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2016 Annual Status of Pratham Himachal Pradesh was found to be
Education Report (ASER) best performing state in India on the
education front as compared to the
rest of the states.
Cashless India Scorecard’ Walnut app Top 3:
Gujarat, Telangana and Haryana
2016 Corruption Perception Transparency International (TI). Top 3 Least Corrupt Nations
Index Denmark, New Zealand and Finland
India – 79th
Eight Great Powers of 2017 American Foreign Policy Magazine Top 3:
United States, China & Japan (both
share same position) and Russia
India – 6th
Global Go To Think Tank Pennsylvania University, US Indian Think Tank ORF Ranks
Index Report Highest in Asia category
Top 3:
China, India, Japan
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Largest Exporters
USA & Russia
Brand Finance Top three most-valuable brands in IT TCS ranked first
Department of Health and Infant mortality rate in India Top 3:
Family Welfare Goa
Kerala and Puducherry
New World Wealth Richest Indian City Top 3:
Mumbai
Delhi
Bengaluru
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Fortune America’s top 500 companies Tesla &Walmart are placed in the
list
Child Rights and You (CRY) CRY report Uttar Pradesh has the highest
number of children (250672)
engaged in labour
Forbes World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of Topped by American rapper and
2017 entrepreneur Sean Combs
SRK ranked 65th
Salman is on the 71st spot
Cornell University, INSEAD Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017 Top 3:
and World Intellectual Switzerland, Sweden and
Property Organisation (WIPO) Netherlands
India – 60th
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UN International Fund for Sending Money Home: Contributing India has been the top remittance-
Agricultural Development to the SDGs (Sustainable receiving country in year 2016 with
(IFAD) Development Goals), One Family at a USD 62.7 billion
Time
Environmental impact survey UK-based Money Super Market Topped by Mozambique
India - ranked 75th
UN Refugee Agency's Global Trends study Developing regions host 84% of the
world's refugees
65.6 million people displaced
worldwide
Mercer 23rd Annual Cost of Living Survey Mumbai is the most expensive city
for expatriates in India.
Most Expensive City:
1. Luanda 2.Hong Kong 3.Tokyo
world's least expensive city for
expatriates,
is Tunis in Tunisia
SKYTRAX World's Best Airline in 2017 Qatar Airways
UN World Population Prospects - The world’s population will surpass the 8
2017 Revision billion mark in year 2023
India's population to surpass that of
China's around 2024
United Nations Office on World Drug Report 2017 29.5 million people (0.6% of the
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) global adult population) were
engaged in problematic use of drugs
and suffered from drug use
disorders, including dependence.
Social progress Imperative Social Progress Index 2017 Top 3:
(SPI) with support Denmark, Finland and Iceland
from Deloitte India ranked 93rd
GQ India magazine Most Influential Young Indians list Actor RanveerSingh & Prabhas
(OECD) and(FAO) Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 India will be the world’s largest
milk producer by 2026
SustainableDevelopment Sustainabledevelopmentgoals Sweden(1st place )
Solutions Network (SDSN) (SDG) India (116th place)
and the Bertelsmann Stiftung
International Organisation for GlobalMigration Potential Indiasecond highest number of
Migration(UNMigrationAgency) (2010-15) adults planning to migrate
Most popular destination planning
to migrate is the US
Travel+Leisure’(T+L) magazine The World’s Top 15 Cities San Miguel de Allende, Mexico( 1st
place)
Udaipur in Rajasthan in top 15
Travel+Leisure’(T+L) magazine World’s best airline Singapore Airlines(1st place )
Emirates (2nd place )
Organisation for Economic Co- International Migration Outlook Indians and Chinese were the top
operation and Development 2017 report asylum seekers in countries such as
(OECD) New Zealand and Latvia between
2012 and 2016
World Bank GlobalEconomic Prospects–A Fastest Growing Economies
fragile recovery Estonia (1st place)
India (4th place )
National Consortium for the Most terror attacks Iraq(1st place )
