himalaya Diary News Service

Washington – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) today issued the Wildlife Conservation Bond (WCB). The bond was priced on March 23, 2022. The 5-year US$150 million bond due March 2027, includes a…
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WASHINGTON —The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$380 million loan to help address water scarcity and ecosystem degradation in China’s Yellow River basin. This financing complements over $1.1 billion of China’s…
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WASHINGTON – Social protection programs play a key role in helping individuals and families escape poverty, mitigate and manage risks, and improve resilience and opportunity. While the ultimate goal is to reach Universal Social Protection,…
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WASHINGTON  — The World Bank today approved US$400 million in additional financing for the Tunisia COVID-19 Social Protection Emergency Response Support Project which aims to help about 900,000 vulnerable Tunisian households, or 30% of the…
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WASHINGTON   - “More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witnessing a colossal loss to children’s learning. Less than half of countries are implementing learning recovery strategies at scale to help children catch up. Unless…
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Kathmandu: Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is scheduled to be in India between April 1 and 3, will visit the BJP's national headquarters in New Delhi at the invitation of party president J.P. Nadda on Friday evening.…
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Kathmandu: Nepal PM Bahadur Deuba lands in Delhi at 3 PM IST today; Holds talks with PM Modi at 11 am on Saturday. Prime Minister of Nepal, Sher Bahadur Deuba to arrive in India on a three-day visit today. He will meet EAM Dr S…
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Madrid - IE University and IE Foundation have set up a scholarship fund with an initial installment of €1million to cover up to 100% of tuition fees for both bachelor's and master's degrees and/or room and board for…
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Kathmandu: Another shipment! In 5 days we've delivered an add'l 1.5M doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to the people of Nepal, totaling over 3.7M to date. These donations are part of the longstanding relationship bet'n the United States…
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Kathmandu: The 9th India-Nepal LOC Review meeting was held in Kathmandu on 29 March 2022. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the progress of projects being undertaken in Nepal under Government of India’s (GOI) Lines of Credit (LOCs),…
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