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Basel revises bank crypto capital plan to include blockchain

Reuters 30 Jun 2022

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Banks should take a conservative approach to setting aside ... The committee, made up of banking regulators from the world's main financial centres, said it plans to finalise the rules by year-end.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com.

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Little Simz and It’s A Sin among South Bank Sky Arts Awards nominees

Belfast Telegraph 30 Jun 2022

The South Bank Sky Arts Awards, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, will take place in London in July and will also air on Sky Arts ... 70 cities across the world ... “The British Arts forge on with enormous vigour and international success – we could make a claim to be the world centre of culture!.

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Pallonji Mistry: Man with eye for India’s growth story

Indian Express 29 Jun 2022

Some of the iconic buildings in Mumbai like RBI building, Cricket Club of India, Bank of India, Mumbai Central station, Mafatlal Centre, Oberoi Towers, World Trade Centre, Lilavati Hospital, NCPA and TIFR were constructed by the SP group under the leadership of Pallonji Mistry and his father.

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RBI needs to do more to tackle inflation: Tamil Nadu FM | Mint

Live Mint 26 Jun 2022

The inflation numbers continue to remain above the RBI’s band of 4%- 6% even after the rate hikes and it is likely that the RBI would continue to raise the rates further just as any other central bank in the world.  ... The tussle between the states and the Centre isn’t just with GST.

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Oluwatoyin Ogundipe: Collaboration between UNILAG and German Varsities will Aid Our Students to Compete Globally

This Day 26 Jun 2022

We have from the World Bank. From the World Bank, we have two centres that are running now and the two will be around $9 million ... I want us to know that by the time they are going to do the ranking of the University of Lagos next year, it will be among the top universities in the world.

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Rihand dam to be maintained under new safety guidelines, strengthened

Hindustan Times 25 Jun 2022

Hydro Power Corporation to seek ₹850 crore ...

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Let’s Match Buhari’s Fairy Tales With Realities

This Day 25 Jun 2022

It emphatically stated that using world bank measuring standards, Nigeria has done far worse under Buhari in eight years making Nigeria far worse than how he met it in 2015 ... The GDP figures were estimated to have risen to $440 billion in 2021, with 3.98% growth of the economy even though official figures by the World Bank are still being expected.

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Initial Closing of US$5.6 Million Private Placement

Eagle-Tribune 20 Jun 2022

The Company is progressing with its arbitration case against Romania before the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID Arbitration") and intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement to finance the costs of the ongoing ICSID Arbitration and for general working capital requirements.

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BPO expansion using the Cayman model

Jamaica Observer 18 Jun 2022

He told NSA, “It has turned out very well, and we are now looking at making hires from Eastern Europe.” NSA notes that, at over $85,000 a year, the Cayman Islands has the eighth highest per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in the world, acting as one of the foremost offshore banking centres.

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Ghana must prioritise investments in agriculture, forestry, water before 2030—World Bank

Ghana News Agency 17 Jun 2022

Mr Lorenzo Carrera, the Sector Leader, Sustainable Development at the World Bank, made the recommendations at Ghana Climate Innovation Centre’s annual thought leadership symposium held in Accra on Wednesday ... million to establish the Canada-African Development Bank Climate Fund.

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The US Fed must go beyond a mere 75 basis points rate hike | Mint

Live Mint 16 Jun 2022

Its failure to do so in the past 12 months is turning the perception of the Fed from the world’s most powerful central bank, long respected for its ability to anchor global financial stability, to an institution that too closely resembles an emerging-market bank that lacks credibility and inadvertently contributes to undue volatility.

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Coastal mgmt plan in store for 5 dists

The Times of India 14 Jun 2022

The Centre has given its in principle green signal to take up the project with financial support from World Bank along with other 12 coastal states and UTs in the country ... The state government had engaged National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Chennai, for ...

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Coastal mgmt plan in store for 5 dists in Andra Pradesh

The Times of India 14 Jun 2022

The Centre has given it in principle green signal to take up the project with financial support from World Bank along with other 12 coastal states and UTs in the country ... The state government had engaged National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Chennai, for ...

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The gaps that the upcoming CES has to fill | Mint

Live Mint 14 Jun 2022

Two recent working papers, one by the World Bank ... The IMF paper extrapolates data from the National Accounts Statistics (NAS), which is used to compute GDP, while the World Bank paper uses a continuous household survey by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, a private body.

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UAE delegation drives global food security agenda during visit to Netherlands

Gulf News 14 Jun 2022

... for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Mubadala, DP World, Al Wasl Asset Management Group, Essa Al Ghurair Investment, Ghassan Aboud Group, LuLu Group International, Silal, Soma Mater, Uns Farms, Badia Farms, Madar Farms, Emirates Bio Farm, Elite Agro, and youth representatives.