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 […]
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
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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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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Amazon, Tata Tea, and Asian Paints emerged as the most purposeful brands in India across technology, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and in non-FMCG categories respectively, according to findings of the Kantar’s BrandZ India 2021 report released. In technology ranking, Amazon leads the index followed by Zomato, YouTube, and Google, and Swiggy jointly in 4th place. While Asian Paints topped the non-FMCG rankings, Samsung and Jio ranked jointly in the 2nd position. ,
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NITI Aayog under Indo-German Cooperation has released Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard ranks 56 urban areason 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework. Shimla tops the Index followed by Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram Worst performers: Patna, Guwahati, Itanagar, Meerut, Dhanbad Urban areas have been classified as: Aspirant: 0–49 Performer:
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IndusInd Bank has launched ‘Indus Merchant Solutions’ a mobile application (app) to enable merchants, retailers, and professionals to carry out banking transactions digitally, on a single platform. It will enable merchants and retailers to undertake an array of activities such as accept instant cashless payments on mobile phones from customers through multiple digital modes. Any current account
Union Bank of India ranked third amongst 12 PSBs in the EASE 4.0 Reforms Index for Q1 FY22, as per the rank list released by Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). UBI also recorded stellar performance under four out of six themes in the Agenda. UBI has been adjudged Winner in the themes ‘Collaborating for synergistic outcomes’ & ‘Governance & outcome-centric
Of the world’s top 10 cities with the worst air quality, three – Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai, are in India, data from air quality and pollution city tracking service from IQAir, a Switzerland-based climate group showed. Delhi top the list with AQI at 556, Kolkata and Mumbai recorded an AQI of 177 and 169, respectively, at 4th and 6th position.
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Beauty startup Nykaa’s founder Falguni Nayar has become India’s wealthiest self-made female billionaire, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as shares made a strong stock market debut. She founded Nykaa in the year 2012. She holds a 53.5% stake in Nykaa and has a net worth of USD 7.48 billion. This comes after the IPO of
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