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Asia Pacific growth may slow to 5.8 pc amid trade tensions: World Bank
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Oct 10 (ANI): Growth in developing East Asian and Pacific economies is expected to slow from 6.3 per cent last year to 5.8 per cent in 2019 and to 5.7 and 5.6 per cent in 2020 and 2021 respectively, reflecting a broad-based decline in export growth and manufacturing ac
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Work done under Ayushman Bharat scheme commended by UN, WHO, World Bank: H
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): The work done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat in the past one year has received commendation from the United Nations (UN), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World bank alike, Union Health Minister Harsh V
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Aavas Financiers raises Rs 345 crore from IFC through NCDs
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Affordable housing finance company Aavas Financiers has received an investment of Rs 345 crore from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, through the issuance of non-convertible debentures.
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Government keen to bring India among top 25 countries in ease of business
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen that India is in the top 50 countries in the ease of doing business in the next two years and governments' next target is to bring the country among the first 25 in nex
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Maharashtra floods: Fadnavis meets representatives of World Bank, ADB
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met representatives of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Mumbai, to review their visits to Kolhapur and Sangli in the wake of floods.
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SPML Infra bags World Bank funded power project orders worth Rs 177 crore
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sep 2 (ANI): SPML Infra Ltd said on Monday it has received new project orders worth Rs 177.4 crore from Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Ltd for 132/33 kilovolt substation projects.
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India-Thailand trade up 60 percent in 2 years: Will this continue?
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, Aug 26 (ANI): Trade relations between India and Thailand, the second-largest economy in the Southeast Asian economic group, ASEAN, has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two years.
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Punjab to canalise its rivers with technical support from World Bank, ADB
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced that his government would canalise all the rivers of the state, taking technical support from the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Hockey India donates Rs 31 lakh to Odisha CM Relief Fund
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Hockey India's President Md Mushtaque Ahmad along with Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Dhruv Batra jointly presented a cheque of Rs 31 lakh to the Odisha CM Relief Fund on Wednesday.
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PNB Housing Finance raises $100 million from IFC to finance purchase of af
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): PNB Housing Finance Limited said on Monday it has raised 100 million dollars (about Rs 690 crore) from International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, for on-lending to buyers in affordable housing projects.
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Ruling party, opposition lock horns in Andhra Assembly on withdrawal of lo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): World Bank's decision to back out of extending funds to the Amaravati capital project led to a heated argument between the leaders of the ruling YSRCP and erstwhile TDP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Monday.
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Imran khan meets World Bank president
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 22 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is on a three-day visit to the US, on Sunday held talks with World Bank President David Malpass.
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