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World Bank approves USD 363 mln to improve drinking water supply in Karnat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Bank's Executive Board of Directors approved a USD 363 million loan to the southern Indian state of Karnataka to provide clean drinking water supply to two million rural households in the state through a piped water connection.
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Nepal drowning in Chinese debt trap
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Recently inaugurated Pokhara International Airport has come up with a USD 215 million loan from the Chinese EXIM Bank. The terms for this financing are highly adverse for Nepal's economy. The rate of interest charged on this loan is 2 per cent, much higher than what other multilateral lender
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Nepal gets USD 120 million World Bank loan to enhance education sector
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Bank has approved USD 120 million in financing to support the implementation of the government of Nepal's school education sector program.
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World Bank approves USD 108 million to improve Assam's flood, disaster pre
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Bank has approved a USD 108 million loan to help Assam improve disaster preparedness and enhance flood forecasting.
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"Kerala CM should clarify how much money received from World Bank..." BJP
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Cornering the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala over Brahmapuram fire incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief K Surendran on Friday asked the chief minister to inform how much money the state has received from the World Bank, Central Government, foreign and other agencies for waste
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Green highways to be built in four states with World Bank assistance
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The central government and the World Bank have signed an agreement for the construction of a green national highway corridors project (GNHCP) in an aggregate length of 781 km in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh.
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Natural disasters in Afghanistan leave 1,000 dead, over 2,000 injured
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the World Bank report, natural disasters such as flooding, earthquakes, avalanches, landslides, and droughts are exacerbating vulnerability and poverty in Afghanistan.
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B V R Subrahmanyam takes up CEO's role in NITI Aayog
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1987 batch (Chhattisgarh cadre), Subrahmanyam has held many important assignments over the last three decades in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jammu and Kashmir, along with a stint at The World Bank.
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World Bank Prez nominee's unique perspective can help in reducing poverty:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While addressing weekly briefings, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "US nominated Ajay Banga to be president of the World Bank. President Biden himself said he is uniquely equipped to lead the world bank, he is a renowned business executive that has managed companies brin
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Biden nominates Indian American Ajay Banga to lead World Bank
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) nominated the former Mastercard chief executive Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank.
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Drivers of Dasu Power Project go on strike to demand payment of arrears
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The drivers of rented vehicles didn't take foreigners to their respective working sites of the 4320 megawatts Dasu Hydropower Project which affected the work on the mega energy project being executed in the Upper Kohistan district with financial assistance from the World Bank and other lendi
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World Bank chief David Malpass decides to step down a year early
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
David Malpass was selected as 13th President of the World Bank Group by its Board of Executive Directors on April 5, 2019. His five-year term began on April 9.
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