The QS World University Rankings 2027 were released on 18 June 2026. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ranked first globally for the 15th consecutive year with a perfect...
Bengaluru-Karnataka ranked second among Asia’s AI-native startup clusters in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2026, after Beijing. The same report placed Bengaluru 15th among the top 40 global...
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, became the world’s fifth most valuable company by market capitalisation on 16 June 2026 after its valuation moved above Amazon’s. The...
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded India’s lowest Total Fertility Rate (TFR) at 0.9 in the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6), which covers 2023-24 data and was released...
India is the leading country of origin for immigrant founders of United States billion-dollar startups, with 96 such companies as of 3 June 2026. Immigrants have founded or...
The National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) was conducted in 2023-24 by the Union Health Ministry and the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. The survey recorded higher...
The National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) for 2023-24 records high levels of child malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh. The survey uses standard indicators such as wasting, underweight, stunting, exclusive...
The National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) for 2023-24 recorded a decline in child stunting in Meghalaya. Stunting among children under five years in the state fell from 46.5%...
India ranked 4th globally in Artificial Intelligence performance and 5th in digital economy rankings in the State of India’s Digital Economy 2026 report. India improved its digital economy...
India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) fell to 1.9 in 2024, as measured by the Sample Registration System (SRS). The replacement fertility level is 2.1 children per woman, which...
India ranked second in the Asia Pacific region in operational data centre capacity as of 27 May 2026, with 1.6 GW of live capacity. India also placed among...
Taiwan became the world’s fifth-largest stock market on 25 May 2026, when its market capitalisation reached US4.95 trillion and India’s market value stood at US4.92 trillion. Taiwan’s rise...
