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Friday, December 12, 2025
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Topic: ADB

ADB approves $500M loan for financial inclusion in Indonesia

The program will implement key initiatives such as expanding the digital finance ecosystem including the implementation of Bank Indonesia's Payment System Blueprint 2025.

ADB and Tanveer Dal Mill sign $20 million deal for green flour mill in Bangladesh

The new facility aims to double wheat flour production, and reduce carbon emissions.

ADB approves $199.5 million for climate-resilient bridges in Fiji

The ADB grant will fund project replacing critical bridges in the country.

ADB approves $200 million loan for Sri Lanka’s power sector

The project aims to integrate renewable energy, and reduce reliance on thermal power plants.

ADB approves $100 million loan for climate investment in Mongolia

The program aims to support NDC goals, NAP implementation, and gender-responsive actions.

Sri Lanka gets $50 Million, ADB support for rooftop solar push

ADB credit line aimed to fund 70.9 MW of solar PV installations.

Nepal secures $288M from ADB for climate resilience

The ADB funding aims to bolster green growth, and drinking water security.

ADB approves $22 million to help Maldives’ tackle climate change

The ADB funding will bolster the nation's defenses against rising sea levels, and extreme weather and help bolster food security.

ABD supports Azerbaijan’s quest for renewable energy, ahead of COP29

COP29 is scheduled for November 2024 in Baku.

Climate change causing glaciers around Everest to melt, ADB says

Dozens have been displaced, and infrastructure destroyed in the Mount Everest region, local sherpas told ADB.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.