Friday, March 29, 2024

World Bank

Desperate need for UN, World Bank, IMF to be more transparent, representative: Nirmala Sitharaman

By PTI BOSTON: Institutions such as United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund need to be urgently reformed as they no longer speak...

Nearly 1 lakh infant deaths in India due to Covid economic decline, finds World Bank research

By Express News Service NEW DELHI: An estimate by World Bank researchers has shown that the economic decline accompanying Covid-19 may have caused over...

School closure: One in three countries not implementing programmes to mitigate learning loss, says report

By PTI NEW DELHI: One in three countries where schools were or are still closed due to the Covid pandemic have not yet implemented...

PM Modi should acknowledge his mistakes, seek expert help to rebuild India: Rahul Gandhi

By PTI NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said rebuilding India will begin once Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges his mistakes and seeks...

World Bank, AIIB approve loan for USD 300 million canal-based drinking water projects in Punjab

By PTI CHANDIGARH: The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have approved loan for USD 300 million (about Rs 2,190 crore) canal-based...

65 per cent low, lower-middle income countries slashed education budgets after COVID-19: World Bank report

By PTI NEW DELHI: Education budgets were cut by 65 per cent of low and lower-middle-income countries after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Poor households spend seven months’ income in post-accident care: World Bank

Express News Service NEW DELHI:  A low-income household spends about seven months of its income, while a high household income in India spends less than a...

India accounts for 10 per cent of global road crash victims: World Bank report

By PTI WASHINGTON: India, which has one per cent of the world's vehicles, accounts for 10 per cent of all road crash victims, the...

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Forest staff spilled jam in Holi Milan program, threw liquor bottles in the park itself, VIDEO viral on social media

Shivam Mishra, Raipur. IFS Association organized Holi Milan at Rajiv Smriti Forest Park in the capital, where bottles...