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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicWorld Bank

Topic: World Bank

World Bank lowers FY24 GDP growth forecast to 6.3% from 6.6%

Spillover from recent turmoil in financial markets in US, Europe pose risk to short-term investment flows to emerging markets, including India, said World Bank economist.

Ajay Banga to Indira Nooyi, sibling CEOs are a thing. They all cracked IIT, IIM

India’s sibling CEOs have some commonalities but at other times they’re like chalk and cheese.

How India can reverse investment slowdown and save the 2020s from being a ‘lost’ decade

World Bank points to declining investment growth in the 2011-21 period. Policies promoting investment, improved human capital & faster labour supply could help reverse slowdown.

US expects Joe Biden’s nominee Ajay Banga to be elected as World Bank president

Banga, 63, recently completed a 3-week world tour to meet govt leaders, civil society groups and others in borrowing and donor countries as he campaigned for the bank's top post.

US nominee for World Bank, Ajay Banga, tests positive for Covid; cancels India meetings

Indian-born former Mastercard CEO was due to meet PM Narendra Modi as well as ministers of finance and external affairs during his 23-24 March visit.

World Bank’s arm to invest about $73 million in Mahindra’s last mile mobility unit

The investment, which is IFC's first in an electric vehicle maker in India, comes as the sector is receiving a push from the government.

US candidate for World Bank, Ajay Banga, gains more support

US President Joe Biden last month nominated Banga to replace David Malpass. So far, 53 people have signed a declaration backing ex-Mastercard CEO.

‘Remarkable’: France, Germany signals support to Ajay Banga as World Bank lead at G20 meet

Banga, nominated by the US to lead World Bank, gained traction with leading members, a sign that he will likely have a smooth ride to confirmation by the bank's executive board.

Army kid to Mastercard CEO who pushed for gender parity — Ajay Banga, US’s World Bank head nominee

Banga is the first India-born nominee for the post and, if selected, will be the first India-born person to hold the office. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2016.

On Camera

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.