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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicWorld Bank

Topic: World Bank

Indian vaccine exports take ill as they are not immune to Chinese competition bug

Indian vaccine exports have been falling steadily since 2015-16 even as the global market has been expanding under the threat of new pandemics.

Influential PTI supporters file case against Reham Khan for her ‘defamatory’ autobiography

Asif Ghafoor accuses Pashtun Tahafuz Movement of being foreign-funded, while Nawaz Sharif says everything was normal during his regime.

Pak raises India’s ‘violation’ of Indus Waters Treaty with World Bank

Islamabad has objected time and again to the Kishanganga hydro project which was inaugurated by Modi during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir last week.  

World Bank denies reports that Sharif laundered USD 4.9 billion to India

The World Bank statement comes at a time when the National Accountability Bureau has already ordered a probe against Nawaz Sharif.  

Bill Gates dismisses privacy concerns over Aadhaar

The billionaire said Aadhaar technology does not pose any privacy concern and is funding the World Bank to take it to other countries.

India’s economy will not work until its women do

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal all doing better in harnessing women’s economic output than India which is second only to Pakistan.

India has to grow at 8% for 30 years to achieve middle class status

The global middle class is typically defined as having daily consumption expenditure levels of above $10 (in terms of PPP), which is almost Rs 650.

The World Bank’s terrible response to controversy over India’s Ease of Doing Business jump

The World Bank's response to the criticism of its 'Ease of Doing Business' rankings comes with no substantive rebuttal.

India’s Ease of Doing Business rank improved due to new methodology, not ‘Modi magic’

While Modi has celebrated India’s rapid rise in the Doing Business rankings, the World Bank’s Chief Economist recently resigned amid controversy over methodological changes. Without those changes, India’s “jump” in the rankings looks much more modest.

The feel-good steps the Modi govt can take for India Inc. in this Budget

Sending the right feelers to industry would mean laying down a roadmap for bringing in land and labour reforms, infrastructure development, etc.

On Camera

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.