Data: Food Security affected 30% of the World Population in 2020
The ‘2021 State of Food Security & Nutrition in the World’ report’ estimates that around…
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Data: ‘Market Borrowings’ of States increase five-fold in May 2021 compared to April 2021
The second wave of COVID-19 resulted in lockdown restrictions in most states. These measures seem…
Data: States increasingly rely on advances & OD facilities to tide over the pandemic induced fiscal stress
The RBI’s advisory committee that looked into the advances & overdraft facilities to states recently…
Data: Number of Person days generated under MGNREGA in the first quarter of 2021-22 lower than in 2020-21
Data for the person-days of employment generated under MGNREGA indicates that the total volume of…
Review: What is COVID-19’s impact on Global Tourism?
Data available on the UNWTO’s dashboard indicates that the international tourist arrivals reduced by 74%…
Data: FDI flows to ICT Projects increase in 2020 despite an overall global slowdown
As noted in our previous story, global FDI inflows reduced by 35% in 2020 reaching…
Data: Global FDI Inflows reach a record low in 2020, lowest since 2005
The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc and hit the economies of almost all the countries in…
Review: UNESCO Science Report highlights the need for increased R&D spending in India
UNESCO released the 7th edition of its ‘Science Report’ recently. The report tracks spending of…
Data: After a modest recovery, domestic air passenger traffic drops significantly in April & May 2021
The domestic air passenger traffic has been in a recovery mode since June 2020 though…
Data: Consumption of Petroleum Products down in April & May 2021 but better than in 2020
The strict nation-wide lockdown in April & May 2020 had a severe impact on the…
