The growing divide between the rich and the poor

India has been constantly trying to combat the problem of poverty since its independence in 1947. A corollary of this problem is income inequality amongst the super rich, the rich, the middle class, and the poor. Since independence, inequality, the growing divide, between these groups has been on a rising trend. As more number of super-rich Indians make it to the global list, the poor keep getting poorer.

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Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru

The Republic of Nauru is a small island country in Micronesia in the central Pacific. Covering an area of just 21 square kilometres, it is the world’s smallest republic. Nauru is a phosphate rock island having rich deposits near the surface. Its economy is essentially dependent on the phosphate deposits originating from droppings of sea birds.

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