India is now ranked 140 among 156 countries which has fallen 28 places in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, and is now one of the worst performers in South Asia, trailing behind neighbours Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 South Asia incidentally is one of […]
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According to the Miltary Direct’s study report China has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The USA, despite their enormous military budgets, comes in 2nd place with 74 points, followed by Russia with 69, India at 61 and then France with 58. The
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Union Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala, in the Rajya Sabha, questioned the methodology and data accuracy of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report, which has placed India at 94th (out of 107 countries) rank in 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Minister said the government had written to the NGO, Welthungerhilfe, which
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A committee set up by the Narendra Modi government last year to suggest ways of India improving its ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has concluded that the media is doing well and that India’s poor score – which it says is “not in line with the ground situation” – is the product of
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Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs announced the release of the final rankings of Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020 and the Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In the Million+ category, Indore has emerged as the highest ranked municipality, followed by Surat and Bhopal. In the Less
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Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020 has been released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Bengaluru has emerged as the top performer among all the cities with more than one million population in the Index. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The EoLI aims to measure the well-being of Indian citizens in 111
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Government has released the new series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Worker (CPI-IW) with base year 2016, being compiled and maintained by Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Labour& Employment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The new series of CPI(IW) with base 2016=100 will replace theexisting series with base2001=100. The revision
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India ranks 94 among 107 countries in Global Hunger Index 2020. According to the GHI report, with a score of 27.2, India has a level of hunger that is “serious”. According to the study, 14% of India’s population is undernourished. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Last year, India’s rank was 102 out of 117
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NITI Aayog is at an advanced stage for preparation of a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) parameter dashboard to rank states and Union Territories, along with a State Reform Action Plan (SRAP). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Aayog, which is the nodal agency for leveraging the monitoring mechanism of the Global MPI to drive
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The Rural Development Ministry will soon rank states on efficient management of financial resources allocated for implementing half a dozen rural development schemes. The department has developed a financial management index that will map the performance of states and rank them on the basis of five parameters. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These include
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