North Korea revises constitution

North Korea has revised its constitution to make Kim Jong Un head of state, a promotion that could help normalise the isolated country’s diplomatic relations with the rest of the world.

A new text of North Korea’s governing document  quietly posted on the propaganda website Naenara -- adds represents the country to the list of duties of the chairman of the State Affairs Commission, Kims top government title. While such a change had been speculated since North Korea amended its constitution in April, the regime never formally released the revised language.

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index

UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index.

India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-16.

India has lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index.

India and Cambodia has reduced their MPI values the fastest among the 10 selected countries for which changes over time were analysed.

Rajghat coal plant to be turned into solar park

Shelving its previous plan to convert it into a waste-to-energy plant, the Delhi government announced Thursday that a solar park — of 5,000 KW capacity — will come up in the spot of the defunct Rajghat thermal power plant.