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India has been ranked at the 116th position out of 174 countries in the latest edition of the World Bank's annual Human Capital Index that benchmarks key components of human capital across countries.

China and India, two of the oldest civilizations, are also two of the youngest nation-states. Both came into being in their modern avatars in the late 1940s. And both looked up to paradigms from the West to chart their course for the future.

For 2020, Transparency International (TI)'s Corruption Perception Index (CPI), India’s ranked 86th among 180 countries, a dip of six places.

Good governance and better administration of development is often offered as a plausible solution to conflict management and The Frequent transfers of public servants (public administrators) further aggravated the situation.

The government’s denial of democratic and human rightsto the ongoing farmer protests by construction of military grade barriers and shutdown of the internet at protesting sitesdrawn international attention and strong statements of support from numerous international celebrities.

Government has set up the Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF) to promote and protect the welfare of the consumers.

Prime Minister on 5^th Jan dedicated the 450 km long Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline to the country. The key infrastructure project has come about after overcoming protests in Kerala

As per the report by the Pakistani news paper, at least seven new permits have been issued by the Pakistani government to Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is open to looking at any proposal for setting up a bad bank, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor.