Human Development
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India’s Human Development Index ranking improves to 134 from 135, lags behind Bhutan, Bangladesh
The country saw improvements across all indicators used for the index – life expectancy, education, and Gross National Income per capita.
Scroll Staff
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India had most maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths in 2020, says UN report
The country accounted for 17% of such deaths globally in that year.
Scroll Staff
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India drops one spot to 132 in UN Human Development Index for 2021
The report which surveyed 191 countries, noted that that the coronavirus pandemic has set back global human development by five years.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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‘Exhuma’ review: A grave holds secrets to a troubled Korean past
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Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
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‘New India’ by 2022: How far has the Modi government come in achieving its ambitious targets?
In August 2017, the prime minister urged people to take a pledge to create a ‘New India’.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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How Indian states fare in ensuring access to socio-economic security, basic amenities and justice
With the aim of understanding inequality from the lens of opportunities, a new index measures the disproportionality of access across the country.
Deepanshu Mohan, Richa Sekhani, Latika Sharma, Vanshika Mittal & Advaita Singh
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Where do Indian states stand in ensuring access to education and healthcare?
A recent study attempts to create a new index to measure and study the inequality of opportunities across the country.
Deepanshu Mohan, Richa Sekhani, Latika Sharma, Vanshika Mittal & Advaita Singh
Video
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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In West Bengal, mining pollution is threatening one of the world’s smallest indigenous groups
The entire population of Totos lives in a village on the India-Bhutan border that is facing water scarcity.
Gurvinder Singh
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Covid-19 is making energy access even more challenging for India’s poor
Experts argue that the adoption of clean energy is directly related to the purchasing power of the people and will increase only with the upliftment of society.
Kundan Pandey
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Is Norway really the best country to live in?
A proposed alternative index, the Human Life Indicator, says that honour goes to Hong Kong.
Simone Ghislandi, The Conversation, Warren Sanderson, The Conversation & Sergei Scherbov, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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Centre rejects World Bank’s Human Capital Index that ranks India 115th among 157 countries
The Ministry of Finance said the report did not take into account the several key initiatives undertaken for developing human capital.
Scroll Staff
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For most of its history, humanity did not progress economically (in the modern sense of the term)
In spite of technological advances over the millennia, our standard of living did not start to improve until aroun 1800 CE.
David de la Croix, The Conversation
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A new report reminds just how backward India still is
Nearly half of all homes lack piped drinking water and sanitation.
Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
The Field
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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, as it happened: MCFC win second Cup title
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Hockey: Rohit to lead 20-member Indian junior team in five-match tour of Europe