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India has built a world-class digital infrastructure: IMF
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
India has developed a world-class digital public infrastructure (DPI) to support its sustainable development goals with its journey having lessons for other countries embarking on their own digital transformation, IMF has said in a working paper, noting that digitalization has supported f
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TerraPay raises USD 100 million in series B funding to expand global payme
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure company, has successfully closed its Series B equity financing round, raising in excess of USD 100 million in equity and debt financing. The funding round was led by IFC and supported by Prime Ventures,
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L&T Finance Holdings honoured at Dun & Bradstreet ESG Awards 2023
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): L&T Finance Holdings Limited (LTFH), a leading Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) has been conferred the Dun & Bradstreet ESG Award 2023 for 'Business Sustainability' at an event held in Mumbai.
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International Aluminium Institute launches Aluminium Forward 2030 Coalitio
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], March 27 (ANI/PRNewswire): The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has today launched Aluminium Forward 2030, a coalition of IAI's 25 production members and 20 downstream and customer companies who have committed themselves to transforming the aluminium sector. The aim is to
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From policy to progress: India's steady march towards Sustainable Developm
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
While all these goals are interconnected, 5 of them are primarily connected to the environment. They are i) Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable; ii) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; iii) Take urgent action to combat climate cha
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BPCL launches E-Waste Management Initiative to further strengthen sustaina
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a 'Maharatna' and a Fortune Global 500 Company, today announced the launch of a special initiative "Sound Management of waste Disposal (SMWD)", as a part of their sustainability efforts toward
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Indian envoy at UN highlights five core concepts of Gandhiji at 52nd sessi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Permanent Representative of India to UN and other International Organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey on Friday highlighted Mahatma Gandhi's five core concepts i.e. Ahimsa, Satyagraha, Sarvodaya, Swaraj and Trusteeship.
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UN lauds India's G20 Presidency for highlighting sustainable development g
Updated : 3 years ago IST
United Nations lauded India's G20 Presidency for highlighting a number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation.
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STL commits to Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi), as part of its goa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): In a bid to further increase its sustainability efforts, STL (NSE: STLTECH), a leading optical and digital solutions company, today announced the adoption of Science-based Targets initiative (SBTi), for more transparent and granular car
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China sets GDP target at 5 pc, defence budget up by 7.2 pc
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The GDP growth target and China's other development goals were released in the Government Work Report. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presented the Government Work Report during the first session of the 14th National People's Congress on Sunday, as per the Global Times report.
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G20: EAM Jaishankar, Russian FM Lavrov to touch on regional topics includi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We share the relevance of India's stated priorities: ensuring inclusive and sustainable economic growth; accelerating progress towards the achievement of sustainable development goals; reforming multilateral institutions; digital modernisation; and increasing women's economic engagement,
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CM Patnaik launches 'Odisha SDG Indicator Framework-2.0' to achieve 2030 g
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the second version of the Odisha SDG Indicator Framework (OSIF 2.0) and urged every Department to make intelligent use of this framework as together we march towards 2030.
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