Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
Kolkata: The land losers at Singur will get subsistence allowance of Rs 2,000 every month and 2 kg rice every week from July 1 till the land dispute is settled, CM Mamata Banerjee told mediapersons at the Writers Building on Wednesday. She refused to comment on Governor MK Narayanan’s allegation …
In a set-back to Bangladesh, the World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its $1.2-billion financial assistance to the Padma Bridge project, citing massive corruption in the programme. In a strongly worded statement, the World Bank said that the Bangladesh Government has failed to take any action to check corruption …
The Japanese government has extended a grant of Rs. 468 million (380 million Yen) to purchase tractors as a measure to boost the agriculture activities in eight provinces of Sri Lanka. The government of Japan has provided the funds under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Food Security Project or the …
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Friday the United States would provide $75 million to a private-public effort to improve the health of mothers and their babies in developing countries. Norway, the host of an international conference focusing on maternal health, said it would join the United States …
The current drug discovery paradigm in the West is constrained in what it can do, primarily due to the funding model. Here we envisage a hypothetical non-governmental, non-profit organization called the Centre for Affordable Medicine. By sourcing innovation from a network of academic and corporate partners, and working primarily in …
The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an initial obligation of $9 million to support the Bangladesh Climate Cha-nge Resilience Fund. The total US grant to the fund is $13 million over four years, as announced by US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, …
Edward W Birgells Regional Director US Agency for International Development - USAID (Sindh) maintaining that healthcare was important for political purposes as well as for the welfare of the people, announced that USAID had approved US $ 300 million child-health program for Pakistan “and a lot of that money would …
Australia will provide A$100.5 million dollars, equivalent to Tk 8.3 billion, as official development assistance to Bangladesh for the 2012-13 fiscal year. “Australia's aid program makes an important contribution to a global effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in particular for eradicating poverty,” said Acting High Commissioner of Australia …
Rajaie Batniji and Eran Bendavid dispute recent suggestions that health aid to developing countries leads to a displacement of government spending and instead argue that current evidence about aid displacement cannot be used to guide policy.
Brussels on Monday announced a further 20 million euros in aid to victims of Pakistan's 2011 monsoon floods, as well as people displaced by conflict, bringing funding this year to 55 million euros. While the world had responded with generosity to the country's devastating 2010 and 2011 floods, "we must …
Pakistan needs $840 million to meet the needs of 7.2 million people hit by floods and insecurity, United Nations' estimates showed on Sunday. Appreciating the effectiveness of partnership between aid agencies and the government in this regard, OCHA's Operations Director John Ging discussed efforts undertaken by the government and the …
This new report published by World Bank examines how rapid increases in food prices impact poverty, hunger, and general progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What has been the impact of yet another food price spike on developing countries’ ability to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? …
An exercise to evaluate the short to medium term effects of the foreign-funded Citizen Disaster Compensation Programme has been launched in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts affected by 2010 floods, according to officials. The evaluation is meant to examine the positive and negative impacts of the cash grants programme, which, …
Millions of families in Pakistan remain in a desperate need of support following devastating floods in September 2011, international and national aid agencies warned on Thursday. The representatives of a coalition of aid agencies also criticised a lacklustre response from the international community after monsoon flooding devastated Sindh and parts …
Gorillas, cockatoos and frogs are among a list of threatened species to benefit from a $3.3 million aid award, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said yesterday. The conservation fund Save Our Species (SOS), set up by the IUCN, the World Bank and others, has announced to allocate …
The Global Fund’s drive to ensure sustainability and efficiency means that it may not be able to meet its commitments to combat disease, says Laurie Garrett.
In the midst of round-the-clock meetings between the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday committed $750 million to fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries. The foundation is providing the money to The Global Fund to …
The United Nations has received alarming reports of malnutrition in two Sudanese border states where the army is fighting insurgents, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. Fighting broke out in June between the Sudanese army and SPLM-North rebels in South Kordofan and spread in September to the state of …
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) will jointly implement a five-year USAID's Agribusiness project to increase competitiveness and productivity of horticulture and livestock sectors. "This project is part of the broader US government commitment to help strengthen Pakistan's economy," said Dr Andrew Sisson, …
The Union Government sanctioned Rs 921.30 crore towards assistance for the Odisha floods that wrought havoc in 21 districts of the State during September and October even as CM Naveen Patnaik 'smelt a rat' from the point of timing of the announcement. Though the Centre has provided the highest-ever amount …
