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50% of total poor in urban areas are new: BIDS

50% of total poor in urban areas are new: BIDS

Temperatures in the gritty New Delhi locality of Mungeshpur averaged 1.4° Celsius higher so far this month than in the suburban enclave of Safdarjung, IMD data shows. Photo: Bloomberg

Bloomberg Special

India's record heatwave drives temperature gap between rich and poor

Dr Sayema Haque Bidisha. Illustration: TBS

Focus on boosting poor’s purchasing power

A healthcare professional prepares a dose of AstraZeneca (Covid-19) vaccine at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, Kenya, December 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Coronavirus chronicle

Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates Covid vaccine rollout to world's poorest

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Coronavirus chronicle

Merck expects Covid pill to reach rich and poor countries simultaneously

Photo: Bloomberg

China’s rich write checks to show solidarity with the poor

People of marginalised communities sit in line to collect government aid. Photo: Collected

Is monetary policy echoing its context?

Firdousi Naher. Illustration: TBS

Urgent need to check human capital erosion of the poor

The helpless face with tears rolling down his cheeks tells about his hardship with no income in the ongoing lowdown. The hapless elderly rickshaw van puller, Ziyad Ali, has now no food at his home to feed his family. Like him, with no passengers to carry, rickshaw and van pullers across the country are struggling to make ends meet. The photo was taken from Razzak Park in Satkhira town recently. Photo: TBS

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Fear, hunger and loss mark their lockdown

Standard Bank provides relief assistance to 2,300 poor families affected by pandemic

Standard Bank provides relief assistance to 2,300 poor families affected by pandemic

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Poorer Indian women lost more jobs, ate less amid the pandemic

TBS Today: Its the underprivileged who fear lockdowns, not the coronavirus

TBS Today: Its the underprivileged who fear lockdowns, not the coronavirus

Hossain Zillur Rahman/TBS sketch

No place for new poor in social safety net