insert_link Environment Nearly 80% of the world’s poor face climate hazards New Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Report (Photo: UNDP) Nearly 80% of the world’s poorest people—approximately 887 million individuals—live in areas exposed to extreme heat, flooding, and other climate hazards, according to a joint report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University. The study identifies South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as the regions most affected, underscoring how poverty and climate change are increasingly interconnected. Vulnerable communities in these […] today21 October, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Tesla starts hiring in India after Prime Minister Modi met Elon Musk in US Tesla is hiring in India as the US electric carmaker moves ahead with plans to enter the South Asian market. This comes after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi met Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit to Washington last week. Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai. today18 February, 2025
insert_link World Imran Khan charged over death of paramilitary officer Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan now faces murder charges, in addition to the over 100 corruption cases he's already fighting from jail. Khan has been booked for the death of a paramilitary officer who was killed during last week's protest. today3 December, 2024
