Tag: Inequality

NEW DELHI: As 2023 draws to an end, a number of global indices provide insight into the state of the world and highlight serious issues on several fronts. These reports give a thorough picture of where the world community is at, covering everything from dwindling press freedom to ongoing ...

In early 2020, as the coronavirus spread, schools around the world abruptly halted in-person education. To many governments and parents, moving classes online seemed the obvious stopgap solution.In the United States, school districts scrambled to secure digital devices for students. Almost overnight, videoconferencing software like Zoom became the main ...

NEW YORK — Divisions are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, as humanity faces three major challenges where the world has the power to “seek and unite for solutions” said the UN chief on Tuesday.António Guterres was addressing the Council of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the world’s largest regional ...

António Guterres was addressing the Council of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the world’s largest regional security body in terms of landmass and population which currently includes China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and new member Iran.The UN has had a cooperation agreement with the Asia-focused SCO ...

Bhatial, Pakistan – It is 8am on a bright February morning, and Zubeida Begum is walking through the narrow lanes of Bhatial, a quiet rural village of about 2,000 people in the Jhelum district of Punjab, Pakistan. The 42-year-old widow wears a large cotton dupatta, or shawl, draped over ...

Economic summits in Washington, DC rarely provoke much interest on the streets of Khartoum or Karachi. The Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, held in the United States capital during April 10-16, were no exception. Listening to the range of comments from ministers and other officials ...

MADRID - Millions of people around the world planned to demonstrate, attend conferences and enjoy artistic events Wednesday to mark International Women's Day, an annual observance established to recognize women and to demand equality for half of the planet's population. While activists in some nations noted advances, ...

MADRID — Hundreds of thousands of people are set to take part in demonstrations, rallies, and colorful events around the globe on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day, the date established to celebrate women and demand equality for half the planet´s population. While there have been major advances in ...

Every January must bring a bag of mixed feelings for the 166 billionaires (in 2022) in India of whom nearly half reside in Mumbai: The World Economic Forum conference at Davos where they get to mingle amongst their own and the annual Oxfam report on inequality which, more often ...

An RSS leader raising poverty, unemployment and rising inequality in India close on the heels of BJP minister Nitin Gadkari’s remark that India is a rich nation where its population is poor and faces starvation, joblessness, inflation, casteism and untouchability is clear evidence that these are issues that are ...