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Asia Pacific growth may slow to 5.8 pc amid trade tensions: World Bank
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Oct 10 (ANI): Growth in developing East Asian and Pacific economies is expected to slow from 6.3 per cent last year to 5.8 per cent in 2019 and to 5.7 and 5.6 per cent in 2020 and 2021 respectively, reflecting a broad-based decline in export growth and manufacturing ac
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Bangladesh slips by two positions, ranks 105th in global competitiveness r
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 10 (ANI): Bangladesh has come down by two places to rank at the 105th position out of 141 countries surveyed for the 2019 annual global competitiveness index.
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Panasonic to showcase business initiatives at 26th ITS World Congress Sing
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], Oct 10 (ANI): Panasonic Corporation will showcase a booth at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress Singapore 2019 which is scheduled to be held from October 21 to 25.
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First Global Challenge 2019: Mumbai teenage girls to represent India in Du
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Geared-Up Girls, a team of five girls between the age of 14 and 18 from different schools in Mumbai will represent India in a robotics competition, 'First Global Challenge 2019', to be held in Dubai from October 24 to October 27.
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Centre sanctions over Rs 26 cr of CCL for Punjab's paddy procurement
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Punjab government on Wednesday received over Rs 26 crore against a cash credit limit (CCL) for procurement of paddy in the Kharif marketing season 2019.
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SAFF U-15 Women's Championship: India defeats Nepal 4-1
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan], Oct 9 (ANI): India defeated Nepal by 4-1 in their first match of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship 2019 at the Chalimithang Stadium here on Wednesday.
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Blindness came down by 30%, cataract still remains leading cause in India
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9(ANI): While cataract still remains the leading cause of blindness in India, the prevalence of blindness in the country has come down by over 30 per cent, revealed the findings of National Blindness Visually Impaired Survey (2019) as compared with 2006-07 National Bli
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Cabinet approves 5 per cent DA for central government employees
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from July 1, 2019.
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'WAR' becomes third highest grossing film of 2019, crosses Rs 200 crore ma
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 9 (ANI): Tiger Shroff and Hrithik Roshan starrer action-thriller 'WAR' is raking in crazy moolah at the box office as it clocked earnings of Rs 208.05 crores within seven days of its release.
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Shanti Raghavan, Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2019, launches Ashoka's '
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Oct 09 (ANI/NewsVoir): Shanti Raghavan, Founder of EnAble India and Ashoka Fellow, who along with Dipesh Sutariya recently won the coveted Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 by Schwab Foundation and World Economic Forum, launched Ashoka's #LeadYoung Forum in t
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Andaman Holidays bags National Tourism Award
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Oct 09 (ANI/NewsVoir): Andaman Holidays, leading destination management and yacht agency in the Andamans, has bagged the prestigious National Tourism Award 2017-18 for organising India's first-ever yacht carnival - Sail the Andamans - in 2018 and 2019 at the Anda
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Gwen Stefani to take home 2019 People's Choice Fashion Icon Award
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 9 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani is on her way to becoming the new Fashion Icon! The 'Hollaback Girl' crooner is set to be bestowed with the 2019 People's Choice Fashion Icon Award.
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