India has been placed at 10th spot in the global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 released by Germanwatch on the side-lines of the COP26. It is being released by German-watch along with Climate Action Network (CAN) and New Climate Institute. ...

The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index was released by the Harm Reduction Consortium, on November 7, 2021. Five leading countries on humane and health-driven drug policies: Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, UK, Australia, and the Five lowest-ranked countries are Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, ...

Domestic rating agency Brickwork Ratings revised its growth estimate for the country's GDP to 10-10.5% in the current financial year from an earlier expectation of a 9% growth. Brickwork Ratings is a SEBI registered Credit Rating Agency with headquarter in Bengaluru. It expects the GDP growth ...

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has been ranked as best in the country by the latest Asian University Ranking 2022 released by Quacquarelli Symonds Rankings. The National University of Singapore has come up as Asia’s best university for the 4th consecutive year. ...

Azim Premji, the founder-chairman of Wipro Ltd has topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021. The 76-year-old made the highest contribution of Rs 9,713 crore between April 2020 and March 2021 towards philanthropic causes to retain the top position for the ...

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 ...