In South Asia, the World Bank also approved $200 million for Pakistan, $100 million for Afghanistan, $7.3 million for the Maldives and $128.6 million for Sri Lanka. IMAGE: Railway police......
'Balancing tunnel developments with ecological realities is a major challenge and, when overlooked, can contribute to mishaps.' IMAGE: Army Engineer Task Force with medical teams deployed for the......
Ajay Banga will be a 'transformative leader', who will bring expertise, experience, and innovation to the position of World Bank president, United States President Joe Biden has said after the top......
US President Joe Biden on Friday named two Indian-Americans -- Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex, and Manish Bapna, CEO of the Natural Resources Defence Council -- to the advisory committee for trade......
IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gerd Altmann/Pixabay.com Financial institutions are 300 times more vulnerable to......
But selectively, with regulatory scrutiny and special approval, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff In September 2006, the Union government had put the Satara......
Private-sector lender Federal Bank on Friday announced that New York-based Blackstone will invest Rs 6,196.51 crore in the bank through its affiliate Asia II Topco XIII Pte Ltd via a preferential......
The merger of HDFC with HDFC Bank created a banking behemoth with a market cap of $180 billion - the fourth largest bank in the world. Manojit Saha reports. Photograph: Danish......
Ajay Banga was on Wednesday appointed the next president of the World Bank, becoming the first-ever Indian-American to head the global financial institution which said it looks forward to working......
While UIDAI has given a nod for face authentication, banks need to join the process. This illustration was generated using ChatGPT and is intended solely for representational purposes. Any......
A non-strategic investor like Adar Poonawalla brings in not only capital but also creative freedom.Indian cinema needs more investors like him, reports Vanita Kohli Khandekar. IMAGE: Karan Johar......
Dr Ali Bacher has joined forces with Penguin Books South Africa and Standard Bank on a project to produce his long-awaited authorised biography.Theformer executive director of the ICC Cricket World......
'It was only a couple of years ago we had a couple hundred million dollars in the bank, then all of a sudden we're broke by August this year?' IMAGE: Kevin Roberts resigned on Tuesday and was......