While India has taken tremendous strides in combating poverty in the past decade, Muslims, members of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Dalits saw the most progress in in reducing the impact of poverty, according to data compiled in a UN project.
At least 79 people have died after a passenger ferry carrying hundreds capsized in Tanzania's Lake Victoria, officials said.
Sanjay Raut demands re-election, alleges irregularities in EVMs during Maharashtra polls
Boy dies due to choking after eating more than three pooris together
Karnataka HM G Parameshwara blames EVM for Cong debacle in Maharashtra, backs ballot papers
Using power to create Hindu-Muslim rift not in state or country's interest: Rahul on Sambhal clashes
Hazrat Nizamuddin-bound Vande Bharat Express gets delayed by 11 hours; passengers protest
Woman in Himachal Pradesh bullies Kashmiri shawl sellers, video turns up on X
PWD, Google Maps officials booked in Bareilly bridge death case
France's TotalEnergies says no new investment in Adani till bribe charges cleared
Delhi's air remains hazardous, SC raps officials for 'serious lapse' in ensuring GRAP-4 curbs
GT buy Washington Sundar for Rs 3.20 crore; Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur go unsold
Navjot Sidhu issues clarification after doctors question his claim on cancer diet
Two of family die after eating roasted chickpeas in Bulandshahr, probe on
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is ready to accelerate denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees from Washington and wants to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump at an early date, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday.
India as well as other Asian countries are vulnerable to the risk of cyber threats from "Balkanisation" in cyber space, warned Russia-based global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the ruling Liberal Democratic Partys (LDP) leadership election on Thursday, securing a historic third term that will effectively extend his time in power by another three years.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un embarked on a historic trip on Thursday to the summit of Mount Paekdu, a sacred mountain on the country's border with China, at the end of their three-day bilateral summit.
Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen announced on Wednesday the interception of a missile shot towards border city Jazan.
A gunman who opened fire in a courthouse building in the US state of Pennsylvania and injured four people, has been shot dead by the police, authorities said.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested on Wednesday to face fresh corruption charges related to scandal-hit state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the Malaysia's anti-graft body said.
The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday suspended the prison sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar in a corruption case.
