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India Skills Report 2022: Maharashtra Retains Top Position

The 9th edition of India Skills Report (ISR) 2022, released by Wheebox, Maharashtra has retained the top position in the list of states with the highest poll of employable talent followed by Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. Theme of ISR 2022 – ‘Rebuilding and Reinventing the Future of Work’. The India Skills Report is a comprehensive report on the future of work, education and […]

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China is world’s biggest captor of journalists: RSF Report

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a report titled titled ‘The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China’. As per the report, China is the world’s biggest captor of journalists with at least 127 reporters currently detained by the regime, revealing the extent of the regime`s campaign of repression against the right to information. The watchdog added

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Asia Power Index 2021: India Ranked as 4th

India has emerged as the fourth most powerful country in Asia. It has been ranked fourth among the 26 countries, with an overall score of 37.7 out of 100 and territories in Indo-Pacific for comprehensive power as per the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index 2021. India’s overall score declined by 2 points compared to 2020. India

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World Inequality Report 2022 announced

France-based World Inequality Lab published its report titled “World Inequality Report 2022”. This report is published by Mr. Lucas Chancel, the co-director of the World Inequality Lab of the Paris School of Economics. It was coordinated by famed French economist Thomas Piketty. In 2021 the top 10 percent and top 1 percent of the Indian population

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India replaces Brazil as a top food supplier to Arab League countries

India has become the top food exporter to the 22-nation League of Arab States for the first time in 15 years, replacing Brazil. A Reuters report from Sao Paulo said India accounted for 8.25% of the total agribusiness products imported by the 22 Arab League members last year, higher than Brazil’s 8.15%, ending a 15-year advantage for Brazil. Now,

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RBI: Gujarat became India’s Largest Manufacturing Hub

Gujarat has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Gujarat saw its Gross Value Addition (GVA) in manufacturing grow by 15.9 percent annually between FY12 to FY20 to stand at Rs 5.11 lakh crore, data shows. GVA is an economic metric that measures the supply of goods and

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EIU releases Worldwide Cost of Living Index 2021

Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) has released the Worldwide Cost of Living 2021, exploring the cost of living in 173 cities, measured against impactful global events. as per the index, Tel Aviv, Israel has been selected as the most expensive city in the world to live in in 2021. The 2021 index explored the cost of living in 173

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Indira Gandhi International Airport adjudged ‘Best Airport in India’

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been declared the Best Airport in India and Central Asia. Delhi airport along with the others in Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru feature in the World To 100 airports list published by Skytrax. Rs 36,000 crores worth investments are being planned to develop new greenfield airports across the country under Public-Private Partnership

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World Cooperative Monitor report 2021: IFFCO ranks first

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) ranked 65th in the overall turnover ranking from 125th in the last financial year and is in the leading position among the world’s 300 leading cooperatives. The ranking is based on the ratio of turnover over the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. It signifies that IFFCO is contributing significantly to

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Bihar, Jharkhand, UP emerge as poorest states in India: NITI Aayog

Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog’s first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. As per the index, 51.91 percent population of Bihar is poor, followed by 42.16 percent in Jharkhand, 37.79 percent in Uttar Pradesh. While Madhya Pradesh (36.65 percent) has been placed fourth in

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