Apple Inc.'s stock plunged on October 29, 2021, propelling Microsoft Corp. to the top of the world's stock market by market capitalization. At market close, Apple stood at about $2.46 trillion while Microsoft reached nearly $2.49 trillion. Apple had held the top position for more than a year.

NITI Aayog has released a comprehensive report titled “Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle”, on October 29, 2021, which brings out the gaps in the health insurance coverage across the Indian population and offers solutions to address the situation. The report has a ...

The Ministry of Power has released the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020. as per the index, Karnataka state has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020. Rajasthan is on the second rank followed by Haryana on third. Rajasthan has been given 61 points and ...

World Health Organization (WHO) has released its annual Global tuberculosis (TB) report 2021 to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of TB epidemic at global, regional and country levels. The report also mentioned India as the worst-hit country in ...

India has ranked 40th out of 43 pension systems across the world in the 2021 Mercer CFS Global Pension Index survey, suggesting the need for strategic reforms in India to revamp the pension system so as to ensure adequate retirement income. India had stood at 34th position out of 39 pension ...

Fifteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh became India's 21st Woman Grand Master (WGM) after achieving her 2nd International Master (IM) at Grand Master (GM) in Budapest, Hungary. Deshmukh scored five points in the nine rounds and ended up with a performance rating of 2452 to secure her final WGM norm. ...

India has slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th, and is behind its neighbors Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The 2021 GHI score of India is recorded at 27.5 out of 50, which comes under the serious ...

Reliance Industries Ltd, the country's largest company by revenues, profits, and market value, has topped Indian corporates in the World's Best Employers rankings 2021 published by Forbes. Globally, Reliance is placed at 52nd position among 750 global corporates likes Phillips, ...

India has retained the 3rd rank in the 58th Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) released by the consultancy firm Ernst & Young (EY). According to the report, the US, mainland China, and India continue to retain the top ...

The global MPI is jointly produced by UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). The index complements monetary-based measures of poverty, expressing deprivations that are manifested in people’s daily lives in ways that go beyond the ability to purchase goods and ...