India has the highest number of unprotected children worldwide at 3.5 million, says WHO-UNICEF data

India also supports the deal which calls for a global minimum tax of at least 15 per cent

Its use as legal tender will begin in 90 days, with the Bitcoin-dollar exchange rate set by the market

With this historic tax reform, large multinational tech giants may have to pay their fair share of tax in the countries in which they operate

India has been the largest recipient of remittances since 2008 and received over $83 billion in in 2020, says World Bank report

China becomes the second country after the US to have a rover on the Red Planet

The most intensive aerial exchanges between Israel and Hamas, since a 2014 war in Gaza, have prompted international concern

It marks the first powered controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet and would pave the way for a new mode of aerial exploration

The report measures women’s power to make their own decisions about their bodies

On April 12, 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft

Unprecedented public spending to fight the pandemic would push global growth to 6 per cent, it says

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in Global Gender Gap Report 2021 of WEF

The world needs to install new wind power capacity three times faster over the next decade to achieve global climate targets, warns GWEC

Around 12 per cent of the world’s trade flows through the waterway and it remains one of Egypt’s top foreign currency earners

The SIPRI report shows that between 2011–15 and 2016–20, arms imports by India decreased by 33 per cent

UNEP’s first Food Waste Index report provides methodology that enables countries to track progress in meeting the SDG target

The primary objective of the mission is astrobiology research, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life

The Nigerian economist becomes first woman, African to take on the role

It aims to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and gather ocean stakeholders worldwide behind a common framework

With Kamala Harris as vice president and nearly 20 senior officials of Indian origin in place, the expectation is that there will be more informed judgements on India

UN report shows that the US remained the largest country of destination of international migrants in 2020

The trade deal will bring its own restrictions but will help protect the $894 billion in annual trade between the two sides

British PM Boris Johnson imposed strict lockdown measures and health secretary Matt Hancock said the new strain is “out of control”