Cash-strapped Bangladesh fails to get funding assurance from IMF, World Bank

IANS | April 21, 2026 8:29 PM

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Bangladesh has failed to get any breakthrough at the IMF-World Bank Spring meeting, held earlier this month, on the stalled IMF programme, and no assurance that the expected $3.2 billion in budget support from the World Bank, the ADB, the AIIB, and Japan can be mobilised within the government's timeline, a local media report said.

India, South Korea sign pact to boost MSME ties​

IANS | April 21, 2026 8:29 PM

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India and South Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bolster cooperation in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises sector as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral economic ties during President Lee Jae Myung's visit to India.​

India must aim for 100 pc ethanol as auto fuel: Gadkari

IANS | April 21, 2026 7:01 PM

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said India should aim to achieve 100 per cent ethanol blending for use as auto fuel in the near future, to cut dependence on imported oil, which made the country vulnerable to disruption in energy supplies amid geopolitical uncertainties such as the Iran war.