COP28: Poor Countries Eye Disappointment At Dubai Summit
At the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, an agreement to establish a loss and damage fund was hailed as...
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How A United South Asia Can Beat Air Pollution
At a recent meeting for the launch of a new World Bank report on air pollution, held in Kathmandu, Pema...
India May Soon See Heat Waves Beyond Limit Of Human Survival: WB Report
(Source: PTI) Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with...
Global Recession Looms In 2023: World Bank
The global economy may face a recession next year caused by an aggressive wave of policy tightening that could yet...
Review: World Bank Report Promotes Dialogue On Rivers
The Restless River: Yarlung Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra-Jamuna is a report you should save on your computer’s hard disk if you are a...
World Bank Freezes Aid To Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover
The World Bank has suspended aid to Afghanistan, saying it is "deeply concerned" by the situation there, especially regarding women's...
Pandemic Pushed 32 Mn Indians Out Of Middle Class
Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing...
India’s Coronavirus Infections Surge To 6.23 Million
India’s coronavirus case tally surged to 6.23 million after it reported 80,472 new infections in the last 24 hours, data...
Pandemic Panel Slams Collective Failure To Heed Warnings
A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world...
Covid-19 Cost Jobs At A Third Of Small Firms Open In May
One small firm in three around the world was obliged to cut jobs to stay open through the coronavirus pandemic...
Covid-19 Crisis Could Plunge Half A Billion Into Poverty: Oxfam
The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the...
Global Shortage Of Medical Equipment To Fight Covid-19: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight...
India Plans New Law To Protect Foreign Investment
India is planning a new law to safeguard foreign investment by speeding up dispute resolution, aiming to attract more capital...
FATF Asia-Pacific Group Puts Pakistan In Terror ‘Blacklist’: Officials
The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global watchdog for terror financing and money...
‘In Line With Int’l Agencies’: Govt Defends GDP Figures after Ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian Claims Over-estimation
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday defended India’s official growth estimates, strongly arguing that these were backed by a statistically rigorous...
