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Poverty in a numerical soup

India, Nov. 6 -- The World Bank estimates that 496 million people moved out of poverty between 2011 and 2023. Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal account for about 57 per cent of India's poor. Millions con... Read More


India Climate 2026: Five years of daily disasters leave over 16,000 dead from extreme weather

India, Nov. 4 -- India recorded extreme weather events on 86-99 per cent of days each year between January and September from 2022 to 2026, according to CSE-DTE's Climate India 2026 report. Extreme w... Read More


Seeking a just life, 81,000 migrants have died or disappeared in over a decade; over half of them not even identified

India, Oct. 16 -- The IOM reports 4,400 child migrant deaths between 2014 and 2025, with many unrecorded due to data gaps. Children face heightened risks during perilous journeys, often trapped in ha... Read More


238 million Indians are multidimensionally poor; one-fifth of the population remains vulnerable due to basic deprivations

India, Oct. 15 -- According to the latest update to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index, brought out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford University, 51.5 million mo... Read More


Species of our making: The speed of AI development raises serious concerns on consciousness and whether machines can ever gain it

India, Sept. 25 -- Seventy-five years after Alan Turing asked whether machines could think, artificial intelligence is forcing humanity to revisit the question of consciousness. As AI systems become ... Read More


Gross trust deficit

India, Sept. 15 -- A new Earth4All-Ipsos survey across the G20 finds a deep collapse of trust in governments, driven by lived experiences of inequality and a belief that systems are rigged for the ric... Read More


India's sudden baby bust

India, Sept. 1 -- The world's most populous country is in a demographic quagmire. India's birth rate is falling at a baffling pace. The dip is being grudgingly celebrated as the ultimate population co... Read More


Nepal flash flood: What triggered the deadly event killing over dozens and sweeping away villages and bridges

India, Aug. 26 -- A torrential flash flood swept through Nepal's Rasuwa district near the border of Tibet on the morning of August 26. Early reports suggest many residents were washed away, while hous... Read More