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Nepal drowning in Chinese debt trap
Updated : 2 years, 12 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 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 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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World Bank President nominee Ajay Banga tests covid positive on arrival in
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The US nominee for World Bank President Ajay Banga, upon his arrival in New Delhi on Thursday, tested Covid positive and is now under quarantine as per the local guidelines. he has not met any Indian counterparts yet.
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US nominee for World Bank President Ajay Banga heads to India for final st
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The US nominee for World Bank President Ajay Banga will visit New Delhi, India on March 23 and 24, capping a three-week global listening tour that began in Africa before progressing to Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
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World Bank to assist Kerala in waste management projects
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The management of waste will be intensified with the participation of international experts, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a release.
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Delhi to host International Conference on Blended Learning Ecosystem for H
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture, and World Bank today jointly announced the first International Conference on 'Blended Learning Ecosys
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India, Japan growing above pre-pandemic levels among Top 10 economies: PHD
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The analysis by PHDCCI was based on the IMF database on the GDP growth of the countries according to their GDP growth rates for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 and the projections for 2023.
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Sri Lanka govt debt rose to 115.2 pc of GDP by 2022-end: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The gross debt of Sri Lanka's central bank was roughly 4.66 per cent of the GDP. Moreover, the central bank used special drawing privileges that required interest payments.
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"Kerala CM should clarify how much money received from World Bank..." BJP
Updated : 3 years 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 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 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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