Context Recently, the Union Minister of Education has released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 for states and union territories. Key Findings Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Kerala…
Context Recently, the report ‘Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update’ has been produced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Met Office. Key Findings of Global Annual to…
Context Recently, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, published the book titled 'Deep Sea Faunal Diversity in India'. Deep Sea Faunal Diversity in India is the first detailed work…
Context Recently, IUCN has published a report ‘Nature in a Globalised World: Conflict & Conservation'. The report is the 1st in IUCN’s Nature in a globalised world report series. It…
Context: Recently, United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) flagship State of World Population Report 2021 titled ‘My Body is My Own’ launched. Key findings The report, ‘My Body is My Own’,…
Context Recently, World Economic Forum has released Global Gender Gap Report 2021. The report estimates that it will take South Asia 195.4 years to close the gender gap, while Western…
Context The Transparency International (TI)’s Corruption Perception Index 2020 (CPI) was recently released. Key Findings Indian Scenario The CPI score for India is constant this year as well as the…
Context Global Bribery Risk Matrix is released by the anti-bribery standard-setting organization TRACE International. This year, out of 194 countries, India has been ranked at 77th rank, one rank higher than…
Context Out of 189 countries, India has ranked 131 on the Human Development Index 2020 prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). With an HDI value of 0.645, the…
Context Recently, India ranked high along with the European Union and the United Kingdom in the latest edition of the Climate Change Performance Index 2020 released by non-profit Germanwatch. Findings of…
