Pepsico Foundation has provided a $700,000 grant to the American Pakistan Foundation (APF) to develop and execute a year-long flood recovery and rehabilitation programme for the most devastated regions of Pakistan.
The State Government has released an amount of Rs. 23 lakh to three districts in order to extend financial help the citizens affected by natural calamity. Relief Commissioner Office accorded a sanction of Rs. 10 lakh to Ashok Nagar while Rs. 8 lakh to Jhabua and an amount of Rs. five lakh has been given to Sheopur district.
President Zillur Rahman has sought more British assistance in facing the impacts of the climate change in Bangladesh, one of the most vulnerable nations to the global warming.
The President sought the cooperation when outgoing British High Commissioner Stephen Evans paid a farewell call on him at Bangabhaban Sunday.
Evans noted that the British government is keen to continue its cooperation to B
The State Government has allocated Rs. five crore to all the districts of the state for providing emergency aid in the situation of floods or excessive rains occurs during the current monsoon season. By way of advance, every district has been allocated Rs.
Global food prices continue to rise month after month, driven by longer-term and more recent trends. Financialisation is an important factor among the recent trends. There is strong evidence of correlation among the markets for different financial assets, including stocks/shares, commodities and currencies. Falling asset prices in other financial market segments may thus be more important for explaining the recent surge in food prices than supply constraints or changing demand and other factors underlying longer-term gradual upward price trends.
Move likely to widen rift between UPA and Mayawati
In a move that could widen the UPA-Mayawati rift and fuel demands from agitating farmers in other states for succor from the Centre, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday announced financial aid for the injured farmers of Bhatta Parsaul and Acchapur villages of Uttar Pradesh.
While the seriously injured in the recent agitation against the Ma
In recent years Western countries have encouraged India to play a more active global role, as have other emerging powers. India has attempted to do so in many areas, and it has sought to be recognized as a global actor, not least by campaigning for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
In a bid to diversify India's energy mix towards renewable sources, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide up to $150 million in credit guarantees to local and foreign commercial banks in the country that finance private sector solar power plants.
The guarantees will help mobilise long-term funding for solar energy development and support the Government of India's push to diversify its e
Leh, Even after eight months of the devastating cloudburst causing a huge damage to life and property in the Ladakh region, Leh district is yet to receive any major financial support from the Union government.
Many important projects, including the irrigation canal, were incomplete due to lack of funds.
