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Modi is popular, BJP keeps winning, but India’s indicators & global rankings are alarming Govt’s own NFHS, as well as many global non-Left institutions’ rankings have shown a drop in India’s development indicators. This will begin to hurt soon. Shekhar Gupta 19 December, 2020 8:16 am IST Text Size: A+ As this troubled year comes to an end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have some concerns. India is looking worse than before on many key...

Originally published on December 17, 2020 2:09 pm The fight against COVID-19 entered a new phase this week as American health care workers started getting vaccinated — the first in what will be a massive effort. Science writer Ed Yong of The Atlantic says the coming months will usher in the most complicated immunization program the U.S. has ever attempted. "Its going to be a slow process, and there are a lot of possible roadblocks in the way in terms of producing the vaccine, distributing i...

quality street Ireland ranks second in world for quality of life with 12.7 years in education and life expectancy at 82.3 years IT’S official! Ireland is the second best place in the world for quality of life. The UNDP Human Development Report Index 2020 released this week placed us alongside Switzerland and just behind Norway in its list of 189 countries. 1 Ireland has risen in the rankingCredit: Getty Images - Getty Hong Kong, Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Netherlands and Denmark co...

The Edition Maldives’ choice for next frontier of human development Joint opinion editorial by UNDP Maldives Resident Representative Akiko Fujii, Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, and Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture Zaha Waheed 18 December 2020, MVT 09:40 According to this year’s UNDP Human Development Report (HDR), Maldives has the highest material footprint per person in the South Asia region, which at 14.5 tonnes even surpasses the world average of ...

Ireland ranked second in the world for quality of life, beating Sweden, Germany and UK Ireland now in the ‘very high’ camp, ranked joint second with Switzerland and behind only Norway in the ranking Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 21:43 Updated: Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 21:49 “The Irish economy has almost doubled since 1990, but the biggest driver was actually education. That was the indicator that made relatively more progress since 1990.” Photograph: Gerry Images Your Web Browser may be out of ...

Graphic Online BY: Edward Acquah & Felicia Kwarteng Category: General News Ms Angela Lusigi (middle) with Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim (right) and Prof. Chris Gordon (left), an environmental scientist, after the launch. Picture: NII MARTEY M. BOTCHWAY 30.5k Shares 705 Ghana has moved up four places on the latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI). From the previous 142nd position in 2018 to the new 138th in 2019, out of 189 countries, Ghana’s HDI value al...

After more than a month of crying for economic support to help get them through the hardships that COVID-19 has brought on, the Belizean people have finally been given some news. On Tuesday, December 15, the PUP’s Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs launched a “cash-transfer” program. This is being done in partnership with the National Bank of Belize Limited, Digi, and Belize Social Investment Fund to provide support to vulnerable households affected ...

Dear Clergy, Religious, Heads of Ministries and the Lay Faithful, Greetings of Joy, Mercy and Hope! I send you fond greetings of Advent and Christmas as we prepare ourselves individually and as a community, during this Season of Grace. I wish to share with you some updates that have taken place during these months. 1. The Diocese of Penang through the Penang Office for Human Development (POHD) will be responding to the Appeal for Disaster Relief of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent tropica...

After successful drive-thru Teddy Bear Toss, Springfield Thunderbirds donate over 1,000 stuffed animals to local charities Updated Dec 18, 2020; Posted Dec 18, 2020 After collecting almost 5,000 stuffed animals at their fourth annual "Teddy Bear Toss" game, Springfield Thunderbirds players and staffers delivered them to various youth centers around the city on Monday, December 9. Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Springfield Thunderbirds’ Foundation is pleased to announce a donation o...

  Ghana has moved up four places on the latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI). From the previous 142nd position in 2018 to the new 138th in 2019, out of 189 countries, Ghana’s HDI value also increased from 0.465 points to 0.611 points between 1990 and 2019, representing a 31.4 per cent increment. The HDI is an average measure of basic human development achievements in a country which assesses long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human dev...