Modi's coalition challenge: Nitish Kumar demands Rs 30,000 cr for Bihar in Union Budget

New Delhi: Janta Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar has requested Rs 30,000 crore ($3.6 billion) from India's Union Budget this year to support projects in Bihar, presenting a challenge for the coalition government, Bloomberg reported.

PM Modi meets President of World Bank

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met President of World Bank, Mr David Malpass here.

Had excellent experience working with Gujarat govt under Mr Modi: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

New Delhi/IBNS: Indian-American Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Abhijit Banerjee in an interview with a news channel said his experience of working with the Gujarat Pollution Board, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of the state, was excellent while reacting on Union Minister Piyush Goyal's remark on being left-leaning.

Global economic risks & imbalances reinforce need to strengthen global co-operation: FM

Washington/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the global economic risks and imbalances reinforce the need to strengthen global co-operation at the multilateral level, besides governmental initiatives.