-The Hindu Bangladesh, U.S. and China slip; Pakistan improves rank Kolkata: India’s rank has marginally improved in “global peacefulness”, at a time when there is an overall decline of global peace owing to escalation of violence in West Asia and and North Africa. Pakistan too has improved marginally, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI), released by Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The IEP, world’s leading think tank that develops metrics...

-The Times of India MUMBAI: The recent Maoist violence in Bastar, which left 28 people dead, is no aberration. The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2013, which was released on Tuesday, has ranked India among the 25 least peaceful nations to live in. The country was placed 141 among 162 nations, having lost more than two lives a day - or a staggering 799 persons - to internal conflicts in 2012. Giving India...

-The Guardian   Published by the Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Peace Index 2011 reveals that the world had become less peaceful for the third year in a row. The index emphasises that terrorism continues to be a threat for global peace. The Global Peace Index, is out and sees dramatic falls in middle east countries after the Arab spring - and unexpected rises in others. Published by the Institute for Economics...

India has tumbled seven places in the Global Peace Index — a ranking of the most peaceful nations of the world — thanks largely to the increase in the number of deaths from organized conflicts. The 2010 ranking of 149 nations places India at 128. New Zealand tops the index as the most peaceful country and war-ravaged Iraq — no surprises here — has earned the distinction as the least...