Food Waste Index Report 2024: According to the Food Waste Index Report 2024, households across the globe wasted over one billion meals a day in 2022. Highlights of the report: The report defines “food waste” as “food and the associated inedible parts removed from the human food supply chain”. ‘‘Food loss” is defined as “all […]
Category: Important Reports
Fair Share for Health And Care Report : WHO
Fair Share for Health And Care Report : WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new report titled- Fair Share for Health and Care report, addressing the gender gap in global healthcare. Key Highlights of the Report: Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. Additionally, they perform an estimated 76% […]
Arsenic : Study
Arsenic : Study A new study underlines the risk of using water contaminated with arsenic to cook rice, a staple food serving more than half the world’s population. Arsenic is a naturally occurring, semimetallic element widely distributed in the Earth’s crust. It is widely distributed throughout the environment in the air, water and land. It […]
UN World Happiness Report 2024
UN World Happiness Report 2024: UN World Happiness Report 2024 has released recently. India maintains its position at 126th in the global happiness index, which is the same as last year. The World Happiness Report is an influential publication that ranks national happiness across countries. It is based on survey data collected from respondents who […]
State Of The Global Climate 2023: WMO
State Of The Global Climate 2023: WMO The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its State of the Global Climate 2023 report, which highlights that the heat content of the world’s oceans reached a record high in 2023. Key Highlights of the Report: The heat content of the world’s oceans reached a record high in […]
World Happiness Report 2024
World Happiness Report 2024: Finland has once again claimed the title of the world’s happiest country for the seventh consecutive year, according to the annual UN-sponsored World Happiness Report. Highlights of World Happiness Report 2024: The Nordic nations continue to dominate the top rankings. Finland topped the list for the seventh year in a row. […]
Gender Inequality Index (GII), 2022
Gender Inequality Index (GII), 2022: The Gender Inequality Index (GII), 2022 has been released by UNDP in their Human Development Report 2023-24. In GII, India stands at rank 108th out of 193 countries, with a score of 0.437. Gender Inequality Index is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and […]
Human Development Index : Report
Human Development Index : Report India has moved up a rank on the global Human Development Index (HDI), according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report ‘Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world’. Highlights of the recent report: The report stated that while India ranked 135 in 2021, it had moved up […]
United Nations Inter-agency Group For Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
United Nations Inter-agency Group For Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME): The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) released a report indicating that in 2022, global child deaths before the age of five dropped below 5 million for the first time. Key Findings: Despite this progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died, […]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Report
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Report: India emerged as the world’s top arms importer for the period 2019-23, with a 4.7% increase compared to 2014-18, as per the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Key findings: The USA is the largest arms exporter > France, for the first time, was the second biggest arms […]
