'$18 trillion unaccounted black money stashed in tax havens'

Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015, 20:49

A staggering USD 18 trillion worth unaccounted money is stashed in tax havens and ploughing back that amount into the global economy can help lift people from poverty, says Oxfam.

Hindujas only Britons in world's top 80 billionaires list

Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015, 13:43

With an estimated wealth of nearly 14 billion dollars, India-born Hinduja brothers have now emerged as the only British names on the list of world's top 80 billionaires dominated by Americans.

Richest 1% to own more than 99% of people by 2016: Oxfam

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 19:04

The richest 1 percent people in the world will soon have more wealth than the remaining 99 percent of the global population, says a report.

Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam after SodaStream dispute

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 10:56

Scarlett Johansson has left her role at charity Oxfam because of her new position with the carbonated drinks company SodaStream.

'World's 85 richest people own nearly half of global wealth'

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:37

As per the report, in the last 25 years wealth has become even more concentrated in the hands of fewer people so much so that one percent of the world's families own almost half (46 percent) of the world's wealth.

Climate talks in trouble as green groups walk out

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 08:51

Exasperated green groups walked out of faltering UN climate talks in Warsaw on Thursday.

Top donor countries `failing` Syrians: Oxfam

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 13:13

Donor countries, among them France, Qatar and Russia, are failing to adequately fund the humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis, an international aid agency said Thursday.

Millions more Europeans at risk of poverty if austerity drags on: Oxfam

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 10:23

Up to 25 million more Europeans are at risk of sinking into poverty by 2025 if governments push on with austerity measures, international aid agency Oxfam warned Wednesday, calling such policies "moral and economic nonsense".

Oxfam to give dry food, blankets to Uttarakhand flood victims

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 22:31

Oxfam India, a rights-based organization, on Saturday announced humanitarian assistance in the form of dry food and blankets for flood-affected and shelter-less victims of the flood in Uttarakhand.

'India's Food Bill can set example for rest of world'

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 16:21

India's proposed National Food Security Bill has the potential to become a benchmark for the rest of the world to follow, the NGO Oxfam India and UK-based Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has said.