Islamabad is fuming with anger after the World Bank used a map of Pakistan without the territories of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) which they call Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Giglit-Baltistan (G-B).
Pakistan is planning to approach India to sort out differences on the Indus Waters Treaty after the World Bank announced a pause in arbitration between Islamabad and New Delhi on the matter of the two dams being constructed by India.
In a major development, the World Bank has paused the separate processes initiated by India and Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty to allow the two countries to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that India has expressed reservations on World Bank’s ‘Doing Business Report’ where it has been ranked 172 amongst 190 countries. Government is aware of the latest analysis of
The World Bank has cancelled a $100 million (Rs 670 crore) loan it had approved for a natural gas efficiency project in Pakistan.
The World Bank has asked India and Pakistan to ‘agree to mediation’ in order to settle on a mechanism for how the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) should be used to resolve issues regarding two dams -- Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects.
Narendra Modi today asked top officials in states and at the Centre to study the latest World Bank report which has ranked the country at 130th place out of 190 nations in 'Ease of Doing Business'
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has expressed her disappointment over India’s rank remaining low in terms of ease of doing business.
India continues to rank low at 130th position in terms of Ease of Doing Business, managing to move up by only a single rank.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today called on the World Bank to work together with the member countries to explore innovative financing solutions.
Ensuring better days for India in the future, the World Bank today said that the country’s GDP will remain at 7.6 per cent in 2016 and 7.7 per cent in 2017. The bank attributed the
A World Bank report released this week shows that India is ahead of Pakistan in terms of adult female literacy and life expectancy.
Describing South Asia as a global growth hotspot, the World Bank has said India's GDP growth will remain strong at 7.6 percent in 2016 and 7.7 percent in 2017.
Amid speculations that India could revoke the 56-year- old Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, the World Bank said that it was approached by both the nations and it is "responding in its limited, procedural role
Jim Yong Kim was on Tuesday appointed for a second five-year term as World Bank president. The decision to appoint Kim was taken unanimously by the global lender by the board of executives. Kim had
The latest report, released by the World Bank on Thursday, shows that India has the second highest number of deaths due to air pollution in 2013 after China. In 2013, air pollution claimed 1.4 million
The US nominated Jim Yong Kim to be the World Bank President for a second term on Thursday, saying he has “ably led” the global development lender’s response to major crises and helped it focus
Shimla: In a move to protect apple cultivation, the World Bank has funded Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project with an outlay of Rs 1,115 crore, a government spokesperson confirmed. The project, which is being
World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim today said that the "strong visionary leadership" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has helped the country to emerge as a "bright spot" in the world.
New Delhi: The World Bank on Thursday signed an agreement with India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) to provide US $1 billion (Rs 68,00 crore) for expansion of solar power capacity in India. The pact,
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