Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Gender Inequality

Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center’s “Scorching Divide” Report

The “Scorching divide: How extreme heat inflames gender inequalities in health and income” report was released recently by the Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (Arsht-Rock).  It sheds light on...

July 31, 2023

Oxfam’s “Survival of the Richest” Report

According to a new study by Oxfam International, the richest 1% of people in India now own more than 40% of the country’s total wealth, while the bottom...

January 16, 2023

UNFPA Study on Bodily Autonomy

The United Nations Population Fund recently released a report “My Body is My Own”. The report is about women’s power to make decisions on their bodies. It also...

April 16, 2021

2021 Global food policy report

The Global Food Policy Report is published by the International Food Policy Research Institute. This year the institute has released the report based on the theme “Transforming Food...

April 13, 2021

Planetary Pressures-adjusted HDI

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently released the Human Development Report, 2020. India ranked 131 in the Human Development Index (HDI). Usually, the UNDP uses three major...

December 19, 2020

COVID-19 and Child Labour Report by the United Nations

The International Labour Organization and the UNICEF have released a report on Child Labour. The report has been released under the title Title: COVID-19 and Child Labour: A...

June 13, 2020

Facts Box: ILO’s Labour Report, 2020

The International Labour Organization released its “The World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2020” (WESO) report. The report stated that the global unemployment has been stable for the...

January 23, 2020

Gender inequality extremely high in work & politics in India: Report

According to recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) for the Asia-Pacific region, gender inequality in India is extremely high at the workplace and in terms of...

June 25, 2018

India’s digital gender gap could further marginalise women: UNICEF Report

According to recently released The State of the World’s Children Report of UNICEF, India’s girls and women are at risk of becoming further marginalised in society and at...

December 23, 2017

Archives

Archives

Archives