Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated a two-day G20-themed flower festival of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) at Central Park in Connaught P
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI/GPRC): India is a land of dichotomies. In the year 2022, on one hand, according to the Fortune India's list of 'India's Richest', the collective wealth of 142 billionaires in India is a whopping USD 832 billion. On the other hand, recognizing India's "great commitment and leadership in lifting people out of poverty," the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the country was able to uplift about 415 million people between 2005-2021. Almost half of this 415 million figure, 140 million, exited poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21. Such news highlights the fact that alleviation of poverty remains the top agenda for the country's youth and one young social volunteer, Shivam Sharma Rawat, proves it practically. Shivam is a Class 7 student of Springdales Public School, Dhaula Kuan, and he is trying to do through his 'No Poverty' mission. Shivam's 'No Poverty' mission is aimed at everyb
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined with partners at COP27 to announce the ambition to mobilize more than USD 200 million from 2021 to 2025 to build wat
WORLD IPs DAY. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (center) and Executive Assistant Marie June Pavillar-Castro (3rd from right) join the observance of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City on Tuesday (Aug. 9, 2022). Lacson assured the IPs that his government would promote their rights and well-being, particularly their access to health care services.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BAGO CITY - Remoteness, continuing discrimination, and lack of infrastructure and poor access to public services, such as health, water, and sanitation, have aggravated the situation of Indigenous Peoples (IP) even before the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Tuesday. To mark the International Day of the World's IPs, Lacson assured the IPs that his government would promote their rights and well-being, particularly their access to health care
Senator Christopher Lawrence Go. (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - The passage of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority (MDDA) will further bolster development in Mindanao, said Senator Christopher Lawrence Go Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11708 or "An Act Creating Metropolitan Davao Development Authority," establishing a special development and administrative region to be known as Metropolitan Davao consisting of six cities and nine municipalities. MDDA will have jurisdiction over Davao City and the nearby cities of Panabo, Tagum, and Samal in Davao del Norte; Digos in Davao del Sur; Mati in Davao Oriental; and the municipalities of Sta. Cruz, Hagonoy, Padada, Malalag and Sulop in Davao del Sur; Carmen in Davao del Norte; Maco in Davao de Oro; and Malita and Sta. Maria in Davao Occidental. "This will benefit Mindanao as a whole. It is imperative that we create an agency which can centralize and oversee the development efforts and in