 | Rashford 'blown away' by grassroots pledges to feed kidsEarlier, a Labour Party motion backed by the player to extend free school meals over school holidays until Easter was rejected largely along party lines. |
 | One in six children living in extreme poverty, figure set to rise during pandemic: UNChildren make up around a third of the global population, around half of the extreme poor are children. |
 | Jharkhand: Poverty forces national karate champion to sell ‘handia’ for a livingChief Minister Hemant Soren takes cognizance, directs DC Ranchi to look into the matter. |
 | India ranks 94 in Hunger Index; experts blame poor implementation, siloed approachThe neighbouring Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too are in the 'serious' category but ranked higher than India in this year's hunger index. |
 | By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID-19: World BankIn its report, the World Bank noted that the lack of recent data for India severely hinders the ability to monitor global poverty. |
 | UN panel says corruption hits the poor hardestThe UN panel said tax abuse, corruption and money laundering are draining hundreds of billions of dollars from governments that could help the world’s poor. |
 | Dalit family in Jharkhand forced to eat wild tuber roots due to food shortageChief Minister Hemant Soren has asked the Deputy Commissioner to identify such families and provide them immediate help after a video of the villagers eating tuber roots went viral. |
 | COVID-19 plunges additional 150 million children into poverty: UNICEF analysisUNICEF said that the multi-dimensional poverty analysis uses data on access to education, healthcare, housing, nutrition, sanitation and water from more than 70 countries. |
 | UN expert: Pandemic's worst impacts on poverty yet to come“The social safety nets put into place are full of holes,” said Olivier De Schutter, a legal scholar appointed by U.N. Human Rights Council as special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. |
 | No more malnutrition among kids belonging to BPL families: Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan ReddyPregnant women, lactating mothers, kids to get nutritious food under Poshana schemes |
 | Much more needs to be done for urban poorEconomic policy meets success when it lifts millions out of poverty. By that measure, India is now at the scariest point on the pendulum. In a brutal warning, |
 | COVID-19 may have sent 100 million people hurtling into extreme poverty, says World Bank ChiefHaving a clear view of the size of each country's debt and the collateral involved also are key to being able to help the debtor nations, Malpass said. |
 | Teenager thwarts parents' plot to marry her off due to lockdown povertyThe police intervened and got her parents to sign a written declaration that the teenager would not be married off before she turned 18. |
 | India joins 'Alliance for Poverty Eradication' at UN as founding memberIndia has joined the alliance as a founding member and stressed that ending poverty is not just about monetary compensation but guaranteeing access of the poor to quality education and sanitation. |
 | Varanasi Dalit woman alleges misreporting, journalist booked under SC/ST ActComplainant Mala Devi, a contractual sanitary worker with Varanasi Municipal Corporation, alleges that the story wrongly portrayed her as somebody living in extreme poverty and hunger. |
