ranks and reports

India Ranks 36 in Network Readiness Index

India has made notable progress in its ability to adopt and integrate frontier technologies, with its ranking improving significantly on the global network readiness index. According to the 2025 Technology and Innovation Report by UNCTAD, India ranks 36th out of...

UNESCO Releases ‘Education and Nutrition: Learn to Eat Well’ Report

UNESCO released the report "Education and Nutrition: Learn to Eat Well" during the ‘Nutrition for Growth’ event hosted by France on March 27-28, 2025. The report highlights concerns regarding the nutritional quality of school meals worldwide and urges governments to...

India’s Social Security Coverage Doubles: ILO Report 2024-26

India has made remarkable strides in expanding social security coverage, as highlighted in the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) World Social Protection Report (WSPR) 2024-26. The report reveals that India’s social protection coverage has doubled from 24.4% in 2021 to 48.8%...

Hurun Global Rich List 2025: Shanghai overtakes Mumbai as Asia’s Billionaire Capital

The Hurun Global Rich List 2025 has been released, revealing major shifts in billionaire rankings worldwide. Notably, Shanghai has overtaken Mumbai as the billionaire capital of Asia, and India ranks third globally with 284 billionaires. India's Position in the Hurun...

Roshni Nadar Becomes First Indian Woman in World’s Top 10 Richest Women

Roshni Nadar, Chairperson of HCL Technologies, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Indian woman to enter the world's top 10 richest women list. According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, she ranks 5th among the world's...

Global Glacier Loss Accelerates: Hindu Kush Himalayas Hit Hardest

Glaciers across the world are retreating at an alarming rate, with the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region experiencing the most significant losses. A recent United Nations report, released on the World Day for Glaciers, highlights that glacier loss in the...

World Happiness Report 2025: India at 118th

India’s happiness ranking has shown steady improvement over the last five years, as per the World Happiness Report 2025, released by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre in collaboration with Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Ranked...

India’s Free Speech Ranking in Global Index

A recent global survey by the U.S.-based think tank The Future of Free Speech ranked India 24th out of 33 countries in its Free Speech Index. The survey, conducted in October 2024, found that although free speech support in India...

IRDAI Releases Annual Claim Settlement Ratio Data in Handbook on Indian Insurance Statistics 2023-24

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has released its much-anticipated annual report, the ‘Handbook on Indian Insurance Statistics 2023-24’, in March 2025. This report provides crucial insights into the Claim Settlement Ratio (CSR) of various insurers, helping...

Top 10 Largest Arms Importing Countries (2020–2024): SIPRI Report

The latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has unveiled the top 10 largest arms-importing countries from 2020 to 2024. A key highlight of this report is the emergence of Ukraine as the world's largest arms importer,...