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World Bank Recommends Health Cess On Tobacco, Sugary Drinks In IndiaBusiness
World Bank Recommends Health Cess On Tobacco, Sugary Drinks In India

In India, tax rates on such products, especially on tobacco and sugar-sweetened beverages, have remained largely...

16 July 2025 11:14 PM IST

Global Trade Growth To Slow To 1.8 pc In 2025 From 3.4 pc In 2024: World BankBusiness
Global Trade Growth To Slow To 1.8 pc In 2025 From 3.4 pc In 2024:...

Global trade growth faces substantial downside risks amid rapidly shifting policies and persistent uncertainty

11 July 2025 6:20 AM IST

World Bank And ADB Officials Review Progress In Amaravati WorksAndhra Pradesh
World Bank And ADB Officials Review Progress In Amaravati Works

The meeting reviewed aspects of programme implementation, strengthening institutional capacity and advancing key...

1 July 2025 12:59 PM IST

World Bank Warns 39 Fragile States Falling Further Behind As Conflicts GrowWorld
World Bank Warns 39 Fragile States Falling Further Behind As Conflicts...

“Economic stagnation —rather than growth —has been the norm in economies hit by conflict and instability,” said Ayhan...

27 Jun 2025 7:17 PM IST

World Bank Clears $150M Boost for Women Jobs in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu
World Bank Clears $150M Boost for Women Jobs in Tamil Nadu

WESAFE Programme to train over 6 lakh women, support 18,000 entrepreneurs, and improve workplace safety, housing, and...

25 Jun 2025 1:18 PM IST

India Seeks Pause In Kishanganga, Ratle Dispute Proceedings: OfficialsNation
India Seeks Pause In Kishanganga, Ratle Dispute Proceedings: Officials

As a technical adjudicator, Mr Lino is expected to also consider Pakistan’s comments before actually deciding to pause...

24 Jun 2025 7:38 PM IST

WB-ADB Team Inspects Amaravati Capital Construction RegionAndhra Pradesh
WB-ADB Team Inspects Amaravati Capital Construction Region

The visit commenced with an orientation programme at the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (AP CRDA)...

20 Jun 2025 12:50 AM IST

World Bank Cuts Indias Growth to 6.3 PC as Global Economy SlowsEconomy
World Bank Cuts India's Growth to 6.3 PC as Global Economy Slows

India’s projected merchandise trade deficits are expected to be only partly offset by surpluses in the services trade....

11 Jun 2025 1:27 AM IST

India Lifted 171 Million from Extreme Poverty in a Decade: World BankCurrent Affairs
India Lifted 171 Million from Extreme Poverty in a Decade: World Bank

Rural extreme poverty dropped from 18.4 percent to 2.8 percent, and urban from 10.7 percent to 1.1 percent

7 Jun 2025 7:43 PM IST

Land and property rights experts say when women are included in a nations land ownership, there can be far reaching impacts. (Photo: World Bank Logo)Business
India Can Become High-Income Country with Greater Trade Openness:...

One of the most momentous overhauls of India’s policy architecture took place in the 1990s, with dramatic and lasting...

2 Jun 2025 8:28 PM IST

India to Oppose World Bank Funding to PakistanNation
India to Oppose World Bank Funding to Pakistan

India says Pakistan misused past funds for weapons, not development

23 May 2025 9:30 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and RealityColumnists
Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and Reality

The geography makes it next to impossible to stop the flow of the waters from the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum. Yet there...

25 April 2025 10:49 PM IST

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