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Clear filtersAn 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...
A recent analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study found that India and China carried the highest metabolic disease burden in the Asia-Pacific region during 1990-2023. The study measures health loss in Disabil...
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...
StartupBlink has released the Innovators Business Environment Index (IBEI) 2026, which rates how favourable national business conditions are for innovators.Countries are scored from 0 to 100 on regulation, access to capi...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has brought out its State of Energy Innovation 2026 report. It finds that clean-energy innovation is expanding worldwide, driven by competitiveness, energy security and climate goals...
A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Ember found Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan leading in electric vehicle adoption and green hydrogen promotion. It reviewed 21...
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...
NITI Aayog released 'Revitalising Apprenticeship Ecosystem: Insights, Challenges, Recommendations and Best Practices', reviewing India's apprenticeship system. It makes 20 action-oriented recommendations with assigned re...
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) released the Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2026. It projects that the region will miss 103 of 117 measurable SDG targets by 2030, with jus...
The Global AI Brain Race Report 2026 placed the United States first in artificial intelligence, with China second and Singapore third. India came sixth with a score of 32 out of 100, performing well on talent readiness b...
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...
