The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
SHILLONG, Oct 5: In a series of meeting held between the Meghalaya Chief Secretary and other senior officials of Finance, Health & Family Welfare, Education and Industries and Commerce departments since yesterday, a delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) has identified some areas on a priority basis. They include an …
Guwahati, Oct. 4: The decks have been cleared for approval of the $120 million ADB-funded Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program as negotiations with Assam and the Centre have been completed.
THE government, in the dock recently for poor quality of its macroeconomic data, got a shot in the arm on Tuesday when two independent agencies backed its upbeat growth forecast, despite concerns over high inflation and a strong local currency. Multilateral lender Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised the country
Mumbai: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) have joined forces to tackle widespread hunger and build food security throughout the Asia and Pacific region. FAO
Barun Roy / New Delhi September 23, 2010, 0:00 IST A transmission line between India and Bangladesh marks a meaningful first step towards cooperation in South Asia. This is fast work, indeed, in the South Asian context, where the shadow of suspicion among neighbours is deep and long. Should we …
Mumbai: Without stronger basic infrastructure, particularly better roads, water supplies, sanitation, electricity, information and communications technology and other essential services, developing countries will be hard-pressed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda. The MDGs are eight internationally-agreed targets, set 10 years …
Bangladesh sought fund from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to produce 500 megawatt power from renewable energy (RE). Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, the adviser to the prime minister sought this fund from the ADB recently to achieve a targeted goal for producing 5 percent of the total production of electricity, which …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $170-million multitranche financing facility for modernising the horticulture industry in Bihar and Maharashtra. This is expected to boost earnings of farmers and other vulnerable rural groups. ADB today approved the facility for the Agribusiness Infrastructure Development Investment Programme, which will fund physical …
Finds CEPT-AMC Survey On Water Usage Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Even if Amdavadis do understand the value for money, they surely do not value precious resource water much despite living in a water scarce state. Reason apparently is that they don
By Surendra Gangan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The state cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the pilot project of the coastal zone management project in Ratnagiri. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded project is to be implemented in three phases over the course of nine years, with …
MUMBAI: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 826 crore project for coastal protection and management. The programme is funded by the Asian Development Bank and will be implemented in three phases. The ADB will give Rs 480 crore and the state government will raise Rs 265 crore while …
Rajat Guha New Delhi: In a move that could help unlock large chunks of rural land usable for industrial projects, the Centre has decided to rope in states for a mammoth project to create a national database of 2 lakh sq km of land which is currently without clear titles. …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide its newly innovated solar- and wind-run combined power plants to Bangladesh for the country's power generation. This was disclosed by visiting ADB Vice President Xiaoyu Zhao when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office Sunday. The ADB will provide two units …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide its newly innovated solar and wind run combined power plants to Bangladesh for the country's power generation. The multinational lending agency will provide two units of their new generation power plants to Bangladesh, which will be set up in the country's remote areas to …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) expects to earn Rs72 crore by way of carbon credits by 2015. The civic body has till now received Rs24.51 crore for the scientific closure of the Gorai garbage dump ground, which became the first waste site to earn carbon credits. "The Gorai ground has …
