names of people residing in the state.

Sep 11, 2018

Jalandhar Bishop rape case: Nuns protest outside Kochi High Court to demand justice

The nuns who stand in solidarity with the victim claim that the government and the church have disowned them.

Sep 8, 2018

Section 377 verdict: RSS says homosexuality not a crime, but it's against nature

RSS maintained the Sangh's old stand and said gay marriage and such relationships were not "compatible with nature".

Sep 6, 2018

Section 377 verdict: Congress lauds SC for decriminalising homosexuality

Congress spokesperson Rajdeep Sujrewala took to social media to express the party's joy over the apex court ruling.

Sep 6, 2018

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Poverty rate in India reduced by half over past 10 years, new UNDP study says

Child mortality rate steadily decreasing in India, UN study finds

ISRO espionage case: SC grants Rs 50 lakh in damages to acquitted scientist Nambi Narayanan

Mother, son die in UP due to severe malnutrition; govt records their deaths as diarrhoea

Amit Shah's political war cry targets Bangladeshi migrants; says country's security more important than human rights

Drastic rise in world hunger; around 821 mn undernourished globally, says UN

'Illegal immigrants will soon be deported,' says BJP leader Ram Madhav

Jalandhar Bishop rape case: Nuns protest outside Kochi High Court to demand justice

Section 377 verdict: RSS says homosexuality not a crime, but it's against nature

Section 377 verdict: Congress lauds SC for decriminalising homosexuality

UN says historic verdict on section 377 will help fight 'stigma against LGBTI' community

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Section 377 verdict : Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality in India

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