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Japan to support ADB developing member countries' response to COVID-19 cha
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 1 (ANI): Japan has committed to providing emergency support of 150 million dollars to Asian Development Bank (ADB) which is providing several targeted interventions to support its developing member countries (DMCs) in combating the effects of novel coronaviru
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ADB approves $1.5 billion financing to support India's COVID-19 response
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 28 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved a 1.5 billion dollar loan to India to help fund its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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ADB, AIM launch global hackathon for digital ideas to respond to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 24 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) on Friday launched the #DigitalAgainstCOVID-19 virtual challenge to crowdsource digital solutions and ideas to help countries in Asia and the Pacific deal with the medium- a
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Philippines extends COVID-19 lockdown till May 15
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 24 (ANI): The lockdown in metropolitan Manila and provinces on the main island of Luzon will remain in place for another two weeks or until May 15, Philippines government announced on Friday.
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ADB sells $4.5 billion five-year global benchmark bond
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market on Wednesday with the pricing of a 4.5 billion dollars five-year global benchmark bond issue proceeds of which will be part of ADB's ordinary capital resources.
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ADB Ventures raises $50 million, exceeding fund capitalisation target
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 20 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday that ADB Ventures, its new impact investment platform, will soon start operations after successfully raising the equivalent of 50 million dollars from multilateral and bilateral development partners and
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China earmarks $10 million from its ADB Trust Fund to address COVID-19 ch
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Apr 17 (ANI): China has earmarked 10 million dollars (about Rs 77 crore) in its poverty reduction and regional cooperation fund to support the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in assisting its developing member countries to address their novel coronavirus disease (COVID
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ADB triples COVID-19 response package to $20 billion
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 13 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday tripled the size of its response to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to 20 billion dollars and approved measures to streamline its operations for quicker and more flexible delivery of assista
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ADB assures $2.2 billion support package to India for battling COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 10 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa on Friday assured Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of 2.2 billion dollars (about Rs 16,820 crore) support to India in its fight against novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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ADB promotes innovation and efficiency to bolster anti-corruption efforts
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 6 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is promoting innovation and efficiency to enhance its anti-corruption efforts by streamlining case management and expediting the assessment of complaints and completion of investigations, according to the Office of Ant
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India's growth to slow to 4 pc in FY20, recover to 6.2 pc in FY21
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 3 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) projects India's gross domestic product (GDP) will slow to 4 per cent in the fiscal year 2020 ending on March 31, 2021 due to a weak global environment and continued efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Shoot them dead: Philippines President warns against violating lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 2 (ANI): With the country recording over 2,000 cases of coronavirus, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte asked the police and military to shoot dead those who "create trouble" during a month-long lockdown of Luzon.
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