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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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Bodies with hands tied uncovered from mass graves in Gaza, says UN
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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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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification