Digital News Report 2022: Digital News Report 2022 was released by Reuters Institute. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is dedicated to exploring the future of journalism worldwide through debate, engagement, and research. This year’s report, the eleventh overall, is based on a survey conducted by YouGuv, a British market research and data […]
Category: Important Reports
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020-21
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020-21: As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the unemployment rate saw a decrease of 0.6% and fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, compared with 4.8% in 2019-20 Data show the rate of joblessness fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, […]
National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021
National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions releases the second edition of the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021, NeSDA 2021. J&K tops among UTs in e-Governance services delivery, saves around Rs 200 crore annually that was incurred in carriage of physical files during the Annual Durbar move between […]
SIPRI Yearbook 2022
SIPRI Yearbook 2022: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) launched the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2022, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)—continue to modernize their […]
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022: The newly released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022, measured by Yale and Columbia universities, ranks India at the bottom position among 180 countries. The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health. It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability […]
QS World University Rankings, 2023
QS World University Rankings, 2023: The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc) is the new national leader in the QS World University Rankings, 2023 released, which also shows that all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) improved their standing. The latest edition of QS World University Rankings features 41 Indian universities, of which 12 improved their […]
UN Funds Insufficient For Climate Disasters: Oxfam
UN Funds Insufficient For Climate Disasters: Oxfam Oxfam International released a report, which says the UN (United Nations) requires eight times more Climate Finance than 20 years ago to be able to provide humanitarian aid to Low-Income Countries during Climate-Related Disasters (Droughts, Floods or Wildfires). The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s sixth assessment […]
Survey To Count Elephants And Big Cats
Survey To Count Elephants And Big Cats: The government of India, for the first time this year, will present a unified count of the tiger, leopard and elephant populations of the country. Given that 90% of the area occupied by elephants and tigers is common, and once estimation methods are standardised, having a common survey […]
Food Safety Index: FSSAI
Food Safety Index: FSSAI: On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, the Union Health Minister released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. Overall: Tamil Nadu topped the State Food Safety Index followed by Gujarat […]
Environment Performance Index 2022
Environment Performance Index 2022: In the recently released Environment Performance Index-2022, India was at the bottom among 180 The Environment Performance Index (EPI) is an international ranking system that measures environmental health and sustainability of countries. The EPI, a biennial index, was started in 2002 as Environmental Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in […]
