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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicAsian Development Bank

Topic: Asian Development Bank

ADB cuts India’s growth outlook for 2019 as global risks mount

India’s GDP will probably rise 7.2% this year, down from December forecast of 7.6%, according to ADB’s latest Asian Development Outlook report.

There’s good reason to give up on the World Bank

The World Bank has simply not been effective enough at what is supposed to be its core task

Didn’t cut Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mention from Pak finance minister’s interview, says BBC

Here’s what’s happening across the border: US to ensure Pak doesn't use IMF bailout to repay Chinese debt, and Voice of America’s Urdu and Pashto websites blocked in Pakistan.

Look to India for returns, not China’s Belt-and-Road, funds say

As the Chinese initiative is primarily for Beijing to exert its influence over the region, investors are not seeing much possibility of financial returns. 

RBI likely to keep policy rates unchanged through 2018, says Asian Development Bank

The ADB report also sees economy recovering to grow at 7.3 per cent in 2018 and 7.6 per cent in 2019, aided by various growth-oriented policy measures.

On Camera

Epstein files and what they mean for the American anger against elites

Of all academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.

To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Not just BSF, MHA working on rules to reserve 50% of all CAPF constable posts for Agniveers

The MHA is deliberating on new recruitment rules for all CAPFs, including the CRPF, ITBP, and SSB. It wants to incorporate a 50% quota for Agniveers across the CAPFs.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.