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India has highest gender gap in mobile phone ownership amongst: Study
According to recent study released by LIRNEAsia, India has highest gender gap in mobile phone ownership amongst 18 comparable countries and ranks among the lowest in women’s access to Internet. LIRNEAsia is an information and communications technology (ICT) policy think ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
IMF cuts India's growth forecast for 2018 to 7.3%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) update has projected growth rate of 7.3% in 2018 and 7.5% in 2019 for India as against 6.7% in 2017. This makes India, fastest growing country among major ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Global Innovation Index (GII): India ranks 57th
In recently released Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018, India was ranked 57th among 130 countries. It was 11th edition of GII and was jointly released by Cornell University, INSEAD and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This year, India has moved up ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
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 legal protection and political voice. The report had assessed inequality on the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
World’s hungry population on rise again due to conflict, climate change: UN report
According to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2018 report, number of hungry people in world has risen for first time in more than decade. There are now approximately 38 million more undernourished people in the world, rising from 777 ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
India is 6th wealthiest country in the world
According to AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review, India is the sixth wealthiest country in the world with total wealth of $8,230 billion. US is richest nation globally with total wealth of $62,584 billion. Total wealth refers to private wealth ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018