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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicWorld Bank

Topic: World Bank

These are the world’s 10 most efficient ports — but which ones are the greenest?

Ports are necessarily power-hungry places reliant on fossil fuels. Green ports aim to minimize their ecological footprint by using renewable energy sources and reducing pollution.

World Bank paper bats for more authority to Gram Panchayats. ‘Rely almost entirely on grants.’

Policy research paper released last week makes key recommendations for improving functioning of village councils & ensuring proper implementation of 73rd Constitutional Amendment.

CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Even World Bank was inspired by India’s data collection. Politics, tech has weakened it now

In ‘Accelerating India’s Development’, Karthik Muralidharan analyses India’s governance challenges, especially in delivering essential public services.

‘Job creation not keeping pace with working age population rise in South Asia,’ says World bank

During the period between 2000-23, employment grew 1.7% a year while the working-age population expanded 1.9% a year, data included in the report showed.

Vietnam receives $51.5 million payment from World Bank for verified carbon emissions reductions

The payment, announced on Thursday, is the largest ever made by the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility for verified and high integrity carbon credits.

World Bank warns of famine in Gaza, calls for urgent humanitarian aid

The World Bank has called for “immediate, free, and unimpeded access of medical supplies, food and life-essential services through all available means at speed and scale to the people of Gaza.”

Indians don’t want foreign banks funding country’s development. They only trust the govt

In a survey, 2,500 respondents from Bhopal, Chennai, Kolkata, and Ludhiana said they trust a development project the most when it's overseen solely by their local governments.

SAARC in coma but sub-regional cooperation has risen, says visiting Nepal MP

Swarnim Wagle was speaking at the 19 February launch of the World Bank report on South Asian regional integration, Good Neighbours, at the India International Centre, New Delhi.

World Bank papers show ‘most concerning’ decline in toilet usage. Withdrawn ‘under pressure’ later

The three World Bank papers, published in September, highlighted decline in toilet use citing lack of sustainable institutional measures to support Swacch Bharat Mission.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.