A spokesperson of the University said here on Thursday that this prestigious recognition was awarded in accordance with the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard, confirming the lab’s compliance with general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
As per a cross-country World Bank study on sugar-sweetened beverages, India has one of the highest tax rates for carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) at a total tax rate of 40 per cent as of 2023.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday solicited fulsome support and cooperation from the World Bank to further combat the major problems being confronted by the state.
In a significant development, Haryana will soon be home to a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre with the assistance of the World Bank (WB).
Both sides discussed issues related to private capital participation in Global Public Goods, Energy security, and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) reforms.
The World Bank communique states that West Bengal runs more than 400 programmes which provide social assistance, protection, care services and jobs through an umbrella platform 'Joy Bangla', the state's unified delivery system with focus on vulnerable group such as women, elderly, tribal and scheduled caste, people with disabilities and those in the disaster-prone coastal regions.
Sri Lanka has recorded an overall of 508,672 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 12,376 deaths.
A state government official said the negotiation committee under the chairmanship of principal secretary, urban development Rajneesh on behalf of the state government negotiated the project for seeking financial assistance of Rs 1168 crore from the World Bank with the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).
The World Bank has dropped a popular report that ranked countries by how welcoming they are to businesses, after being accused of using a sloppy methodology and of succumbing to political pressure.
According to the new Prime Minister Najib Mikati, his cabinet is formed of specialists who are keen to stop the country's current collapse by dealing with urgent issues, including the negative repercussions of lifting subsidies.
