Topic: pandemic
Pandemic impact on jobs, worse than expected: ILO
The jobs recovery is stalled worldwide and disparities between advanced and developing economies threaten the whole global economy, warned the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday.
Idea of setting our backyards as kitchen garden saved us during pandemic: Anaemic women in MP
In a Madhya Pradesh village, 40 anaemic women started kitchen gardening and some have even recovered from anaemia.
Boosting production only hope for least developed countries post pandemic
The world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy if States are unable to boost economic production, and the international community fails to provide more support, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned.
Chess calms nerves, improves mental health throughout pandemic
Marking World Chess Day on Tuesday, the UN is celebrating the fact that while COVID-19 has forced most sports to scale down, this ancient game of intellect, not brute strength, has demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability throughout months of lockdown worldwide.
A Wednesday (2008): Locating popular conceptualization of Indian middle class
Since the liberalization of the Indian economy, the middle class has only heard of the promises of the Neoliberal state made to them and...
COVID pandemic pushes 119-124 million people into extreme poverty worldwide: Report
A new report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows that cash assistance policies reduced the number of people into poverty list during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
