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World Bank selects Jim Yong Kim as its next President

United States nominee Jim Yong Kim was on Monday chosen as the next president of the World Bank, an appointment that continues the longstanding tradition of an American leading the Washington-based......

World Bank approves $1bn COVID-19 aid for India

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......

Ajay Banga will be a 'transformative leader': Biden

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......

Biden appoints 2 Indian-Americans to advisory panel for trade policy

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......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Ajay Banga becomes first Indian-American to head World Bank

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......

India gets $1.75 bn World Bank loan for health, private investment

The World Bank has approved loans totalling $1.75 billion (about Rs 13,834.54 crore) to fund India's  PM Ayushman Bharat scheme and private investment to boost the economic growth.......

Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, saying the Indian-American business leader is uniquely equipped to lead the global institution......

Keki Mistry and Renu Karnad to join HDFC Bank board

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......

US govt wants an American to head World Bank

As the World Bank initiated the process to select its new head, the Obama Administration has asserted that it would have an American at the helm of affairs and there is no question of anyone else......

Will Poonawalla Let Karan Johar Thrive?

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......

FA appoints first woman director in its 148 years

The English FA appointed its first woman board member since it was formed in 1863 when it named Heather Rabbatts as one of two new independent non-executive directors on Thursday. Rabbatts, aged......

Border stumped by Cricket Australia's financial woes

'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......

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