To create 400 million jobs, India needs to reimagine the challenge as one of employed poverty rather than unemployment. High wages need high productivity employers.

Married into the royal family that ruled India for three centuries, Sultana Begum lives in penury in a cramped two-room hut ...

Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...

While IITs undeniably offer a pathway to life-changing success for many students, opinions do vary on whether they are the ultimate driver of social mobility in India.

In a conversation with Lex Fridman, PM Narendra Modi reflected on his childhood, highlighting his humble beginnings in ...

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Niti Aayog member Arvind Virmani claims absolute poverty is virtually eradicated in India, citing World Bank standards.

While establishing new national parks can help tiger conservation, experts say it is not the only factor in protecting this iconic endangered species. Namita Singh reports ...

Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Mr Murthy said poverty will "vanish" like dew on a sunny morning if entrepreneurs can create innovative enterprises. India's rural poverty ratio has registered a ...

Absolute poverty in India, as per World Bank's metric, has been nearly eradicated, dropping to just 1%. The percentage of the ...

PM Modi said he picked up life's lessons at his father's tea shop and from his mother who treated children with home remedies ...