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India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: new UNDP report

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) India has emerged among top countries with high income and wealth inequality but the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 25 to 15 per cent between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the UNDP said in a new report. The 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report, launched on Monday, paints a qualified picture of long-term progress but also persistent disparity and widespread disruption, foreseeing a turbulent development landscape and urgently calling for new directions to boost human development. In India, between 2000 and 2022, per capita income soared from USD 442 to USD 2,389. Whereas,

Donald Trump to testify in New York fraud case that threatens his business

Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the courtroom during a lunch break in his civil business fraud trial, Oct. 4, 2023.

NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters): Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom on Monday, where he will take the witness stand in a civil fraud trial that threatens to diminish the real-estate empire that built his reputation before he entered politics. The former U.S. president, like his two adult sons who testified last week, will likely face pointed questions about the questionable accounting practices that a judge has already ruled to be fraudulent. New York state lawyers argue that those methods enabled him to win favorable financing terms by pumping up the value of his golf courses, apartment towers

This, after 10 years of ‘Acchhe Din’: Sibal’s dig at PM’s free ration scheme extension

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that his government will extend the free ration scheme for five years, saying this was needed even after “10 years of Achche Din”. In a post on X, Sibal said, “Global Hunger Index, India ranked 111 out of 125 countries (October 13, 2023). India rejects ranking. Now PM: Extends PMGKA Yojana for another 5 years so that ‘people don’t go to sleep hungry’.” “This: After 10 years of ‘Acchhe Din’?” the former Union minister said. Global Hunger Index India

Heeralal Samariya sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya was on Monday sworn in as the chief of the Central Information Commission (CIC) by President Droupadi Murmu. The top post of the transparency panel was lying vacant after Y K Sinha’s term ended on October 3. President Murmu administered the oath of office to Samairya at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, officials said After Samariya’s appointment as the Chief Information Commissioner, there exists a vacancy of eight Information Commissioners. At present, there are two Information Commissioners in the Commission. The Commission is headed by the Chief Information Commissioner

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