CHENNAI: The World Bank, which has set up a facility in Chennai for its international back office operations, plans to increase its IT-dependent activities in the city.

Mumbai and Chennai have some of the best examples of Art Deco in India, and interestingly banking helped the movement spread ...

Chennai, the fourth-largest city in India with an estimated population in excess of 10 million, is facing a water crisis.

CHENNAI, India, March 29, 2012 – World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, today paid a special visit to the development institution’s Chennai office to personally deliver a vote of thanks to ...

The World Bank will lend support to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to achieve sustainable waste management in the city.

Chennai: State Bank of India, the nation’s largest bank, is adjudged the World’s Best Consumer Bank for 2025 by Global Finance magazine. The evaluation was based on the publication’s comprehensive ...

A high-level committee from the World Bank meets Chief Minister M K Stalin in Chennai and praises the low-cost hostel 'Thozhi' for working women in Tambaram.

The largest World Bank Group (WBG) office outside the US headquarters – in Chennai – is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The WBG’s flagship “Shared Services Center” in the ...

From Anand becoming World Champion in 2000 to Gukesh doing the same in 2024, the city has produced top talent left, right and centre, tempting us to call it the New Moscow of chess. Robust support ...

D Gukesh's 2024 World Chess Championship victory underscores the flourishing chess culture in Chennai, driven by passionate institutions and Grandmasters who are willing to give back to the ...

In India, tax rates on such products, especially on tobacco and sugar-sweetened beverages, have remained largely unchanged ...

“The World Bank is profitable,” he said, noting that it more than covers its own administrative costs even if most of its projects are designed to yield slim returns.