Month: June 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's extreme poverty rate has fallen sharply over the past decade after the World Bank updated its international poverty line definition and included updated data in its June upgrade of the methodology.Based on the update, the latest World Bank data showed that the extreme poverty rate had declined from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23. The number of people living in extreme poverty also fell sharply during this period from 344.47 million in 2011-12 to 75.24 million in 2022-23. This would mean that nearly 270 million were lifted out of extreme poverty during the same period.In a blog, the World Bank said that the international poverty line for low-income countries has been raised to $3 per person per day from the existing $2.15 per person per day, and for lower middle-income countries it's changed from $3.65 […]

[ad_1] MUMBAI: In what it said was a peculiar case of a dispute arising over a reimbursement claim by a central govt employee for a "heart transplant" conducted at a private hospital, the Bombay high court on Friday held that the affected man, a pensioner, was entitled to decide on a private hospital for the procedure in the absence of timely availability of such facilities in all the empanelled hospitals under the govt health scheme for employees. The high court said he was entitled to full reimbursement of his "undisputed expenditure". It said that to make the man suffer for the refund was a glaring travesty of justice and violation of his fundamental rights.Anirudh Nansi, who took voluntary retirement in March 2008 as a central govt employee, is a Mumbai resident and petitioned the high court in 2022 over his […]

[ad_1] Cardi B and Stefon Diggs were at an NBA game recently.(Image via Elsa/Getty Images) Stefon Diggs and Cardi B have fans constantly talking after the rapper shared steamy photos of them on a yacht last week. Now that the relationship is public, it seems like Stefon Diggs and Cardi B are now spending more time in public with each other. A few hours ago, Cardi B and Stefon Diggs were again spotted together, but this time, fans are panicking about the rapper’s changed personality.Cardi B proves her love for Stefon Diggs as the two get spotted together in Washington, D.C.In pictures and videos that have gone viral, Cardi B was seen with Stefon Diggs as the high profile couple attended the NFL star’s Youth Football Club in Washington, D.C. today. Cardi B was seen relaxed and happy as she […]

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: More than 3,31,000 devotees have registered so far for this year’s Amarnath Yatra, which is set to begin on July 3 from both routes --- Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district.The yatra will conclude on Aug 9, 2025, coinciding with the festival of Raksha Bandhan. This was disclosed during the 49th Board meeting of the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB), chaired by Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan on Saturday.During the meeting, the LG reviewed the preparations for the yatra, including arrangements and essential amenities at base camps and along the routes, a govt spokesperson said. The meeting was attended by members of the shrine board.The board held a comprehensive review of the preparedness of all the departments concerned and proposed measures and interventions to further improve the facilities for the […]