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Clear filtersThe Institute for Economics and Peace has released the Global Terrorism Index 2026.Pakistan is ranked 1st as the most affected country, with 1,139 deaths and 1,045 incidents in 2025.India is ranked 13th with a score of 6...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has released its Global Trade Outlook, pointing to a slowdown in world trade.Global merchandise trade growth is projected to drop to 1.9% in 2026 from 4.6% in 2025.The West Asia conflic...
The World Happiness Report 2026, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre, has named Finland the happiest country for the ninth year in a row.The top five are Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Costa Rica and Sweden, reflectin...
According to the Global Capital Flows Report 2025 released by Colliers, India stood fourth in the world for cross-border investment in land and development sites, underlining its rising weight in global real estate.Real...
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has reported that India was the second-largest arms importer in the world during 2021-2025, accounting for about 8.2% of total global arms imports. Ukraine ran...
An interim update of the State of the World's Migratory Species Report has warned that nearly half of migratory species populations are falling worldwide. The report is prepared under the Convention on the Conservation o...
UN Women has released a report titled "Ensuring and Strengthening Access to Justice for All Women and Girls". It finds that women around the world enjoy only 64% of the legal rights that men have, and that no country has...
The World Obesity Atlas 2026, published by the World Obesity Federation (WOF), shows India has overtaken the United States to become the second-highest country in childhood obesity.India now ranks second globally, behind...
Sapien Labs released the Global Mind Health 2025 Report under its Global Mind Project. The study uses the Mind Health Quotient (MHQ), which measures emotional, cognitive and social well-being. Indians aged 18-34 ranked 6...
With more than 740 million smartphones in use in 2025, India now has the world's second-largest active installed smartphone base after China. Installed base counts devices currently in use, not annual sales. Over half of...
Global Energy Monitor reported that the worldwide pipeline of wind and utility-scale solar projects reached a record 4.9 terawatts in 2025, up 11% from 4.4 TW in 2024. China leads with over 1.5 TW prospective and 448 GW...
Data linked to WIPO's Global Innovation Index show global R&D spending reached $2.87 trillion in 2024, growing almost 3% a year. China became the top spender at $785.9 billion, edging past the United States at $781.8 bil...
