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Clear filtersAn ICMR-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study reported a sharp rise in diabetes and prediabetes in Tamil Nadu, with diabetes prevalence among those above 20 rising from 11.1% (2008-2010) to 22.7% (2022-2023), a 104% increas...
A NITI Aayog-TERI report on e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycling says about 78% of India's e-waste is handled by the informal sector, which recovers only 10-20% of the materials. India generated about 6.19 million t...
UNEP's State of Finance for Nature 2026 report shows that money harming nature far exceeds money protecting it. In 2023, about US$7.3 trillion went to activities that damage nature, against roughly US$220 billion for nat...
India came 6th out of 11 Asian economies in the Asia Manufacturing Index 2026, released by Dezan Shira & Associates, an advisory firm based in Hong Kong. The index compares how attractive countries are for manufacturing,...
Former President Ram Nath Kovind released the Responsible Nations Index 2026 in New Delhi. The index is prepared by the World Intellectual Foundation. Instead of measuring power or wealth, it ranks 154 countries on how r...
The Numbeo Safety Index 2026 was released covering 304 cities worldwide. Qingdao (China) was ranked the safest city in the world and Mangaluru (Karnataka) the safest in India. India's top five safest cities are Mangaluru...
A NITI Aayog report analysed 18 central MSME schemes and proposed their convergence via a centralised AI-enabled portal, merged cluster schemes and integrated marketing support; MSMEs contribute around 29-30% of GDP and...
The International Labour Organization's Employment and Social Trends Report 2026 projected a 4.9% global unemployment rate (about 186 million people), a global jobs gap of 408 million, and youth unemployment of about 12....
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 identified cybersecurity as India's top risk and geoeconomic confrontation as the most severe global threat for 2026.
The World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report revised India's FY2025-26 growth forecast up to 7.2% from 6.3%, driven by strong domestic demand and tax reforms, while projecting a global trade-growth slowdown to 2.2%...
NITI Aayog released the fourth Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024; Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat ranked among the top large states, with Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir leading smaller states and UTs.
India was ranked 80th in the Henley Passport Index 2026 with visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 55 destinations, sharing the rank with Nigeria and Algeria; Singapore held the strongest passport with access to 192 countr...
