The food systems resilience to the climate shocks and other disruptions also enhanced.
Government accountability is waning due to the Food price volatility, low civil society involvement and other 4 indicators are also declining significantly.
No change was observed in 15 indicators such as the sales of ultra-processed food, food systems emissions, agriculture water withdrawal.
Most massive military spender in 2025.
By 2024, the world defence spending was 2.46 trillion.
This was an improvement of the $2.24 trillion it spent in the last year, and it took the average defence expenditure to 1.9% of the world GDP.
It is increased from 1.6% in 2022 and 1.8% in 2023.
In 2025, the US is the largest military spender in the world.
Not only does US remain on the top of the list, but 62.3 per cent of the top five military spenders in the world are also in the US.
China and Russia rank second and third after US with 18.6 per cent and 8.8 per cent, respectively.
India is considered as one of the major military powers in the world as it stands at position four in the Global Firepower Index.
The government through the Union Budget FY 2025 has awarded the Defence Ministry a budget amounting to Rs 6.81 lakh crore.
It was consuming an amount of 13.45% of the total Union Budget.
This was causing it to be the largest allocation among government ministries.
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2025.
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific releases it.
Asia and the Pacific has made progress and 54 per cent of the indicators in 2024 have two or more data points.
Serious gaps also exist, especially in disaggregation of data according to age, disability, sex and location.
The report had cautioned that something immediate needs to be done to ensure that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are achieved by 2030.
WEF report on Quantum Economy.
This report was called Embracing the Quantum Economy: A Pathway to Business Leaders.
It emphasizes the potential transformative ability of quantum technologies and offers a roadmap on how businesses can realize the economic potential of quantum technologies.