47 news articles12 Dec 2025 to 02 Nov 2026
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The Assam government signed an MoU with Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Belgium on October 31, 2026, to set up a proton beam therapy centre in the public health …
India lifted an estimated 496 million people out of poverty between 2011 and 2023. The share of the population living in extreme poverty declined sharply from 2…
$4.20 mnThe World Bank Group launched its first digital strategy on October 20, 2026, to help developing countries expand affordable digital access, improve services, a…
The Income Tax Department has notified exemption of tax on interest earned from Maharaja Bonds issued by the New Development Bank (NDB), covering resident India…
₹25,000 crPakistan will assume the chairmanship of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) in 2027, its first time…
$7 bnThe World Bank Group has helped mobilise $36 billion in private capital for development in India over the past four years, including $9.6 billion for Micro, Sma…
$36 bnThe International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its World Economic Outlook released during its annual meetings in Bangkok, raised India's GDP growth forecast for FY27…
7%The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank released the 'Bangkok Blueprint for Fraud-Resilient Financial Services', a framework to tackle cyber-enable…
$1 tnThe World Bank has backed Kerala's proposal to set up a carbon cell under the state Agriculture Department to help farmers earn carbon credits through climate-f…
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways, and Information and Broadcasting Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the World Bank Group's Worl…
40%The World Bank Group announced the appointment of David Vaillant as managing director and chief financial officer on Thursday. Vaillant will oversee financial m…
$82 bnThe World Bank, in its report 'India and Artificial Intelligence: Seizing the Development Opportunity', placed India among the top 10 leading emerging-market pe…
$4.1 bnThe World Bank named Nobel laureate and University of Chicago professor Michael Kremer as its next chief economist, succeeding Indermit Gill, who retired last m…
The 18th BRICS Summit, hosted by India at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration on September 12, 2026, at the end of the f…
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched a Face Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK) and a testing environment in its Aadhaar sand…
India secured USD 1 billion from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to provide long-term credit to MSMEs through banks and financial institutions. The …
$1 bnYuko Keicho was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank Group. She is a Japanese national. She will report to World Bank Group Pre…
Shabnam Sinha will succeed Sunil Bharti Mittal as non-executive chairperson of Airtel Payments Bank Limited. Sunil Bharti Mittal will step down from the board e…
NABARD, with support from the Gates Foundation and Dalberg Advisors, announced the winners of the National Climate Stack Innovation Challenge. The challenge was…
Punjab has overtaken Kerala to rank first in the NITI Aayog School Education Quality Index 2026. Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains presented a four-year rep…
₹2,638 crThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointments of 10 officials and one extension to foreign and international posts on August 5, 2026…
Assam exported its first dairy consignment of 5,627 litres of Purabi Ice Cream to Bhutan. The consignment was flagged off by Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sa…
The World Bank (WB) has approved a financing package of $890 million for India’s rooftop solar programme. The package comprises an $820 million loan from the In…
$890 mnThe Delhi government announced the "Clean Air, Healthy Delhi" project with a total outlay of ₹8,300 crore to combat air pollution. The funding for the project w…
₹8,300 crThe Government of Odisha signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with ACME Group and Japan’s IHI Corporation on July 3, 2026, for clean energy and industrial p…
₹67,000 crThe International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group arm, has committed USD 371 million to Sify through a sustainability-linked loan. The investment …
$371 mnThe World Bank (WB) has cleared a $1.5 billion financing package to aid India's structural reforms and boost private sector-led job creation. The funding is pro…
$1.5 bnHaryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced the Jal Sanrakshit Haryana project, which has received a ₹4,000 crore loan from the World Bank (WB) out of a …
₹4,000 crThe International Day of Family Remittances is observed on 16 June. The theme for the 2026 observance is Remittances for Rural Resilience, Entrepreneurship and …
$650 bnMaharashtra’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) climbed one place to rank 22nd globally in the World Bank’s Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) for 202…
The World Bank (WB) has raised India's growth forecast for FY27 to 6.6% from the 6.5% estimated in January. According to the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) rep…
$94 mnNeelkanth Mishra was appointed as India's Executive Director at the World Bank, representing a South Asian constituency comprising India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and…
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