1. India ranked 131 on Human Development Index: UN
India has ranked a lowly 131 among the 188 countries surveyed for human development, a new UN report has said, bracketing the third-largest Asian economy alongside its South Asian neighbours like Pakistan, Bhutan and Nepal.
India has made no improvement in its ranking over the previous year, despite the Human Development Report for 2015 noting that foreign direct investment favours countries such as China and India.
India's Human Development Index rank in 2014 was also 131.
However, 63 per cent Indians were "satisfied" with their standard of living in 2014-15, the latest report found.
The report, released annually by the UN Development Programme, said India's rank of 131 puts it in the "medium human development" bracket, which also includes nations like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Kenya, Myanmar and Nepal.
India's HDI rank value in 2015 stood at 0.624, which had increased from 0.580 in 2010.
Its life expectancy at birth stood at 68.3 years in 2015 and the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita USD 5,663, the report said.
On the perception of feeling safe 69 per cent answered "yes", while on freedom of choice, 72 per cent female responders answered they were "satisfied" as compared to 78 per cent for male.
India's score for overall life satisfaction was 4.3 on a scale of 1-10, according to the report.
2. Hardeep Singh Puri appointed chairman of RIS
India's former Ambassador to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri has been appointed as the chairman of a city-based autonomous think-tank that works under the Ministry of External Affairs.
Hardeep Singh Puri (65), a 1974-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is expected to take up the assignment at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) shortly.
RIS is an organisation that specialises in policy research on international economic issues and development cooperation.
3. Madhabi Puri Buch appointed as Sebi whole time member
Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as new whole time member of SEBI.
She is founder-director of Agora Advisory Pvt Ltd and currently at the New Development Bank in Shanghai, China.
4. PM to inaugurate India's longest road tunnel in J&K on April 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation, India's longest road tunnel built on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which will cut short the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by nearly 30 km.
Modi will also address a public rally after the dedication the tunnel project to the nation, he said.
The work on the 9.2 km-long twin-tube tunnel, which is part of a 286-km-long four-lane project on the highway, started on May 23, 2011 in lower Himalayan mountain range, and cost Rs 3,720 crore, officials said.
The tunnel, which is located at an elevation of 1200 meters, will be the first in India to be equipped with world class "integrated tunnel control system" through which ventilation, fire control, signals, communication and electrical systems will be automatically actuated.
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