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New Delhi:  Hundreds of male and female doctors from Afghan provinces of Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kabul and asked the World Bank to pay their salaries for the…

United Nations: India's economy is expected to grow by 8.3 per cent this fiscal year, according to the World Bank, making it the second-fastest-growing major economy. The Bank's Regional Economic Update released on Thursday said that…

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of Independence Day, an Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) mobile and web application Project of Odisha was launched by Padmanabha Behera, Commerce and Transport Minister on Sunday. An initiative of…

New Delhi:  After the phase I of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) with nearly 200 dams that ended in March 2021, the government is all set to enable the states secure the second tranche of loan from the World Bank for…

United Nations:  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world to end the Covid-19 pandemic. "Pledges of doses and funds are welcome -- but they are not…

United Nations: The World Bank has forecast that the Indian economy would grow by 8.3 per cent during the current fiscal year, an increase of nearly 3 per cent from its January projection, but lower than the April estimate by almost 2 per…

Washington: The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called on countries anticipating excess vaccine supplies in the coming months to release their surplus doses and options as soon as possible to…

United Nations: Kerala has been hit hard by the drop in remittances from the Gulf countries from where about 1.2 million workers returned to the state due to the Covid-driven layoffs, according to the World Bank. Overall, though, the…

New Delhi:  With ample space of enhancing trade ties between India and Bangladesh, the two neighbours should move towards seamless transport connectivity including setting up of an efficient regional transit regime and harmonising driver's…

Washington: The US has "expressed its strong support" for Nigeria's former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)…