manufacturing, communication and financial services, a United Nations trade report said. In South Asia, FDI inflows increased by 3.5 per cent to USD 54 billion, said the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2019. So, India attracted over 77 per cent of the total foreign direct investments that came to the South Asian region.
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#WorldInvestmentReport2019 #UNCTAD #SEZs #SouthAsia #FDI

Indian Medical Council Amendment Bill cleared
The Cabinet has approved the Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, and the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, both of which had lapsed in the 16th Lok Sabha session. Both the Bills are now set to be reintroduced in the upcoming Parliament session.
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#AmendmentBill #LokSabha #MCI #IndianMedicalCouncil #IMCAct

India in WHO physical activity report
India is among the top ten ranking countries with the lowest level of insufficient physical activity among adolescents. Bangladesh tops the list while USA’s adolescents figure fourth on the list of 146 countries.
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#India #WHO #USA #WorldHealthReport #AdolescentHealth #LancetChild

WTO report on trade-restrictive measures
The G20 countries have imposed as many as 28 new trade-restrictive measures such as tariff increases, import bans and stricter customs procedures for imports between mid-May and mid-October 2019, according to a WTO report.
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#WTO #G20 #UNCTAD #OECD #tariffincreases

First ever PICSA Index
Bangalore emerged as India's highest ranked city at No. 83 in a new index of the world's 113 cities in terms of economic and social inclusivity, topped by Zurich in Switzerland.
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#PICSA #Bangalore #Mumbai #GDP #India #Bilbao

First ever pact for expeditious grant of patents
The patent offices of India and Japan have inked an agreement for expeditious grant of patents to Indian entities and individuals, the commerce and industry ministry said.
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#Japan #PPH #India #JPO #MSMEs #JapanPatentOffice

WESO report
Global unemployment is projected to increase by around 2.5 million in 2020 and almost half a billion people are working fewer paid hours than they would like or lack adequate access to paid work, according to the UN's International Labour Organization report.
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#WESO #Organization #ILO #SDG #humantalent #WESOreport

India in corporate commitments to SBT
India has ranked 5th among the countries surveyed for corporate commitments to science-based targets (SBT), ahead of Germany and Sweden, according to a report by a non-profit organization released in Mumbai.
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#India #SBT #CDP #DamandeepSingh #Mumbai

Indians most-trusting in climate science The global public overwhelmingly blames global warming on human activities with trust level declining in climate science, but Indians are the most trusting people in this regard, a new opinion poll showed on 21 January 2020.
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#Indians #WEF #SAP #NGOs #trusting #climatescience

India among top 10 FDI recipients
India was among the top 10 recipients of Foreign Direct Investment in 2019, attracting $49 billion in inflows, a 16 per cent increase from the previous year, driving the FDI growth in South Asia, according to a UN report released.
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#FDI #UNCTAD #India #GTIM #SouthAsia #GDP

SC refuses to stay poll bond scheme
The Supreme Court refused to order an interim stay on the electoral bond scheme but decided to hear the matter after two weeks.
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#SC #CJI #SuryaKant #ADR #NGO #RanjanGogoi