Human development report 2023/2024
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
Decentralised alternatives such as a micro-hydel project and an indigenous primary education system create a new development paradigm in the Narmada Valley in
The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.7 million last year, and the median household income declined by 1.1 per cent, the Census Bureau reported on September 26. The worsening
The Indian operations have contributed significantly to the third-quarter growth of Pepsico International, the cola major said in its third-quarter filing with the securities Exchange Commission. It
The Centre has agreed to provide Rs 630 crore to the Jammu and Kashmir Government as grant for the execution of the cash-starved state's biggest power project under execution at Baglihar. The Central
It is the Noah s Ark for the Internet era claims the site. The comparison may not, in some respects, be completely unjustified. ARKive is a digital library of images and sound recordings of endangered animals and plants. The idea is to store this audi
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With their reputation at stake, the soft drinks industry started a major public relations offence. After decades of some of the most glamorous and high profile lifestyle selling ad campaigns, it has now resorted to assuring its customers that its products
In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast track development into what the state officially calls a cut off region hills submerged by the stilled waters of h
<p>This paper presents and discusses primary data from a survey of 1,070 households in four poor settlements in Mumbai comprising slum-and pavement-dwellers and squatters on the living environment and health conditions. The study attempts to examine the consequences of socio-economic and environmental factors in terms of income, literacy, sanitation and hygiene for morbidity.
Hunger in the time of plenty