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Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

In 2015, farmers and fishworkers from rural India sued the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., over impacts from a dis...

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An exclusionary benchmark

Doing business report isn’t about economic milieu; it’s about lax regulations. This refers to your editorial, ‘Serious b...

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Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

For Immediate Release A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks! New D...

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Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a dispute over immunity for the International Finance Corporation,...

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Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?

The recent appointment of SBI’s Former Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya’s as an Independent Additional Dir...

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Bank Merger: Debunking the Myth of “Too Big to Fail”

New Delhi, November 3, 2018: “The Union government is pushing through the merger of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) wi...

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Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

The Banks have been levying bank charges for providing various services like ATM card, chequebook, annual statement, and...

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Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

October 31, 2018, Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Jam v. International Finance C...

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Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

Bharat Patel, General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, narrating the history of violations by the IFC, T...

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November 20, 2018

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

In 2015, farmers and fishworkers from rural India sued the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., over impacts from a disastrous coal-fired power plant project that they said destroyed their livelihoods and damaged their health. Last week, their lawsuit made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. While the Wo...

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November 20, 2018

The Indian Express

An exclusionary benchmark

Doing business report isn’t about economic milieu; it’s about lax regulations. This refers to your editorial, ‘Serious business’ (IE, November 2). It notes the improvement in India’s ranking, but also strikes a cautious note in several aspects. It points out that the key to making business easy is r...

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November 6, 2018

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Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

For Immediate Release A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks! New Delhi, November 2, 2018: “Under the present government, the Lion in the Make in India has turned into a cat,” said Atul Kumar Anjan, National Secretary of the Communist Party ...

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November 5, 2018

Amy Howe

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a dispute over immunity for the International Finance Corporation, an international organization that makes loans to private businesses to finance projects in developing countries. The plaintiffs in the case, a group of farmers and fishermen, liv...

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March 11, 2026

Thomas Franco

Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?

The recent appointment of SBI’s Former Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya’s as an Independent Additional Director at the board of Reliance Industries Limited has sparked public debate on the post-retirement career of senior employees of the public sector. In some of the cases, even the m...

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February 7, 2020

Ankit Agrawal

Bank Merger: Debunking the Myth of “Too Big to Fail”

New Delhi, November 3, 2018: “The Union government is pushing through the merger of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) with a misplaced notion that fewer stronger banks will be “too big to fail”. It’s ironical that the news or bank merger was announced on the 10th anniversary of the fall of Lehman Br...

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November 11, 2018

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November 2, 2018

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March 11, 2026

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Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

The Banks have been levying bank charges for providing various services like ATM card, chequebook, annual statement, and transactions. These charges directly affect the poorest sections of society. In August 2018, the Union Minister of State in Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla reported in Lok Sabha that ...

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November 1, 2018

CFA Admin

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

October 31, 2018, Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a landmark lawsuit that will decide if international organizations are absolutely immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts. International organizations like the IFC – ...

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

Bharat Patel, General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, narrating the history of violations by the IFC, Tata Mundra Power Plant and Peoples’ Resistance to it. The MAAS filed a case in the US federal courts against the IFC and other International Financial Institutions. The US Su...

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Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

An exclusionary benchmark

Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?

Bank Merger: Debunking the Myth of “Too Big to Fail”

November 2, 2018

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

An exclusionary benchmark

Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?

Bank Merger: Debunking the Myth of “Too Big to Fail”

November 2, 2018

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

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Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

An exclusionary benchmark

Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?

Bank Merger: Debunking the Myth of “Too Big to Fail”

November 2, 2018

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance

Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

An exclusionary benchmark

Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

Court Quiet, but Potentially Skeptical, on Immunity for International Organisations

Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?

Bank Merger: Debunking the Myth of “Too Big to Fail”

November 2, 2018

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

Tata Mundra UMPP: A History of Violations & Peoples’ Resistance