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Knowledge Nugget: World Bank report on Indian cities — why it matters for UPSC prep
July 26, 2025 12:35 pm
UPSC current affairs: Indian cities need $2.4 trillion by 2050 for climate-resilient infrastructure, says the World Bank report titled 'Towards Resilient and Prosperous Cities in India'. What are the key highlights of the report? In ‘Beyond the Nugget’, learn more about Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in India.
World Bank Report: By 2030, Indian cities to create 70% of jobs but may lose $5 bn to floods; need greater autonomy to counter climate risks
July 23, 2025 5:15 am
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 gave constitutional status to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to strengthen local self-governance.
India’s FDI challenge: In a world of shrinking investment, capital will come where there is confidence and clarity
July 21, 2025 12:33 pm
India’s fundamentals — demographics, digital depth, and democratic stability —are attractive
World Bank claims a drastic reduction in inequality in India. There is more to the story
July 18, 2025 5:50 pm
The report predominantly emphasises administrative progress and aggregated outcomes, missing ground-level disparities in access, affordability, and inclusion, which are critical in measuring and understanding relative poverty
Surjit Bhalla writes: World Bank's warped inequality numbers
July 15, 2025 11:49 am
The World Bank states that India has the lowest consumption inequality in the world and in the same breath that India has the highest income inequality. Such a paradoxical result has heretofore not been documented by any organisation in the world
Burnt alive, strangled, slashed: For witch hunts to end, India must break cycles of misogyny, poverty
July 10, 2025 1:24 pm
Women who resist patriarchal control, assert their rights to property, or push back against sexual advances by powerful men are often targeted
'Intellectually dishonest': Congress slams govt assertion on India being among 'most equal' countries
July 07, 2025 1:52 pm
The Congress demanded that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) must clarify as to the origins of this press release and retract it immediately.
Knowledge Nugget | World Bank ranked India among 'most equal countries': How is it relevant for UPSC Exam
July 15, 2025 10:07 am
UPSC Reports and Indices Current Affairs: What are the “most equal countries” according to the latest released Gini Index, a report by the World Bank? What is this index all about? Here's all you need to know. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the Human Development Report 2025 and its highlights.
Top 10 most equal countries in the world and India’s rank in it
July 06, 2025 1:25 pm
Gini Index India rank 2025: The Gini Index measures the extent to which the distribution of income or consumption among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution.
‘India must renegotiate IWT on its terms’: Uttam Kumar Sinha at explained.Live
July 05, 2025 8:13 am
Uttam Kumar Sinha, Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Delhi, on optimising the provisions of the treaty and on climate change impacting dynamics. The session was moderated by Amitabh Sinha, Science and Climate Change Editor
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Will Ex-PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi be the World Bank's next CEO?
June 22, 2020 6:05 pm
Ex-PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is reportedly among the frontrunners for the post of World Bank CEO. US President Donald Trump is considering multiple candidates to nominate for the post and Nooyi's name is reportedly being considered.
World Bank Report says Pakistan's Infant Mortality Rate is Nearly Double of India's
June 10, 2016 8:00 pm
World Bank to aid Rajasthan's energy sector
February 22, 2016 2:47 pm
Jaipur, Feb 22 (ANI): The World Bank would be extending its cooperation to the Rajasthan government in the area of energy sector. World Bank Country Director Onno Ruhl spoke to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her cabinet ministers to discuss these issues in detail. Ruhl congratulated Raje on the success of decreasing the rate of defecation in the open. He also stressed on the use of traditional forms of energy while maintaining that the focus was on alternative forms of energy. Chief Secretary C S Rajan, Principal Secretary (Energy) Sanjay Malhotra, State Power Distribution Companies Chairman Bhaskar A Sawant, Organising Secretary Akhil Arora and World Bank Special Project Manager Mandakini Pal were present on the occasion.
India has the same per capita income as Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya: Onno Ruhl
June 23, 2015 10:08 am
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