SWITZERLAND has retained its first-place position in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) this year, followed by Singapore, and the United States. European countries continue to dominate the GTCI rankings, taking 17 of the top 25 positions. The other countries in the Top 10 list include Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
India was ranked 103 out of the 134 countries that were rated in the assessment of what countries do to produce and acquire talent and the kind of skills that are available to them as a result. India scored an overall 30.37 points (Switzerland scored 78.96) and was ranked 5th in the Central & Southern Asia sub-category followed by Nepal in the 6th and Pakistan in the 7th place.
In the context of the GTCI, talent competitiveness refers to the set of policies and practices that enable a country to develop, attract, and empower the human capital that contributes to productivity and prosperity.
New Zealand: Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has warned people of recent targeted phone scams coming from various New Zealand mobile numbers.
One example of these scams states the call is coming from ‘The Immigration Bureau’ saying there is a ‘serious problem with your visa’. The call then prompts recipients to press different numbers for English or Chinese services, INZ said in a press release.