Study of Terrorism and Afghanistan (2nd place )
Responses to Terrorism India (3rd place )
(NCSTRT)
Fortune Global 500 list Ranks companies by their revenues Walmart(1st place)
in 2016
Oxfam &Development finance Commitment to Reducing Inequality Sweden (1st place )
International Index India (2nd place)
Global Infrastructure hub Global Infrastructure Outlook India will need investment of
around 4.5trillion USD till 2040 to
develop infrastructure
Dell Women Entrepreneur (WE) Cities NewYork (1st place )
Index 2017 Bengaluru (40th place)
FoodandAgriculture Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 India is the world’s third-biggest
Organisation (FAO) report exporter of beef
and the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation (OECD)
Fletcher School at Tufts Digital Evolution Index 2017 India has been categorised under
University with MasterCard the “break out” segment
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Highest, Jack Ma
becomes Asia’s richest person
BRICS BRICS Innovative Competitiveness China is the leading BRICS nation
Report 2017
World Economic Forum Global Human Capital Index India Ranks 103
China Development Institute 2017 Global Financial Centres Index 1.London
(CDI) in Shenzhen and Z/Yen 2.New York
Partners in London 3.Hong Kong
60.Mumbai
Kantar Millward Brown which HDFC remains top position
specialized in brand equity The report stated that Airtel, State
research and brand valuation. BrandZ India Top 50 Bank of India, Asian Paints, ICICI
Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Maruti
Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp
and Axis Bank comprise the rest of
the top 10
Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company 1.Russian gas firm Gazrpom.
Rankings 2. German utility E.ON.
3. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).
RIL has the world’s biggest refinery
complex.
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7.IOC
11.ONGC
World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2017 1.Switzerland
(WEF) 2.US
3.Singapore
40.India
HSBC Best country for expats 1.Singapore
40 India
Knight Frank Global technology hubs 1.Bengaluru
2.Gurugram
Hurun India Rich List 2017 India’s Rich List 2017 1.Mukesh Ambani
8.Patanjali’sAcharyaBalkrishna
October
Organization Report Title Notes
Capgemini and LinkedIn Digital Talent among the countries At 76%, India had the highest
survey proportion of Digital Talent among
all the countries that were surveyed.
The global average stood at 56%.
64 per cent organisations in India
cited that digital talent gap has
widened over the past few years
Coeus Age Consulting Digital initiatives 1.Madhya Pradesh
2.Maharastra
CVC Integrity index’ Rank govt departments over anti-
corruption
International Food Policy Global Hunger Index India 100th out of 119 countries
Research Institute (IFPRI).
Nation Brands 2017 Most valuable nation brand 1.US
8th India
Economist Intelligence Unit Safe Cities Index Top 3 Cities:
1.Tokyo, Japan
2.Singapore
3.Osaka, Japan
43rd Delhi
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 1.Denmark
28th India
GFCI Global financial centres index GIFT-IFSC ranks at 10th place
Norton & Symantec Online harassment in Asia Pacific India ranks first in online
Region harassment, in the Asia Pacific
region
Thomson Reuters Foundation Worst megacities in the world on the Delhi along with Sao Paolo
parameter of women safety (Brazil) were adjudged as the worst
cities on the sub-parameter of sexual
harassment
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Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2018 IIT Bombay has ranked 34th
IIT Delhi (41st rank),
IIT Madras (48th rank)
Cohn & Wolfe Authentic Brands Study Google as the most authentic brand.
Globally, Amazon occupies the
1st place and Apple the 2nd
Arton Capital Most powerful” passport in the world Singapore
Germany
78. India
Employees in the The Science Careers Top 20 Biocon has been ranked No.9
biotechnology, Employers Survey 2017
biopharmaceutical,
pharmaceutical and related
industries
Credit Suisse Research CS Family 1000 1.China
Institute 2.US
3.India
WHO Global TB Report 2017’ India tops the list
Canalys Largest smartphone market 1.China
2.India
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