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MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) — World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Tuesday that the Israel-Gaza conflict is an unnecessary global economic shock that will make it harder for central banks to achieve soft landings in many economies if it spreads.

Modi on Wednesday said he does not have a house in his name, but his government turned lakhs of daughters in the country house-owners. PM Modi, who has been on a two-day visit to Gujarat starting Tuesday, was speaking at the launch of various development projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore, including projects worth Rs 4,500 crore related to education sector, in Bodeli town of tribal-dominated Chhotaudepur district of Gujarat. «Since I spent significant time with you, I know the issues faced by the poor people and I have always tried to solve those issues.

By David Lawder

India has got a lot of things right,World Bank president Ajay Banga said in an interview with ET, adding that he’s more optimistic about the country economically than he was 20-30 years ago. Banga, who was in Delhi for the G20 summit, spoke about the changing vision of the World Bank, climate finance, the Delhi Declaration consensus and India's trajectory.Edited excerpts:How do you view the outcome of the G20 summit? I think the fact that the leaders all came together showed the willingness to compromise on different parts of a declaration, and brought a way to put it together, was pretty good. And I think a few days ago, nobody would have given any chance for that to come together.

NEW DELHI : The World Bank’s vision is being redefined to eradicate poverty on a “liveable planet" as part of ongoing reforms, its president Ajay Banga said on the sidelines of the New Delhi G20 summit, which has pledged to make multilateral lending work for poverty. “There’s a lot of work going on with the World Bank on the reform agenda.

World Bank and the finance ministry on Sunday agreed to work closely to create a market structure from the CSR demand side for maximising social impact. World Bank President Ajay Banga, who was in Delhi to attend the G20 Leaders' Summit, on Sunday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The two leaders during the bilateral meeting discussed the outcomes of G20 India Presidency, the evolution of the World Bank Group and their engagement with India through knowledge exchange and financial assistance for developmental projects, among other issues. «During the meeting, Mr.

New Delhi: World Bank president Ajay Banga said that the bank’s vision was being redefined to eradicate poverty on a livable planet as part of the ongoing reforms agenda, and include climate, fragility, pandemic and other elements that the world’s markets were experiencing. He said that the reforms were a continuing process towards which the institution was deeply committed.

US President Joe Biden at Delhi's Raj Ghat during the latter's visit to pay homage to the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, in the national capital on Sunday. As President Biden arrived at Raj Ghat, PM Modi welcomed him and presented a gift of khadi. French President Emmanuel Macron and Indonesian President Joko Widodo both visited Delhi's Rajghat to pay their respects to Mahatma Gandhi and lay wreaths.CATCH ALL LIVE UPDATES OF G20 SUMMIT HERE

Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed G20 leaders and delegates at a grand dinner hosted for them at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the Summit, here. They welcomed the guests before the start of the dinner at a dais, with its backdrop depicting the ruins of the Nalanda University in Bihar and India's G20 presidency theme — 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam — One Earth, One Family, One Future'. Nalanda university ruins, a UNESCO world heritage site in Bihar, was one of the oldest universities of the world. President Murmu is hosting the ceremonial dinner for the G20 leaders, international delegates and other dignitaries at the Bharat Mandapam. The newly built international convention and exhibition centre and its verdant lawns dazzled at night with colourful illumination while its gurgling fountains and the 'Nataraja' statue placed on front of the state-of-the-art building created a pretty picture. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director and Chairman Kristalina Georgieva, dressed in Indian traditional attire Salwar Kurta, World Bank President Ajay Banga and his wife Ritu Banga and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were among the first to arrive at the newly built convention centre in Pragati Maidan. In a significant milestone under India's G20 presidency, the 55-member African Union on Saturday became a new permanent member of the grouping of the largest economies of the world.

G20 leaders including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's wife, Yoko Kishida, on Saturday visited the 1,200-acre PUSA-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) campus here — the seat of India's Green Revolution — and saw the breakthroughs in Indian agriculture and enjoyed the farm-to-fork millet experience. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty and World Bank President Ajay Banga's wife Ritu Banga were among the delegation of first ladies and spouses of G20 leaders who visited the IARI campus here in the national capital.

By David Lawder

World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will play a critical role in helping countries confront economic, geopolitical and climate change challenges, said the heads of both institutions in a release issued on Thursday. “The Bretton Woods institutions have a critical role to play to help member countries address the challenges and leverage the opportunities, working closely together and with partners,” said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank in a joint statement. The institutions stated that the world economy has slowed, with the medium-term outlook at the lowest in three decades.

Elon Musk, the chief of Tesla, Space X, and the owner of ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), is impressed with the growing number of Indian-origin CEOs. In a list published by World of Statistics, it was made evident that there has been a significant rise in Indian-origin people at the topmost position. The list showed that many companies all over the world are now led by Indian-origin CEO.

The Clinton Global Initiative 2023 will convene “leaders, innovators and dreamers” – ranging from World Bank President Ajay Banga and The Bahamas’ Prime Minister Philip E

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School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic caused extreme learning losses, World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Wednesday, underlining the need to devise a mechanism to prevent such situations before the next pandemic hits. «We have a real challenge for the generation which was undergoing schooling during the pandemic,» Banga said, responding to a question by PTI. «Developed and developing countries were learning how to deal with it when we were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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world economy is in a difficult place, World Bank president Ajay Banga said on Monday while expressing optimism about India. «The fact is that the world economy is in a difficult place.

world economy is in a difficult place but it is not destined to stay there, World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Monday. The World Bank last month cut its 2024 forecast for global economic growth to 2.4% from 2.7% earlier, citing global monetary tightening.

Gandhinagar: The newly appointed World Bank chief Ajay Banga on Monday said that he has never been more optimistic about India than now, as the country remains the fastest growing major economy globally. “I’m more optimistic about India today as a whole than I have been for a long time.

World Bank President Ajay Banga on Sunday said there is a need to replicate the 'Control and Command Centre', also called 'Vidya Samiksha Kendra', in Gandhinagar in Gujarat in not just other parts of the country but also the world as a model of leadership. Banga along with the United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited the centre, which gathers and analyses academic and administrative data of 11.5 million students, nearly half a million teachers, and 50,000 schools across Gujarat.