Gender Social Norms Index
Nine in 10 people are prejudiced against women, such as thinking university education is more important for men or that men deserve jobs more if work is scarce, the United Nations said on 5 March 2020.
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#GSNI #UNDP #NewZealand #InternationalWomensDay

Inclusive Internet Index 2020
India has been ranked 40th out of 100 countries on the inclusive internet index 2020 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In South Asia, Pakistan ranked the lowest (76th), India at 40th, Sri Lanka at 56 and Bangladesh on the 70th spot.
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#III2020 #EIU #GDP #Bangladesh #InclusiveInternetIndex

CPPP to merge with GeM
India plans to integrate its central public procurement portal (CPPP) with the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to further improve buying and selling process for ministries, departments and other agencies.
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#CPPP #GeM #TalleenKumar #GFR #POC

CIC appointed
Information Commissioner Bimal Julka was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on 6 March 2020, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.
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#CIC #BimalJulka #RashtrapatiBhavan #CPA #RamNathKovind

NASA’s Mars rover named
NASA’s Mars rover for the 2020 mission finally has an official name: Perseverance. Alexander Mather, a seventh-standard student, submitted the winning entry to NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest.
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#NASA #Mars #Earth #JPL #planet #Perseverance