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Nita Ambani only Indian amongst top global philanthropists of 2020

June 23, 2020
Nita Ambani
  • Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani to be the only Indian to highlight in Town & Country magazine’s top global philanthropists of 2020 list including Tim Cook, Oprah Winfrey, Laurene Powell Jobs, the Lauder Family, Donatella Versace, Michael Bloomberg and Leonardo Di Caprio among others.

India to be 12th largest holder of US govt securities at April end

June 22, 2020
India-US
  • India has turned up as the 12th largest holder of US government securities at the end of April, keeping worth 157.4 billion dollars. While the holding reached a record high of 177.5 billion dollars in February, the same was highly decreased in March.

RIL 57th most worthy firm globally by market-cap; Saudi Aramco tops the chart

June 22, 2020
Reliance
  • Reliance Industries (RIL) came up as the first Indian company to be valued at $150 billion. Saudi Aramco – heads the biggest companies globally with a market cap of $ 1,764.50 billion as on June 16, 2020.

India placed 6th as nuclear weapons increased since 2019; US tops: SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020

June 17, 2020
SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020
  • India and China have raised their nuclear arsenal over the last year, as per to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think-tank that researches on conflict, armaments and arms charge also aimed out on Monday that China is significantly modernizing its nuclear arsenal.

India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019 stated UN

June 16, 2020
FDI
  • India got USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world’s 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019, as per a report by the UN’s trade body.

India stood 43rd on IMD’s World Competitiveness Index 2020; Singapore on top

June 16, 2020
IMD
  • India retains to place 43rd on an annual World Competitiveness Index arranged by Institute for Management Development (IMD) with some traditional weaknesses like bad infrastructure and inadequate education investment keeping its ranking low.

India ranks 12th on the Nature Index 2020

June 15, 2020
Nature Index
  • India has placed on 12th position, globally in science research output as per the newly-released Nature Index table 2020.
  • Globally the top-rated Indian institutions in this table are CSIR, a group of 39 institutions at the 160th position and IISc Bangalore at the 184th.

NIRF Pharmacy Colleges Ranking 2020 releases

June 15, 2020
NIRF Rankings 2020
  • The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology defined by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, to rank Indian institutes of higher education in the nation. The NIRF Pharmacy Colleges Ranking 2020 has been declared by the HRD Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal on June 11, 2020. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi has topped the list with 80.5 score out of 100.

India stands 56th among 200 countries on Covid-19 safety assessment

June 14, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
  • India has been ranked 56th out of 200 countries in a comprehensive report on security and risk assessment of nations fighting COVID-19.
  • Switzerland is the safest country in the world for COVID-19, followed by Germany and Israel. South Sudan is the most dangerous.

India holds 108th slot in the FIFA’s latest ranking

June 13, 2020
FIFA
  • India football team maintained its 108th spot in the latest FIFA rankings. While Belgium ranked first and world champion France is in 2nd place and Brazil is at the 3rd spot.