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Switzerland is ranked the world’s most resilient country for investors in 2025, according to Henley & Partners and AlphaGeo Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index. Switzerland scored 88.42 overall, with a risk score of 9.1 (low risk) and resilience score of 85.94 (high resilience), driven by innovation, governance, and social stability. Singapore is the only Asian country in the top 10, ranking 4th, with the lowest legal and regulatory risk globally. India ranks 104th with a total investment risk and resilience score of 54.42, showing moderate resilience (resilience score 49.76) but elevated risks. India’s high risk profile is due to uncertain political, legal, and regulatory environments, combined with exposure to physical climate hazards.

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Indian athletes topped the global doping charts for the third consecutive year in 2024, recording 260 adverse analytical findings (AAFs), according to the latest World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report. India’s positivity rate was 3.6%, the highest among countries conducting 5,000+ tests. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) conducted 7,113 tests in 2024 (6,576 urine samples and 537 blood samples). Out of these, 253 urine samples and 7 blood samples tested positive for prohibited substances. NADA attributed India’s high ranking partly to intensified testing and stronger detection mechanisms, not necessarily a surge in doping prevalence.

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UNESCO released its flagship report “Bhasha Matters: The State of Education Report for India 2025,” emphasizing that mother-tongue based instruction is essential for improving equity and learning outcomes in India. The report advocates for the adoption of Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) across the country to ensure linguistic inclusion and cultural preservation. The report recommends establishing a national mission on Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) to provide a unified and coordinated framework that ensures strong alignment between central and state governments.

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NITI Aayog released the report “A Comprehensive Framework to Promote Affordable Housing” to guide policies on affordable housing across India. The report defines affordable housing as a dwelling with a carpet area and value of up to 60 sq. m. and ₹60 lakh in metropolitan cities, and up to 90 sq. m. and ₹45 lakh in non-metropolitan areas. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0, 2024 adopts the same carpet area limits, with the value of units not exceeding ₹45 lakh. It proposes transit-oriented development, where areas near metro and mass transit stations are reserved for mixed-use projects combining offices, commercial spaces, and affordable housing.

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Bengaluru has been ranked the best city for women in India in 2025, according to a study by Chennai-based workplace inclusion firm Avtar. The study assessed 125 cities on how effectively they support women through a combination of social infrastructure and industrial inclusion. Bengaluru topped the list with a City Inclusion Score (CIS) of 53.29, followed by Chennai (49.86), Pune (46.27), Hyderabad (46.04), and Mumbai (44.49). The index is based on two pillars: Social Inclusion Score (SIS), which measures safety, health, education, mobility, and liveability, and Industrial Inclusion Score (IIS), which tracks formal job opportunities, corporate inclusion practices, skilling, and women’s workforce participation.

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The Indian passport climbed five places to rank 80th in the 2026 Henley Passport Index. Indian citizens can travel visa-free or with visa-on-arrival to 55 destinations. In 2025, India was 85th with access to 57 destinations; in 2024, it was also 80th. India shares the 80th spot with Niger and Algeria. Top passports are from Asia: Singapore (1st, visa-free access to 192 destinations), Japan and South Korea (tied 2nd, 188 destinations). The Henley Passport Index ranks passports based on the number of destinations accessible without a prior visa. The data is compiled using statistics from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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The World Bank released the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report for January 2026, published twice yearly (January and June) to assess global growth. India’s growth forecast for fiscal year 2025-26 was revised up to 7.2% from 6.3% projected in June 2025. Growth drivers in India include strong local demand, rising private consumption, tax reforms, and increasing real household incomes in rural areas. Global trade growth is expected to slow from 3.4% in 2025 to 2.2% in 2026. Government debt in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) has reached a 55-year high of nearly 70% of GDP.

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NITI Aayog released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024, assessing export readiness of India’s States and Union Territories (UTs) to support the goal of USD 1 trillion merchandise exports by 2030 and Viksit Bharat @2047. EPI 2024 is structured around four pillars—Export Infrastructure, Business Ecosystem, Policy & Governance, and Export Performance. It is further divided into 13 sub-pillars and 70 indicators for granular assessment. Top-performing Large States are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh, while top-performing Small/North Eastern States & UTs are Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu, and Goa.

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Abu Dhabi ranked the world’s safest city for the tenth consecutive year since 2017. The ranking was released by Numbeo, a global cost of living and quality of life database. The achievement highlights Abu Dhabi’s strong security, stability, and high quality of life. It strengthens the emirate’s image as a top destination for living, working, and investment.

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The State of Finance for Nature 2026 report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights a major global imbalance favouring nature-negative finance. Nature-positive finance supports environmental conservation through Nature-based Solutions (NbS), while nature-negative finance harms ecosystems. In 2023, nature-negative finance reached 7.3 trillion US dollars, nearly 30 times higher than the 220 billion US dollars spent on NbS. About 90% of NbS funding comes from public sources, while private finance largely flows to fossil fuels and heavy industries.