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 distressing 114 decibels (dB). It comes right after Dhaka, which is […]
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
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New Delhi has emerged as the most polluted capital city in the world for the fourth year in a row in the latest World Air Quality Report for 2021. The report found that no country met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) PM2.5 annual air quality guidelines last year as it analysed PM2.5 air pollution measurements
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SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has bagged the top position on the 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List, with total net worth of $205 billion. The 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List is published by research and luxury publishing group Hurun India in association with realty firm M3M. From India, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its latest report on Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2021, released in March 2022, reveals that India and Saudi Arabia had emerged as the largest arms importers of arms between 2017-21, each accounting for 11% of all global arms sales. Largest Arms Exporters in 2017-21: USA, with
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India has been ranked 120th in the Sustainable Development Report 2021 or Sustainable Development Index 2021 with a score of 60.07. Top performers: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Belgium. Index measures the total progress of India towards achieving 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These 17 SDGs were adopted by UN General Assembly in September 2015 as a part of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. India
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At 145 billionaires, India has the third-highest billionaire population globally, after US and China while the number of ultra-high net worth individuals with net assets of $30 million (Rs 226 crore) or more, increased 11% in 2021 on the back of a buoyant equity market and digital revolution, said Knight Frank in its latest edition of the
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Niti Aayog is in the process of developing a National Gender Index to measure the progress and identify the persisting gaps in gender equality to make informed policy decisions. In its latest annual report, Niti Aayog said the index will serve as a tool to map the progress of states and Union Territories (UTs) on
The impact of the third wave of Covid on economic momentum may lower growth in the second half of the current fiscal (H2FY22), Brickwork ratings has said in a release. According to the ratings agency, with the upward revisions of the FY21 GDP growth by Mospi, they revise their GDP growth projections for FY22 to
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India has improved its overall IP score from 38.4 per cent to 38.6 per cent, and the country is ranked 43 out of 55 countries on the International Intellectual Property Index, according to an annual report compiled by the influential US Chambers of Commerce on Thursday. US has topped the ranking in which 55 countries have
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