Extreme poverty has gone down by 12.3 percentage points between 2011-2019, a rate significantly lower than that of the 2004-2011 period. Poverty headcount rate dropped from 22.5 per cent in 2011 to 10.2 per cent in 2019 with more pronounced deductions in rural areas compared to urban areas, ...

In 12th QS World University Rankings 2022 has listed IIT-Bombay at 65th and IIT-Delhi at 72nd in the engineering and technology list this year. The top institute's rankings: Arts and Humanities: University of Oxford(UK) Engineering and Technology: Massachusetts ...

Hurun Research Institute has released the list of Hurun Richest Self-Made Women In The World 2022. According to the list, there are 124 Self-Made Women Billionaires in World and China contributes to two-thirds of the world’s self-made women billionaires with 78 followed by the ...

India’s unemployment rate drops to 7.6% in March from 8.1% in Feb 2022: The overall unemployment rate in India has dropped from 8.10% (February 2022) to 7.6% (March 2022), as per the data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The report also stated that though the overall ...

The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) has released a report titled 'State of the World Population 2022: Seeing the Unseen.   The report shows that nearly half of all pregnancies were unintended. The report highlights over 60% of unintended pregnancies ended in abortion, ...

Virat Kohli has come up as the most valued celebrity in India for the fifth time in the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021. Virat Kohli's brand valuation dipped to $185.7 million last year from a high of $237.7 million in 2020. ...

Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun Global Forty and Under Self-Made Billionaires 2022, which ranks the self-made billionaires in the world (in terms of US dollars) aged 40 years and under. The Hurun Report 2022 lists 87 Self-Made Billionaires in the world aged 40 and ...

According to the Annual Frontier Report, 2022 published by United Nations Environment Programme observes that Bangladesh's Dhaka is the noisiest city in the world. Noise pollution limit by WHO - Residential area -55 dB Traffic and business sectors - 70 dB Top 5 ...

Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, famously known as 'brass city', has become the second noisiest city globally. According to a report called 'Annual Frontier Report 2022' published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the western UP city recorded the highest noise pollution last year, a ...

International property consultancy Knight Frank in its latest research report - Global House Price Index – Q4 2021 cited that India climbed up 5 spots in the global home price index to 51st rank in Q4 2021 against 56th rank in Q4 2020. The price increase of 2.1% YoY in the fourth quarter, makes it ...