Vienna has been named the world’s most liveable city for a third year running, according to the results of EIU’s latest annual Global Liveability Index, launched.
The index ranks the liveability of 173 cities across five key categories, including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Cities in the Middle East and North Africa present a mixed bag. Israel’s conflict with Hamas has led to Tel Aviv being the biggest faller down the ranks, dropping by 20 places to the 112th place.
The biggest increase in scores was registered by the cities in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai) and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar).
Despite improvements, the region is also home to the least liveable cities—Algiers (Algeria), Tripoli (Libya) and Damascus (Syria).
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 60 million nonconvertible debentures financing agreement, disbursing USD 30 million to Aadhar Housing Finance Limited (AHFL) to provide housing loans to women and address the shortage of financing in the low-income and affordable housing segment in India.
As per a release, half of the funds will be deployed in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
Deepening his growing links with the game in India, 1983 cricket World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has taken over as president of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the apex body for the men’s domestic game, marking a new page in its growth.
World Asteroid Day, observed annually on June 30, is a global event aimed at raising awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose to our planet.
This day serves as a reminder of the importance of scientific research and international collaboration in detecting and mitigating asteroid impacts.
June 30, marks the annual celebration of the International Day of Parliamentarism, commemorating the founding of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1889.
This special day, established by a United Nations General Assembly Resolution in 2018, serves as an opportunity to reflect on the progress made by parliaments worldwide in achieving predetermined goals.
National Statistics Day in India is celebrated annually on June 29th to commemorate the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the father of Modern Statistics in India.
This year, in 2024, National Statistics Day will be observed on Saturday, June 29th, under the theme, “Use of data for decision making.“
International Day of the Tropics is observed annually on June 29. Its purpose is to acknowledge the extraordinary variety of the tropics while shedding more light on the distinctive challenges and opportunities that are faced by tropical areas.
Its main goal is to raise awareness across all nations of the world, on the issues faced by tropical areas.
On June 14, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution designating June 29 as International Day of the Tropics. The United Nations chose June 29 to honor the anniversary of the first ‘State of the Tropics Report.’ Myanmar’s Nobel Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, launched the report in 2014.