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Record 120 million people displaced globally: UN report

The United Nations has said today that a record-breaking 120 million people were living in a forcibly displaced status globally between the beginning of 2023 to May 2024. The new data was revealed in the Global Trends report by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The report said, that around 117.3 million people remained forcibly displaced at the end of 2023, having been forced to flee persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public...

July 11, 2023 1:51 PM

UN says India registers remarkable reduction in poverty with 41.5 cr people coming out of it in 15 yrs

United Nations has said that India has registered remarkable reduction in poverty with 41.5 crore people coming out of it in just 15 years. The UN said, 25 countries, including India, successfully halved their global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) values within 15 years, showing that rapid progress is attainable. These 25 countries include Cambodia, China, Congo, Honduras, Indonesia, Morocco, Serbia, and Vietnam besides India. The latest update of the global Multidimensional Po...