COVID-19 might push 120M children into poverty in South Asia: UNICEF

As per a UNICEF report, an additional 120 million children in South Asia, including in India, can slip into poverty within the next six months due to COVID-19 pandemic. The report states that in 2016, around 240 million children across South Asia were living in "multi-dimensional poverty" and hence, COVID-19 can take the total figure up to 360 million.