ADB to provide USD 500 million loan to support sustainable infra projects in India – Times of India

ADB to provide USD 500 million loan to support sustainable infra projects in India – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a USD 500 million (about Rs 4,250 crore) loan to support green and sustainable infrastructure projects aligned with the country’s climate commitments. The ADB loan, with a sovereign guarantee, will be extended to the India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), the…

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Watch: ‘Fireballs’ light up US sky as Chinese satellite burns up in atmosphere – Times of India

Watch: ‘Fireballs’ light up US sky as Chinese satellite burns up in atmosphere – Times of India

A dazzling display of fireballs streaked across the night sky in the southern United States on Sunday. The light show, initially mistaken for a meteor shower, was caused by the uncontrolled re-entry of a half-ton Chinese satellite into Earth’s atmosphere.The SuperView-1 02 satellite broke apart over New Orleans during night time according to Jonathan McDowell,…

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Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without possibility of parole

Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without possibility of parole

President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The three inmates who didn’t get clemency are the convicted murderer in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the gunman at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston,…

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Honda and Nissan officially begin merger talks to create world’s third-largest automaker

Honda and Nissan officially begin merger talks to create world’s third-largest automaker

Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda on Monday announced they had entered into official talks to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales. In a press conference on Monday, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said the companies needed greater scale to compete in the development of new technologies in electric vehicles and intelligent driving. A business integration…

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