New Delhi: Pakistan, thirsty for some legal action over New Delhi’s move to place the Indus Waters Treaty in “abeyance”, is planning to take India to international court in a desperate attempt to find some reprieve. The agreement between the two neighbouring countries, signed in 1960, had lived to see the day through three wars…
NEW DELHI: India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty in the decade spanning from 2011-12 to 2022-23, according to the World Bank‘s latest “Poverty & Equity Brief.”The report reveals that extreme poverty, defined as living on less than USD 2.15 per day, fell from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23….
The Tolly’s Nullah, now choked with sewage, floods the areas along the banks during high tides KOLKATA: The KMC will spend nearly Rs 700 crore to clean the Adi Ganga and rejuvenate the water flow in the channel that was once vibrant but has dried up over the years to turn into a canal, now…
NEW DELHI: The World Bank needs to reinvent and restructure itself to become ‘better, bolder and bigger’ and harness private capital on the strength of its own balance sheet, said N K Singh, co-convenor, expert group on MDB (multilateral development banks) Reforms.The World Bank should also look at the possibility of tapping pension funds to…
GANDHINAGAR: A team led by Luis Benveniste, Global Director of Education, visited the Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, accompanied by participants from Mali, Guinea, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Togo, Central African Republic, Benin, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Approximately 65 individuals, including education ministers and dignitaries from Lyon, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mongolia, and Ghana, were also in…
SBI CBO 2023: The State Bank of India is set to commence the SBI Circle Based Officer recruitment exam 2023 on January 21, 2024.Candidates who have registered for the recruitment exam for a vacancy of over 5,000 posts can download their admit cards from the official website at sbi.co.in/careers.SBI CBO 2023 exam patternThe SBI CBO…
World Bank Group chief economist Indermit Gill believes that India needs to boost private investment and create space for the private sector as it will have to use domestic reforms to counter the impact of a global slowdown. Excerpts from an interview with TOI:What does your global outlook mean for India?People expect the economy to…
People buy vegetables at a market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Citing “continued satisfactory progress” in Sri Lanka’s reform programme, the World Bank on Wednesday announced the release of the second tranche of $250 million to the cash-strapped country which will help stabilise the economy. The World Bank…
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Monday began hearing a challenge to an anti-LGBT law that carries the death penalty for certain same-sex acts and 20 years in prison for “promoting” homosexuality. The Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in May, prompting U.S. and World Bank sanctions. In a…
