Indexes/Ranking 2024
=>Global Press Freedom Index 2024: As per the recent index, India has been ranked in the 159th position, which is two ranks higher than last year, however, India still lags behind countries like Turkey, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, which are ranked at 158, 152, and 150, respectively
• India ranked number 10 in cybercrimes, with frauds involving people making advance fee payments being the most common type, according to new research that surveyed cybercrime experts around the world.
• An international team of researchers has compiled the ‘World Cybercrime Index’ that ranks roughly 100 countries and identifies key hotspots according to various categories of cybercrime, including ransomware, credit card theft and scams.
• The Index shows that a relatively small number of countries house the greatest cybercriminal threat.
• Russia tops the list, followed by Ukraine, China, the USA, Nigeria, and Romania. The UK comes in at number eight. Brazil is at the ninth position, according to the research published in the journal PLoS ONE.
• The World Cybercrime Index has been developed as a joint partnership between the University of Oxford and UNSW Canberra and has also been funded by CRIMGOV, a European Union-supported project based at the University of Oxford and Sciences Po.
=>QS universities ranking 2024: A total of 69 Indian universities with 424 entries have made it to the QS World University Rankings by subject, marking a 19.4% rise from the previous year's 355 entries achieved by 66 universities.India is the second most represented country in Asia for the number of ranked universities (69), after mainland China with 101.
Here, JNU made it at the 20th rank, while IIM Ahmadabad is at 22nd place in its category., IIM Banglore and IIM Kolkata too made it in up to 50 list.
| Top-10 Powerful Countries of the World 2024 | |||
| Rank | Country | GDP (as of January 2024) | Population |
| 1. | United States | $26.95 trillion | 339.9 million |
| 2. | China | $17.70 trillion | 1.42 billion |
| 3. | Russia | $1.86 trillion | 144 million |
| 4. | Germany | $4.43 trillion | 83.2 million |
| 5. | United Kingdom | $3.33 trillion | 67.7 million |
| 6. | South Korea | $1.71 trillion | 51.7 million |
| 7. | France | $3.05 trillion | 64.7 million |
| 8. | Japan | $4.23 trillion | 123.2 million |
| 9. | Saudi Arabia | $1.07 trillion | 36.9 million |
| 10. | UAE | $509.18 billion | 9.51 |
Here, India is at the rung of 12th.
Read more, here: Most Powerful countries
=>World Happiness Index 2024: The World Happiness Report is out, and once again Nordic countries are humming along with the highest scores. The No. 1 country, Finland, has held onto its top ranking for seven years straight. India is at the rung of 126.
=>Global top 50 innovative companies in enterprise for 2024: The rise of artificial intelligence was the single biggest trend in the past year of enterprise computing, impacting how businesses analyze data, interact with customers and potential hires, and create reports and illustrations. The companies Fast Company is honoring in this category reflect that trend.
Microsoft is rapidly working to integrate AI into its Office software suite, Windows operating system, and Bing search engine, making the new technology available through everyday workplace tools. Canva has similarly rolled AI into its popular design software, while enterprise search provider Elastic has incorporated AI into its technology suite for helping companies quickly find and analyze relevant corporate data. IBM has unveiled the latest version of its Watson AI technology, with features to help businesses understand what data they’re sharing with AI and how they’re using the software’s output. And Warp is working to modernize the command line terminal, one of the oldest—and most powerful—interfaces in computing, with a combination of AI and tools for collaboration and documentation. Here, only a single Indian could find a place in top 50 companies, which is Tata sons enterprise.
=>United Nations Gender Inequality Index 2024: The Gender Inequality Index 2022 has been released on the 13th of March 2024 by UNDP in their Human Development Report 2023/2024.
On the Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2022, India stands at rank 108 out of 193 countries with a score of 0.437. India stood at rank 122 out of 191 countries with a score of 0.490 in the Gender Inequality Index 2021.
This shows a significant jump of 14 ranks on GII 2022 vis-à-vis GII 2021.
Over the last 10 years, India’s rank in GII has become consistently better, indicating progressive improvement in achieving gender equality in the country. In 2014, this rank was 127, which now has become 108.
Read more here: Gender Inequality Index 2024
=>Future Possibility Index: The Future Possibilities Index (FPI) 2024 is a global index that assesses how countries are ready to use global changes for future development. gtag.js ... ... The index was released in Davos on January 15, 2024, by Newsweek Vantage International, and the Swiss Horizon Group
here, UK got the top rank, while India was at the 35th rung.
=>Global Corruption Perception Index 2024: The index was released in January 2024, India is at the 93rd rung in 180 countries. India, sharing space with the Maldives, Kazakhstan, and Lesotho, secured 93rd position out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for the year 2023, according to Transparency International, a global civil society annual index. In 2022, India held the 85th position, sharing it with five other countries, including the Maldives. Despite a decline in rank, attributed to global movements, India's score dropped only by one point from the previous year, settling at 39 on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
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