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What is the News?
The Global Liveability Index 2022 has been released.
What is the Global Liveability Index?
Published by: Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU) annually
Aim: To quantify the challenges presented to an individual’s lifestyle in 173 cities.
Categories: The index ranked the cities based on these categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
What are the key findings of the index?
Topped by: Austrian capital Vienna has once again topped the list of most liveable cities in the world.
The living conditions remained worst in the Syrian capital Damascus.
India: The cities in India have fared poorly in the list of the world’s most liveable cities. India’s national capital New Delhi has been ranked 112th on the list while Mumbai is ranked at 117th position.
Source: The post is based on the article “The Global Liveability Index 2022: These are the world’s ‘most’ and ‘least’ liveable cities” published in Hindustan Times on 23rd June 2022.
