Afghanistan's passport is ranked the least powerful in 2025, offering visa-free access to only 26 countries, according to the Henley Passport Index. Khaama Press reports this reflects growing international isolation, with the country dropping two spots from last year due to political instabi
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 23: Dun & Bradstreet, a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, released the Business Optimism Index (BOI) for Q3 2025, which declined to 117--marking a 2.3% decline over the previous quarter. The modest decline was driven by a fall in
New Delhi [India], July 22: A global study released by The Economist Impact, supported by Haleon, reveals that India's healthcare future hinges on one powerful lever: health literacy. The findings of the Health Inclusivity Index, which analyzed 40 countries, looking at groups such as people
India has made significant progress in financial inclusion, as reflected in the latest Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
India's core industries comprising eight sectors reported 1.7 per cent growth in June 2025, down from 5 per cent in the same month of 2024, data released on Monday by Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed.
Despite witnessing a slight drop of 1.4 per cent in business investment confidence, India maintained the highest year-on-year confidence growth among 32 economies surveyed in Q3 2025, with a robust 12.6 per cent rise, according to the D&B Global Business Investment Confidence Index of Du
Chauhan, who heads one of the oldest municipal corporations in the country, expressed dismay over Shimla being ranked poorly in the national Swachh Survekshan Index, despite receiving a 100 per cent cleanliness certificate from the same evaluating agency.
New Delhi [India], July 18: Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology and innovation, announced the India findings of its 10th annual Future Health Index (FHI) 2025 report. The findings point to a growing majority of healthcare professionals viewing artificial inte
Indian equity markets may witness a strong upward move in the coming months, with the Nifty 50 index expected to touch a new all-time high of 28,957 by December 2025 if a bull run returns, according to a report released by PL Capital.
New Delhi [India], July 16: Axis Max Life Insurance Limited. ("Axis Max Life" / "Company"), formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited, has unveiled the rural India findings of the seventh edition of its flagship survey - India Protection Quotient (IPQ), conducted in partnership wi
According to the statistics ministry, the year-on-year inflation rate based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June was 2.10 per cent (provisional), a decline of 72 basis points in headline inflation from May 2025. It is the lowest year-on-year inflation since January 2019.