Trickle down won’t work in eliminating poverty: Pranab
July 25th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday called for a rethink on the development policy, saying the trickle down theory, the standing rationale for economic reforms, won't ... Read more...
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Governments need to regain citizens’ trust: OECD chief
May 22nd, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 22 (IANS) The biggest challenge for governments today is to regain the trust of their citizens in the wake of the global financial crisis, Organisation of Economic Cooperation ... Read more...
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US economy on road to recovery: White House
February 18th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) The United States economy is on the road to recovery with stronger job growth expected this year, but income inequality and Europe's debt crisis could still ... Read more...
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‘Fund infusion wont help education without correcting deficiencies’
December 2nd, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Even as India readies to infuse huge funds into the education sector in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the government will need to make ... Read more...
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`Occupiers’ get advice from Bill Clinton
November 8th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) As the wildly spreading leaderless Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate greed entered its 52nd day, it received some "sympathy" and a bit of advice from ... Read more...
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Hundreds arrested at protests against corporate greed in US
October 17th, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS/EFE) Hundreds of people were arrested at protests against corporate greed in cities across the US, police said Sunday.About 175 people were arrested early Sunday in Chicago, ... Read more...
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‘Occupy Wall Street’ growing bigger by the day (Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) As a protest movement against corporate America grows bigger by the day, Citigroup's Indian American CEO Vikram Pandit thinks the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street ... Read more...
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Vikram Pandit: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ sentiments understandable
October 13th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Banking giant Citigroup's Indian American CEO Vikram Pandit thinks the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street protesters are "completely understandable" as US economy recovery fell short ... Read more...
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Pakistanis hungry as steep hike in food prices
September 12th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 12 (IANS) Food prices have shot up in Pakistan by a whopping 74 percent in past three years, leading to an increase in hunger in the country, the ... Read more...
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Rich keep getting richer in US
July 6th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS/EFE) The White House proposal to curb tax deductions that benefit firms and high-income individuals as part of the deficit-reduction negotiations that are continuing Tuesday have ... Read more...
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Global imbalances could spark civil wars: IMF
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Political unrest within nations could derail global recovery and stoke tensions that may ultimately set off civil wars in deeply unequal countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ... Read more...
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India, China facing overheated threats of unemployment-financial crisis: IMF Chief
February 2nd, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that global imbalances that caused the recent financial crisis and unemployment can recur, and added that developing countries like India and ... Read more...
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Schoolbook describes Jesus as ‘wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist’
December 14th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): A New Hampshire couple has pulled their son out of his local high school after the teen was assigned a book that refers to Jesus Christ as a ... Read more...
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US couple pull son out of school over assigned book defaming Jesus
December 8th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): A New Hampshire couple has pulled their son out of his local high school after the teen was assigned a book that refers to Jesus Christ as a ... Read more...
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Brit researchers link social problems to wealth gap
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Nov 22 (ANI): British researchers have suggested that the greater the gap between rich and poor, the more likely people will grow up a drug user, a criminal, less educated, obese, ... Read more...
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Study: Income gap between the rich and poor is the widest ever
September 30th, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the latest census the income gap between the richest and poorest Americans has grown immensely.According to reports, recession has badly affected the Americans. Even though the ... Read more...
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India’s corrupt siphoned out $125 bn in eight years: Report (Lead)
September 14th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) More than $125 billion worth of funds meant for the uplift of Indians were illegally siphoned out of the country by corrupt politicians and corporates between ... Read more...
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Rampant corruption siphoning out funds from India
September 14th, 2010 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Even as India's economic growth continues, the poor continue to stay poor with rampant corruption siphoning out over $125 billion in illicit capital flight between 2000-2008, ... Read more...
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Countries with high defence spending better to withstand financial impact: Report
June 18th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Birmingham, Jun 18 (ANI): Countries with high defence spending are in a better to withstand the effects of financial slow down than others, according to a new study led by University of ... Read more...
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C.K. Prahalad saw India’s fortunes at bottom of pyramid (Obituary)
April 17th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Noted management guru Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad who died in San Diego after a brief illness late Friday, was among the best known global thinkers on the ... Read more...
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Rural America more prosperous than expected
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 3 (ANI): A recent study by researchers at the University of Illinois (U of I) found that much of rural America is more prosperous than expected, particularly in the Midwest ... Read more...
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‘Two million children die in violence every year’
September 12th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 11 (IANS) At least two million children die every year on account of violence in the world, while nearly 40 million suffer disabilities, an orthopaedic surgeon said at an event ... Read more...
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`India, West must destroy Pakistan nukes if Taliban seizes control’
April 22nd, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 22 (IANS) The western world and India must militarily destroy Pakistan's nuclear weapons if the Taliban seizes control of the country, says a Canadian daily.
In an opinion piece, ... Read more...
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Hillary Clinton promises new era of diplomacy
February 14th, 2009 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said the US is committed to a new era of diplomacy and development using smart power to find solutions to global ... Read more...
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Individualism, lack of love blighting children’s lives: survey
February 2nd, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Increasing family break-ups, too much competition at school and “excessive individualism” are making children's lives harder than before, according to the findings of the largest-ever survey of childhood ... Read more...
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Three billion Asians face food crisis: experts
October 29th, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 29 (IANS) Spiralling food prices across Asia could cause social unrest and hit more than three billion people, according to new research by a group of international scholars.A team of ... Read more...
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Western Europe has lowest levels of income inequality: UN
October 28th, 2008 - 5:27 am ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 28 (DPA) Western European cities are the most "egalitarian" in the world, said a new study by United Nations Habitat, which compared levels of income inequality in the world's ... Read more...
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Low standards of child well-being associated with greater income inequality
November 17th, 2007 - 3:50 pm ICT by admin
London , Nov 17 (ANI): A recent study has found that child well being in richer countries is governed more by income inequality than economic growth.Poorer children fare less well than richer ... Read more...
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Wide gap between rich and poor linked to higher death rates worldwide
November 14th, 2007 - 2:39 am ICT by admin
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