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Tuesday, 27 September 2022

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UAE Gender Balance Centre launched to promote parity in the region

Gulf News 27 Sep 2022

In cooperation with the World Bank and the UAE Gender Balance Council, the initiative will promote gender balance in the region ... Hanan Ahli, Director, Federal Competitiveness & Statistics Centre, and Iva Hamel, Resident Representative, World Bank Country Office, UAE, at the Gender Balance Center For Excellence Image Credit.

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UAE launches Gender Balance Centre for Excellence, pledges to accelerate equality in leadership

Khaleejtimes 27 Sep 2022

The centre, launched in partnership with the UAE Gender Balance Council and the World Bank, will reflect upon a new gender balance strategy which promises to focus on the future and on transforming challenges into opportunities.

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Inside biodiversity centre’s treasure trove

Kuensel 26 Sep 2022

The plant gene bank in the National Biodiversity Centre (NBC) at Serbithang has preserved the country’s agricultural history in seeds, and the animal gene banks have been stored in semen and embryos ... The safety duplicate facility of the gene bank is at the Agriculture Research and ...

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Centre pulls out incentives, allowances of AIS officers posted in northeast | Mint

Live Mint 26 Sep 2022

The ministry said that the order was implemented on September 23 this year. These officers belong to the Assam-Meghalaya joint cadre, Sikkim, Nagaland, Tripura, and Manipur cadres. TRENDING STORIESSee All ... Premium World Bank pledges $2 billion in aid to flood-hit Pakistan. Premium Centre to withdraw incentives, allowances given to AIS ... .

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CM approves hiring on 19,000 vacant posts for minorities

The News International 24 Sep 2022

Restructuring of the ongoing smart programme with the assistance of the World Bank and to continue the contract of the contract employees of the family welfare centre and Punjab Population and the appointment of the chief executive of Punjab Population Innovation fund were approved.

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Ban on broken rice export imposed after recent rise in exports: Centre

The Siasat Daily 23 Sep 2022

... members should not impose export prohibitions or restrictions on food stuffs purchased for non-commercial humanitarian purposes by the World Food Programme, the Centre said in a statement ... Gujarat gets USD 350 mn loan from World Bank for augmenting healthcare services.

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Centre in talks with World Bank to spur lending for electric vehicles

Business Line 21 Sep 2022

The Centre and the World Bank are in talks to introduce a risk-sharing mechanism to compensate banks giving loans for electric vehicle purchases, an official said, as the country ...

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Exim Bank hosts special edition of “Tuesday Market” on September 20

Joy Online 19 Sep 2022

Come Tuesday 20th September 2022, all roads will lead to the World Trade Centre in Accra, where the Ghana Exim Bank will be hosting a special edition of its popular Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair dubbed “Tuesday Market”.

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EXIM Bank hosts special ‘Tuesday Market’ on Sept 20

B & FT Online 19 Sep 2022

Come Tuesday, September 20, 2022, all roads will lead to the car park of the World Trade Centre in Accra, where the Ghana Exim Bank will be hosting a special edition of its popular Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair dubbed.

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Swiss cut off tax data, make visas harder for Russians

Moneycontrol 16 Sep 2022

Switzerland, the world#39;s ...

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Week Ahead: Fed to Fan Red-Hot US Dollar?

FX Empire 16 Sep 2022

Though of course, the Fed surely takes centre stage considering that it’s the most powerful central bank in the world and holds so much sway across global financial markets ... Bank of Japan policy decision NOK. Central Bank of Norway rate decision GBP. Bank of England rate decision USD.

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Bank capital rules for crypto assets due by year-end

Financial Express 13 Sep 2022

The panel, made up of banking regulators from the world’s main financial centres, has proposed punitive capital charges on ‘unbacked’ cryptoassets like bitcoin ... ED unfreezes WazirX bank accounts; No association with any accused fintech entities, says company. ED unfreezes Binance-linked WazirX’s bank accounts.

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Hapless Leviathan: a critical look at investor-state dispute settlement

Korea Times 13 Sep 2022

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, the World Bank arbitration center based in Washington, ordered the Korean government to pay Lone Star Funds $216.5 million in damages plus interest in a decade-old dispute that arose out of Lone Star's one-time ownership of a controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank or KEB.

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Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah of Ghana wins 2022 Africa Food Prize

Ghana Business News 11 Sep 2022

The WACCI, a World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, was established in 2007 through a partnership between the University of Ghana and Cornell University with funding from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa to train plant breeders at the PhD level at the University of Ghana.

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Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah wins 2022 Africa Food Prize

B & FT Online 08 Sep 2022

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), a World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE), was established in 2007 through a partnership between the University of Ghana (UG) and Cornell University, with funding from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to train plant breeders at the PhD level at the University of Ghana.