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Rising Population of India

India has always been in the forefront for the good and most of the times for the bad. Recently with the ever increasing terrorist attacks, the vulnerability of the country has increased. The stock markets have crashed and the increasing oi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Don't forget poverty of Indian children after Slumdog hype

People have been urged not to forget the children living in poverty in India after the hype surrounding the film Slumdog Millionaire dies down.The British-made rags-to-riches story set in the slums of Mumbai was nominated for 10 Oscars, inc [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

India can be rid of poverty by 2015

Asserting that the UPA government’s flagship scheme NREGA has changed the face of rural India by providing employment to the poor and vulnerable sections, the Union rural development minister, Dr Raghuvanash Prasad Singh, today said i [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

India inflation falls to single digits, rate cuts seen

India's inflation, which had ratcheted up to 13-year highs, fell unexpectedly to single digits, opening the door to more aggressive rate cuts to spur a flagging economy, analysts said Thursday.Inflation in Asia's third-largest economy [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Poverty still grips millions in India

Every now and then, India gets a stark reminder that the feel good factor created by high growth rates in recent years eludes millions of its people. One came earlier this month when Unicef said that India had some of the worst rates of chi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

UNICEF releases gloomy report on India child health

Warning to India, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that despite of robust economic growth, India has failed to provide basic healthcare for its poorest children and child mortality rates remain high, a UNICEF report re [...]