India’s extreme poverty rate fell sharply from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 to 5.3 per cent in 2022-23, according to new World Bank estimates. This means about 269 million people rose above the international poverty line over 11 years.

The number of people living in extreme poverty dropped from 344.47 million to 75.24 million, based on the $3.00 per day poverty line (in 2021 PPP terms).

US President Donald Trump says billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will have to face "very serious consequences" if he funds opposition Democratic Party candidates in the midterm elections next year.

The relationship between Trump and Musk has been deteriorating over a Republican-led bill including tax cuts. Musk served in a key post in the Trump administration before quitting it late last month.

An explosion at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, has injured four members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces.

Police say fire officials informed them of the blast in Yomitan Village on Monday morning.

Prefectural officials say the blast occurred at a temporary warehouse for unexploded bombs. The facility, located in the Kadena ammunition storage area, is overseen by the prefectural government.

Birla presented India’s clear and strong role on various topics, especially global cooperation against terrorism, a just and balanced global order and democratic exchanges.

NEW DELHI: The 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Brasília endorsed India’s call for a unified, zero-tolerance approach to terrorism. In a joint declaration, all 10 member nations unequivocally condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, and pledged coordinated action to combat terror in all its forms.