Global Talent Competitiveness Index and

The Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2019 has released by INSEAD, Adecco Group and Tata Communications recently. In the GTCI 2019 India ranks 80 while Singapore takes the lead in this region. This year’s report has a special focus on entrepreneurial talent - how it is being encouraged, nurtured and developed throughout the world and how this affects the relative competitiveness of different economies.

The report also reveals that cities rather than countries are developing stronger roles as talent hubs and will be crucial to reshaping the global talent scene. This growing importance of cities is due to their greater flexibility and ability to adapt to new trends and patterns – as nimble economic units where policy can be changed more swiftly, cities are thus more attractive for talent, especially entrepreneurial talent.

GTCI-2019: Major Highlights

 The report measures levels of Global Talent Competitiveness by looking at 68 variables. The 2019 index covers 125 national economies and 114 cities (respectively 119 and 90 in 2018) across all groups of income and levels of development.  In this sixth edition, Switzerland continues to lead the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness index, while Singapore and the United States come in second and third respectively.  The top three is followed by Scandinavian countries, Norway (4th), Denmark (5th), Finland (6th), and Sweden (7th).  Yemen has finished at the bottom of this year’s index at 125th, just below Congo (124th) and Burundi (123rd).

India specific findings

 India (80th) remains the laggard of this group. It performs better than its lower-income peers when it comes to growing (48th) talent, primarily by virtue of the possibilities for Lifelong Learning (38th) and Access to Growth Opportunities (41st).  An above-average Business and Labour Landscape (38th) and Employability (34th) raise the scores of the pillars related to Enable (70th) and Vocational and Technical Skills (72nd) that are otherwise hampered by the remaining sub-pillars.  Notwithstanding the scope for improvement across the board, India’s biggest challenge is to improve its ability to Attract (95th) and Retain (96th) talent.  Above all, there is a need to address its poor level of Internal Openness (116th)—in particular with respect to weak gender equality and low tolerances towards minorities and immigrants—and its disappointing showing in Lifestyle indicators.

th India observes National Panchayati Raj Day on 24 April

24 April 2019 Current Affairs: The National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated every year in India on 24th April. The Constitution of India recognizes Panchayats as 'Institutions of self-government'. This day marks the passing of Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that came into force with effect from 24 April 1993. The Amendment Act permits states to take steps to organize village panchayats and provide them with necessary powers and authority necessary to facilitate them to function as units of self-government. National Panchayati Raj Day: The first National Panchayati Raj Day was celebrated in 2010. The enactment of the 73rd Amendment Act had led a defining moment in the history of India which helped in the decentralization of political power to the grassroots level. In turn, it had led to the institutionalization of Panchayati Raj (PR) through the village, Intermediate and District level Panchayats.

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Indonesias Mount Agung has erupted again

The active volcano of Indonesia Mount Agung has erupted again to a height of 2km. Two other volcanoes popular with tourists Mount Bromo in East Java and Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta also continues to erupt.

About Mount Agung:- Mount Agung is an active volcano in Bali of Indonesia. Mount Agung stratovolcano is the highest point on Bali; it dominates the surrounding area, influencing the climate, especially rainfall patterns. It begun erupting in 2017. Agung remained on the boil until late June 2018 when it again erupted with 2 km high plumes interrupting air traffic. This indicated that magma continued to be forced up to the summit. This volcano's latest eruption is ongoing as of 2019 Services won Santosh Trophy 2019

The Services team emerged as winner of the 2019 Santosh Trophy. Services secured the title with Bikash Thapa's 61st-minute strike that decided the contest. Services beat Punjab the last time these two teams met in the final of this tournament, securing the trophy in 2014-15 with a 5-4 shootout victory.

About Santosh Trophy - Santosh Trophy is an Indian football tournament in which the states of the country along with some government institutions participate. This is held annually since 1941. Bengal was the first winner of the competition held in 1941. The trophy is named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, now in Bangladesh. The Santosh Trophy was started in 1941 after the then president of the Indian Football Association, 's football association, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, donated the trophy. The first edition of the Santosh Trophy was held in and won by Bengal who defeated the hosts 5-1 in the final. Last season it was held in Jammu and Kashmir and won by Punjab who defeated Services 1-0 in the final. World’s first Malaria vaccine launched in Malawi

The world’s first malaria vaccine RTS, S is also known as Mosquirix has launched in Malawi, one of three countries in Africa in a landmark pilot programme coordinated by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The other two African countries are Ghana and Kenya. This vaccine has created by British Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in 1987 and after that vaccine has undergone 30 years of testing which was supported by many organizations including a non-profit organization PATH. This pilot project aims to reach 360,000 children per year in all three countries.

Key Highlights i. The malaria vaccine will be provided to children up to 2 years of age and it will be given in a total of 4 doses, first three doses between five and nine months of age and the fourth doses will be given around 2nd birthday. ii. During the 30 years of clinical trials, scientists had found that the vaccine prevents approximately 4 out of 10 malaria cases, including 3 out of 10 cases of life-threatening severe malaria. iii. This is a collaborative effort of WHO with health ministries of Ghana, Kenya and Malawi and other international partners which include PATH, GSK, the vaccine developer and manufacturer. iv. This pilot project is financed by three key global health funding bodies: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Unitaid and other organization like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is also a funder of the vaccine. Contact No. - +91 9808636055, 9639123912, Website: www.inspirationstudycircle.com,Email: [email protected] Address: 182-D.L ROAD NEAR MATH MANDIR, DEHRADUN (UTTARAKHAND-248001) 2