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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicHuman Development Index

Topic: Human Development Index

1.1 billion people experience multidimensional poverty, half in conflict zones, says UNDP report

A joint report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) reveals that poverty reduction tends to be slowest in countries most affected by conflict.

Why we can’t afford to burn any more shorts & how Black Cats are stalling growth of Hindi

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Why Modi govt needs to reconsider spending on physical rather than social infrastructure

While India needs to improve its physical infrastructure, that is no less true of social infrastructure. Capability-building has to be understood and addressed in its full meaning.

India ranks 132 out of 191 in United Nation’s 2021 human development index

India's HDI value of 0.633 places it in the medium human development category, lower than its value of 0.645 in the 2020 report, when it ranked 131 out of 189 countries.

Off The Cuff with Dr Anil Kakodkar

In conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Senior Associate Editor Manasi Phadke on #OffTheCuff, nuclear scientist and former chairman of the Atomic Energy...

SubscriberWrites: We will remain nation of ‘great potential’ another 75 years, unless our feudal mindset ends

A lesson from Uganda on the govenment’s social media rules, how Dalits could help BJP win Punjab’s state polls and more from our subscribers.

India slips two spots to 131 on human development index 2020, ranks low on gender equality

The UN report says labour force participation rate of women in India was 20.5% in 2019 against 76.1% men.

India climbs one spot in human development rankings but ranks low on gender parity index

Report released by United Nations notes that India has lost over 26 per cent of its human development index score due to various inequalities.

India’s poverty rate reduced to half over 10-year period, says UN

More than 270 million people in India have shed poverty during the period 2005-15.

Per capita income, human development rankings puncture holes in India’s GDP rise story

GDP per capita of $1,940 shows the average Indian is less prosperous than those in some of our neighbouring countries.

On Camera

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.