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India slips to the 131st rank in the Human Development Index — UNDP says there is scope for improvement
India's Human Development Index or HDI position has marginally dropped after improving last year. I…
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Higher social spending in Indian states is not enough to boost standards of living, says a study
The State Bank of India released its Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI) today. The index ra…
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Need to increase per capita income to make India 3rd largest economy: Bandhan Bank MD
Bandhan Bank managing director Chandra Shekhar Ghosh on Tuesday said there is a need to increase pe…
PTI
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Bihar saw 8-fold growth in budget size during both RJD and NDA regimes : Tejashwi
The state government could barely spend Rs 70,000 crore out of the Rs 2.11 lakh crore of the sancti…
PTI
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India's march towards SDGs anchored in investing in human capital, inclusive growth: Eco Survey
New Delhi, Jan 31 () India's development trajectory is critically linked with investments in social…
PTI
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Andrew Yang says the US needs to change the way it measures the economy. Experts aren't convinced.
"It is important to get good measures of all these variables. In my view, however, it is futile to …
Gina Heeb
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17 photos that prove the country where America has been fighting its longest war is actually one of the most beautiful on earth
The United States has been at war in the country for over 16 years - the longest in American histor…
Michal Kranz
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Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast to 4.6% in FY20
New Delhi, Dec 20 () Fitch Ratings on Friday cut its growth forecast for India to 4.6 per cent for …
PTI
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What does a smartphone state about the social well-being of a country?
In fact, for the first time in India, household ownership of mobile device is being used as an in…
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Two male academics have proposed a new measure of gender inequality that suggests men are falling behind women in 91 countries
For each of the metrics, the researchers calculated the ratio between their values for women and me…
Andy Kiersz
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Guess how big India's black money market is? It is 120% more than government’s annual expenditure on education
The study further correlated outflows of black money from 82 developing countries across the world …
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Here Are The Top Priorities For Different Types Of People Around The World
People who live in countries with lower Human Development Index ratings - a statistic that measures…
Pamela Engel
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People in Latin America are starting to turn against outlawing marijuana
"In recent years Latin American countries have increasingly rejected the traditional prohibitionist…
Christopher Woody
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Social Entrepreneurship In India Is The Panacea For Social Change And Improvement
Despite the best efforts of the government and other organisations, about 400 million Indians live …
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How is CSR Law driving the Corporates towards Shared Value Approach?
However, the majority of the countries address these challenges by relying on voluntary actions of …
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Mexico's wage crisis is so bad 'that it violates what's stipulated in the Constitution'
Even though Mexico has made economic advancements over the last few years, in recent decades the ra…
Christopher Woody
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The Marine Corps Stores Huge Amounts Of Armor And Weaponry In Norwegian Caves
The resupply mission, ostensibly aimed at replacing equipment used during a February 2014 cold weat…
Armin Rosen
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Thinkers/Thinkers 50: India is far from a sweet spot in global connectedness
The contrast between diversity, which most of us learned growing up to view as a strength, and frac…
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Here's how Syria became hell on earth
Even during the crisis of late 2011 and early 2012, few predicted just how bad things would get. Fo…
Armin Rosen
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One of the world's poorest countries is on the brink of civil war
Its economy is mostly based on agriculture, with coffee and tea as the country's leading exports. T…