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India scaling renewable energy capacity but challenges remain: ADB
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India has scaled up its renewable energy capacity by 250 per cent between 2014 and 2021. It now ranks fourth in renewable energy capacity in the world but attempting a clean energy transition at the scale that India requires faces many challenges, according to Asian Development Bank
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Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan reaches 100th-match mark in his IPL career
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 24-year-old accomplished this milestone in his side's IPL 2023 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Rashid made his IPL debut in 2017 and represented Sunrisers Hyderabad till 2021. From 2022 onwards, he represented Gujarat Titans and won the title with the si
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Asylum decisions up by 40 per cent in 2022 in EU
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Among the 384,245 asylum seekers who were granted protection status in 2022 in the EU, 44 per cent received refugee status, 31 per cent were given subsidiary protection, and 25 per cent received humanitarian protection. Compared with 2021, the number of refugee status granted increased by 22
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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban's ban on women working for
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Since the Taliban takeover in July 2021, it has rolled back a wide range of human rights of women and girls, including a ban on attending high school and university, restrictions on movement and work, and in December, a decree banning female nationals from working from most NGOs.
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Pakistan: Economic uncertainty shrinks Eid-related spending by 40 pc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the amount spent on Eid in 2023 was around PKR 432 billion, which was the lowest amount in ten years. This is significantly less than the previous high of PKR 1.1 trillion in 2018 and even less than the PKR 480 billion spent in 2021 amid the Covi
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11 Asian members identified EUR20.1 billion in additional revenue: Tax Tra
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Tax Transparency in Asia 2023 report, released on Thursday, is the first progress report of the Asia Initiative. It provides an overview of the progress achieved in Asia between 2009 and 2022, the year of the establishment of the Asia Initiative. Asia Initiative is a regional programme l
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China's BRI and 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' in African countries
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
More than 200 BRI cooperation agreements had been signed by 140 nations at the start of 2021, serving as frameworks for Chinese businesses to construct infrastructure projects like ports, railways, power plants, and telecommunication networks using low-interest Chinese loans to host countrie
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Ministry of Coal gives star rating to 63 mines of SECL
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Among underground mines, Bangwar mine has secured the maximum 5-star rating while in opencast category, mega project Dipka and Gevra, Saraipali and Manikpur mines have got 4-star rating.
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Rashki launches India's first ever range of handbags made from banana leat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Rashki, one of the most loved sustainable fashion brands, has proudly partnered with Banofi Leather to introduce India's first-ever range of handbags made from banana leather, a sustainable alternative to animal leather, made from banana
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Trade in medicinal, pharma products reached new peak in 2022: Eurostat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Exports increased from EUR 50 billion in 2002 to EUR 287 billion in 2022. Compared with 2021 (EUR 235 billion), the 2022 total represented an increase of 22 per cent. Imports rose from EUR 32 billion to EUR 112 billion between 2002 to 2022, rising almost 12 per cent from 2021 (EUR 100 billio
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Govt adds new features in eShram portal to enhance its utility
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Ministry launched eShram portal on August 26, 2021 to create a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers which is seeded with Aadhaar. As on April 21, 2023, over 28.87 crore unorganised workers have registered on eShram portal.
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Pakistan lacks ammunition, economic strength to fight India: Pak journalis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistani journalists- Hamid Mir and Naseem Zehra- during a show said that Gen Bajwa had in 2021 revealed that he held secret talks with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and how Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit was planned to Pakistan soon after a ceasefire was announc
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