Malhotra said India will be strong contenders to land the title in the showpiece, citing the right blend of youth and experience in the Harmanpreet Kaur-led squad.
What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value, export-oriented economic engine, points out Ajit Balakrishnan.
The World Bank has asked the government to cut a slew of duties, including entertainment tax on broadband Internet connections in some states, on telecom services.
The ministry is seeking a $2.96-billion World Bank funding for double-laning of 6,300 km of single-lane highways, out of a total of about 19,000 km single-lane highways in the country.
World Bank report on Thursday called for initiatives at the policy and institutional level to tap the economic potential it offers.
World Bank on Tuesday resumed lending to three health projects in India amounting to $662 million (about Rs 2,9.79 billion), which were discontinued for more than a year.
'Even if they align with the TVK now, I don't think the AIADMK leadership will completely surrender to the dominance of Vijay.'
World Bank President Robert B Zoellick in his remarks at the Rome Conference on Food Security pointed out that 28 countries have imposed export bans on food items and stressed 'these restrictions and taxes should be lifted, at a minimum for humanitarian food purchases and transportation by World Food Programme'. UN Secretary General Bank Ki-moon on Tuesday called upon the countries to resist the temptation to impose ban on export of foodgrain.
'Monsoon is the pran (life) of our water system.' 'A weak monsoon will have a very negative impact on crops and people's lives.'
This will be the last visit of Zoellick as President of World Bank as he is retiring on June 30.
Contradicting the International Monetary Fund, which does not want India and other countries to use any of its foreign exchange reserves for building infrastructure
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the traditional Morung learning system of Nagaland, highlighting its role in preserving cultural heritage and fostering interest in subjects like mathematics and science among children. He also lauded the efforts of women in Chizami village for preserving traditional seeds.
In the first two years, we spent Rs 15,000 crore, which was more than our target, says S K Chaturvedi, CMD, Power Grid Corp.
India has brought down the number of people living below $1 a day by 2 percentage points to 24.3 per cent in three years up to 2005, as Asia's third-largest economy accelerated to 7 per cent plus growth in those years, latest data from the World Bank revealed. In absolute numbers, 9.6 million people came out of poverty between 2002 and 2005, the largest reduction between two consecutive surveys released by the World Bank since 1981.
The World Bank has expressed concern over rising healthcare costs world wide while countries are struggling to cope with HIV/AIDS crisis and bird flu pandemic.
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa faces challenges at the Candidates chess tournament after a strong start, while Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov emerges as a formidable contender.
The economic growth could slow down to 7.8 per cent in 2008 from over 9 per cent currently due to policy bottlenecks resulting in deceleration in investment growth in the country, says a World Bank report.
The World Bank has sounded a note of caution on the global economy, which it says has reached a turning point with a slowdown that has already begun.
A credit agreement of $600 million equivalent, for the Second Elementary Education Project, was signed on Thursday between the government of India and the World Bank.
The government had projected the GDP growth to be at 8.5%.
New norms to keep Raghuram Rajan out of the race.
The first thing you notice about Bhutan is not the mountains, but the silence.
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The annual conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund where India was represented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram
Wipro has launched its AI-Data Centre solution, integrating NVIDIA's AI Enterprise platform, to accelerate enterprise-scale AI adoption and modernise data centre environments.
Struggling former champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will be eyeing consistency as they await the return of their former captains Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Far from it; the country's resistance to the US, its nuclear ambitions, and its pursuit of influence and proxies across the Middle East are driven by a constant search for independence and security. Thus, Iran will never capitulate. Trump will learn this home truth ultimately, and it is going to be a humbling personal experience that may even destroy his presidency, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The World Bank on Monday said hardening interest rates and a surge in oil prices worldwide will have only a marginal impact on India's economy and the country would continue to witness high GDP growth.
Paul Romer, a New York University professor and economist
Indian investors have seen their wealth erode by a staggering Rs 48.29 lakh crore since the West Asia war began on February 28, leading to a significant downturn in the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, driven by geopolitical tensions and rising crude oil prices.
India's real GDP grew 8.2 percent in the second quarter of 2025-26, up from 7.8 percent in the first quarter and 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal.
'When I asked for an amicable separation, I was told that my professional background & achievements were irrelevant & was advised to take up work as a cleaner or in a supermarket in the small village where we lived in Austria, simply to retain the joint custody of my children.'
Concerned over terror funding, the World Bank and the IMF have launched an intense programme using a comprehensive methodology involving 75 client countries to identify the means of formal and information remittances used for money laundering.
Figures of people living below the poverty line in India was being fudged by international agencies like the World Bank to paint a grim picture of the Indian economy, Planning Commission Member N K Singh said on Monday.
According to the report, the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times that of international migration.
The World Bank on Friday indicated that it will double its lending to India to $2.5-3.0 billion annually within 2-3 years, and said it plans to raise $100 million from the domestic market through bonds.
The opening ceremony was held in China's financial capital.
