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3,000 billionaires added $6.5 trillion in wealth over past decade: Report

The average billionaire wealth rose by more than 1,000 percent since 1990.
world news
Updated on Jun 27, 2025 01:37 pm IST

CBI files charge sheet in FCRA probe against Oxfam India

Representational image. (Reuters File)
india news
Updated on Jan 23, 2025 02:46 pm IST

UK's richest 10% took half of colonial India's extracted wealth: Report

Oxfam said that the newly emergent middle class in the UK is the second biggest beneficiary of money extracted from colonial India for over 100 years. (Representative image)
india news
Updated on Jan 20, 2025 01:58 pm IST

Oxfam says Musk backing Trump is the ‘crown jewel of global oligarchies’

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk during a rally the day before Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.
world news
Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:18 am IST

World's top 1% became richer by $40 trillion in 10 years, taxed at historic lows

Oxfam said that the $42 trillion figure was nearly 36 times more than the wealth accumulated by the poorer half of the world's population.
business
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 09:28 am IST

Odisha train tragedy: Oxfam India to provide psychosocial care to victims

File photo of a high-street branch of an Oxfam shop
india news
Published on Jun 04, 2023 02:46 pm IST

CBI files case against Oxfam India for alleged foreign funding violations

File photo of a high-street branch of an Oxfam charity shop in south London.
india news
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 10:00 pm IST

Oxfam report makes case for taxing rich, says 'one-off tax on Adani…' | Top 10

The Oxfam report said that revenues from progressive taxation has the capacity to fund the country’s health and education system.
india news
Published on Jan 16, 2023 09:56 am IST

Only 31% women own mobile phones, says Oxfam report on India digital divide

India accounts for half the world’s gendered digital divide.
technology
Updated on Dec 06, 2022 05:07 pm IST

SCs, STs and Muslims earn less compared to non SCs, STs and non-Muslims: Report

Muslims in rural areas, recorded the maximum decline in earnings of 13 per cent, while it was close to 9 per cent for others. (Representational Image)
india news
Updated on Sept 15, 2022 07:09 am IST

After tax 'surveys', CPR responds; Oxfam says no internet, ‘phones confiscated’

Income Tax department officials leave after conducting a raid on the premises of the think-tank Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in New Delhi.
india news
Updated on Sept 09, 2022 06:47 pm IST

Income Tax searches at think tank CPR, Oxfam and media foundation: Reports

The I-T department conducted raids and surveys in various states in separate cases related to alleged tax evasion, violation of FCRA violation and illicit funding of registered unrecognised political parties.(Representational Photo/HT)
india news
Updated on Sept 07, 2022 11:14 pm IST

UK raised Oxfam FCRA licence refusal issue with India: Minister to Lok Sabha

Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha that India has apprised the British side of the grounds for the refusal. (ANI)
india news
Updated on Mar 16, 2022 12:59 am IST

Oxfam: 10 richest men in the world doubled wealth amid Covid pandemic  

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are two of the richest people in the world.
world news
Published on Jan 17, 2022 02:16 pm IST

News updates from HT: MHA removes over 6,000 organisations from FCRA list 

The reason for such large number of organisations being taken off the list was either because the organisations either didn’t apply for renewal of the licence needed to receive foreign funds, or the Ministry of Home Affairs didn’t renew it
india news
Published on Jan 01, 2022 04:55 pm IST

90% in poor nations may not get a vaccine in 2021

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa.
world news
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 04:49 am IST

‘Rich nations hoarded enough Covid vaccines to inoculate their populations thrice’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the arrival of a DHL plane carrying a first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on December 9.
world news
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 07:29 pm IST

Covid-19 could kill more through hunger, 122 million more may be pushed to starvation: Oxfam

A community kitchen run by Parmarth Samaj Sewi Sansthan distributes food and water to migrant workers on Jhansi border.
world news
Updated on Jul 09, 2020 06:51 am IST

What should the budget be guided by?

The budget gives the government an opportunity to address some of the fundamental issues that can retrack the economy
analysis
Published on Jan 31, 2020 03:39 pm IST

Recognise unpaid care work as a common good

All over the world, women bear a disproportionate burden of household chores. This “sexist economic system” has resulted in gross imbalances in paid work, finds an Oxfam report released this past week
columns
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 08:16 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times| Number of people held for illegally entering Bangladesh up by 50% and all the latest news at this hour

Fence at India- Bangladesh border at Benapole, in West Bengal.
india news
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 09:00 am IST

2,153 billionaires richer than 4.6 billion people, says Oxfam study

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg -- the fifth-richest person in the world -- had the highest boost last year, with a net gain of about $6 billion.
world news
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 08:57 am IST

India’s richest 1% have 4-times more wealth than 70% of its poorest: Study

The combined total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires is higher than the total Union Budget of India for the fiscal year 2018-19 which was at Rs 24,42,200 crore, according to an Oxfam study.
india news
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 08:16 am IST

From recycled leather to natural dyes, fashion tries to limit environmental damage and promote sustainability

Some brands are attempting to cut waste and be more sustainable, with mainstay brands like Badgley Mischka making shifts in how they produce their garments.
fashion
Updated on Sept 19, 2019 11:42 am IST

Style icons Vivienne Westwood and Lily Cole slam throwaway fashion culture

The initiative has more than eight million members in 50 countries.
fashion
Updated on Sept 13, 2019 02:10 pm IST

A clean environment will be our best gift to posterity

India was ranked as the third highest CO2 emitter in the world in 2015 after China and the US, by the International Energy Agency. It has pledged under the Paris Agreement, to reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 33-35% by 2030.
analysis
Updated on Jan 28, 2019 07:37 am IST

The crisis of imbalance in the world economy

The World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual event held in Swiss ski resort of Davos, has become a symbol of global capitalism.
editorials
Updated on Jan 23, 2019 08:28 am IST

World’s 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity: Report

The world’s 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, Oxfam said Monday, urging governments to hike taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality.
business
Updated on Jan 21, 2019 09:16 am IST

‘Nations must develop action plans to tackle inequality’

A local train moves on an elevated track over a slum area at Wadala, Mumbai, February 1, 2018
analysis
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 03:53 pm IST
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