India has for the first time secured a place among the top 100 out of 167 countries ranked for their progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report published on Tuesday. According to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's 10th and latest Sustainable Development Report (SDR), India ranks 99th on the 2025 SDG Index with a score of 67, while China ranks 49th with 74.4 and the US 44th with 75.2 points.
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India topped the APAC region with 227 transactions in the first eight months of CY24. The US was second with 133 deals while China ranked third with 69 transactions.
Fundraising via initial public offers (IPOs) dropped 52.2 per cent to $147.2 billion in the first eight months of calendar year 2023 (CY23), suggests a recent report by GlobalData, a London-based analytics and consulting company. At the country level, the report suggests, India topped the charts with 152 transactions worth $3.8 billion during this period, primarily due to a higher number of SME IPOs, followed by the US with 99 deals totaling $16 billion, while China ranked third with 88 transactions worth $32.3 billion. "An analysis of GlobalData's Deals Database reveals that there were 750 IPO listings registered with an aggregate deal value of $147.2 billion in the first eight months of 2023 on the stock exchanges worldwide.
World's 300 largest metropolitan economies account for nearly half of global economic output.
Many in the US establishment must hope that the crisis would put the brakes on China's growing military might. Well, it ain't gonna happen, says T T Ram Mohan, who was appointed a member of the prime minister's economic advisory council on Wednesday, October 28, 2021.
Chinese companies show their prowess among the world's top companies.
Despite weaker exports and sluggish domestic demand, China is still on track to overtake the United States.
From being an inevitable part of the telecommunication services, landline devices are becoming outdated.
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China produced the most gold in world in 2012, making it the largest producer for the sixth straight year even as it remained the second largest consumer of the yellow metal after India.
With the rapid growth of the emerging markets, the global economy is experiencing a seismic shift, points out the latest study by HSBC. Titled, 'The World in 2050', the report highlights that the economic shift is likely to continue.
India and other key emerging markets have been categorised as having high exposure to Europe's economic woes by a risk analysis firm, Maplecroft.
China is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States.
India has slipped 10 places to the 88th spot, way below China, in the World Prosperity Index due to poor healthcare and education systems coupled with a weak entrepreneurial infrastructure.
India's respectability in the world, particularly the west, lies in its steadfast adherence to ideas and ideals for democracy such as the rule of law, freedom of press, judicial activism and the vibrant civil society -- unlike China, says Rup Narayan Das
The data for 2009 reveals that Indian firms and scientists filed one-tenth of patent applications filed by their Chinese counterparts during the same period.
India is ranked among the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world.
New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports are among world's best.
India concluded weapons agreements worth $5.4 billion in 2005.
India and China account for 64 per cent of GDP in 23 Asian countries included in a study but rank quite low when it comes to benefits percolating to their people.
Modi said it is an outcome of India's consistent reforms trajectory that the country's position is getting credence globally and is being recognised by international bodies like the IMF, World Economic Forum and UNCTAD.
China has consistently spent more than 2% of GDP on R&D while India's expenditure on R&D has stagnated around 0.7% of GDP. Can our government shore up resources so that we hit the R&D expenditure target of 2% of GDP set out by the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of 2013, asks Chidambaran G Iyer, Senior Fellow, Pahle India Foundation.
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'If India has to emerge as the world's laboratory and a global innovation hub, the minds of our youngsters must get an opportunity to flourish.'
United States has the world's largest gold reserves.
China is poised to become the world's fourth largest trader, following US, Japan and Germany, the state media reported on Friday.
The index collected available data for 149 countries.
India ranks lower than most BRICS nations in terms of innovation.
Indian HNWIs move to the UAE, the UK, the US and Australia.
India is ranked 10 among the 20 wealthiest countries in the world in terms of private wealth held by individuals.
India is among the top five Asia Pacific countries in terms of total private wealth held, but at the bottom in terms of per capita income.
India has been ranked as the world's biggest outsourcing destination.
Remittances are estimated to exceed $600 billion in 2015.
India, with m-cap of about $1.6 trillion, is ahead of Switzerland.
The country received $ 6bn in clean energy investment in 2013, out of a total of USD 62bn from 2006 to 2013.
The key reason for the country's stagnating exports is its failure to build a strong manufacturing base, says T N Ninan.
The world is home to a record number of 2,089 billionaires.
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