UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 2: Questions on urban poverty and India-Indonesia relations (Week 89)
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 2 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box ...
Clyburn ready to elevate rural poverty issues on Appropriations
Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central ...
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Global Growth Yet to Alleviate World's Poverty Problem
It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes only. The latest World Bank report highlights steady but insufficient global economic growth to alleviate poverty. The 2.7% growth ...
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Philippines at risk from poverty, economic downturn – WEF
MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Risks Report 2025 ...
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World Bank says the global is economy is growing steadily, but not fast enough to help ease poverty
The World Bank, comprising 189 member nations, seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor economies. For low- and middle-income countries – ...
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'Ending child poverty remains complex issue for Swinney'
He needs help. He needs advice. Eighteen years after entering office with a high priority given to the ending of child poverty, it's proving to be tougher than it looked. The most recent figures ...
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New obesity definitions considered as world’s leading health professionals move away from Body Mass Index
The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in medical circles over whether obesity is a disease or just a risk factor. Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way ...
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Doctors propose new definitions of obesity that would move away from BMI
The international Commission on Clinical Obesity which proposed the new definitions called it a nuanced approach. Their report includes 18 diagnostic criteria for clinical obesity in adults and ...
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Doctors propose new definitions of obesity that would move away from BMI
Dr. Katherine Morrison, a pediatric endocrinologist and professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, says that when it comes to diagnosing obesity, it's important to move away from thinking just ...
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A tale of two Indias: Inequality alleviation is a challenge we must tackle head-on
From 1975 to 1995, the income Gini ratio declined slightly to 0.376, reflecting poverty alleviation schemes like the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and land reforms. Policies such ...
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‘Millions lifted out of poverty’ in India but many still lead precarious lives on the edge
the case of the Mondals might make them appear as an exception to the theories of poverty alleviation – those rare, one-off cases, in a developing, fast-growing economy. Hardly so. A recent ...