World Bank
Robert McNamara: The Quiz Kid who went to war
06 Jul 2009
Robert S McNamara, former president of the World Bank, who, as a previous US secretary of defence, earned himself a reputation as the architect of the infamous Vietnam War, passed away on Monday morning at the age of 93.
India to overtake China in GDP growth in 2010: World Bank
23 Jun 2009
The World Bank has projected an 8-per cent growth for India in 2010, overtaking China’s expected growth of 7.7 per cent. It has also raised India's growth to 5.1 per cent in 2009
World Bank being unfair to Wipro: Assocham
14 Jan 2009
IMF and the World Bank set to increase loans
27 Oct 2008
World Bank to aid `Vision Mumbai` project
23 Aug 2007
World Bank offers loans to Southern states for irrigation
By | 13 Feb 2007
WB approves agricultural-loan package for Tamil Nadu
By Chennai: | 25 Jan 2007
Poor nations drained of brains; India loses 5% : World Bank
By Geneva: | 26 Oct 2005
IndiaCo receives funding from World Bank
By IndiaCo, a private equit | 14 Jul 2004
Indian bank profits hit by priority sector lending : World Bank
By New Delhi: | 15 Jun 2004
Indian govt to prematurely prepay World Bank, ADB loans
By New Delhi: | 28 Jan 2003
WB, ADB proposal to tap debt market cleared
By Our Banking Bureau | 24 Sep 2002
IFC to invest Rs 120.5 crore in Usha Beltron
13 Sep 2002
IMF, World Bank meetings in Washington
By Our Banking Bureau | 20 Apr 2002
Kerala seeks Rs 60-cr World Bank aid
By James Paul | 05 Apr 2002
World Bank opens office in Chennai
By Our Banking Bureau | 16 Mar 2002
World Bank to help Indian banks
By Our Banking Bureau | 05 Feb 2002
World Banks Telugu website
By N Venugopal | 08 Jan 2002
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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