South Asia may see 42 mn people being pushed into extreme poverty, according to World Bank analysis, as the pandemic leads to longer shutdowns, increase in costs.
The recession this time isn’t driven by inherent weakness in economies or factors like oil shocks. It’s also synchronous. This could quicken India’s recovery.
While IAS officer Rajiv Topno will serve as senior advisor in World Bank, Brajendra Navnit will be ambassador to the Permanent Mission for India (PMI) at WTO.
World Bank Country Director for Pakistan said the Covid-19 crisis was impacting daily life through economic disruptions along with additional stress on public services.
Reinhart joins the World Bank at a time when President David Malpass has expressed concern that 60 million people may fall into extreme poverty due to Covid-19.
The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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