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Pak to receive first trench of IMF bailout package today
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 9 (ANI): Out of the USD 6 billion bailout package, Pakistan will receive the instalment of USD 1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today.
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Inferior quality material used in Peshawar BRT project: ADB
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Pakistan's provincial government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has used inferior quality material in the PKR 70 billion Peshawar metro bus project and made "critical" deviations from the planned design that may put lives at risk, the Asian Development Bank (
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India must leverage fintech to close gender gap in financial inclusion: AD
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 29 (ANI): India has made significant changes in the proportion of consumers using digital payments but still shows a relatively large gender gap, the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) has said.
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$1.7 trillion needed per year to build disaster-resilient infrastructure i
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 6 (ANI): Developing economies across Asia are among the most vulnerable to natural disasters and have suffered damages estimated at 644 billion dollars since 2000, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Indian economy to grow at 7.2 pc in FY 19 due to rising consumption: ADB
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 3 (ANI) Domestic demand is expected to remain the main driver as India's GDP picks up to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2018-19 and 7.3 per cent in 2019-20, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday.
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J-K: Police denies reports of civilian's abduction in Shopian
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 15 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir police has denied reports of a man being abducted from his home in Shopian district.
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World Bank provides $137 million to modernise 220 dams in 6 states
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The World Bank has provided additional financing of 137 million dollars (about Rs 960 crore) for the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) to rehabilitate and modernise over 220 selected large dams in Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, T
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'Adbhut, Avishwasniya aur Akalpaniya', Swaraj praises Hema Malini for perf
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): "Adbhut, Avishwasniya aur Akalpaniya", External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said while praising actor-turned-politician Hema Malini for her performance as Ma Ganga at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2019 in Varanasi.
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Centre, ADB sign $31mn loan to boost tourism in TN
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Dec 11, (ANI): New Delhi, Dec 11 (ANI) A project to boost tourism in Tamil Nadu will be funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the tune of $31 million (about Rs 222.84 crore).
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This browser extension will tell you if you're reading fake news
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 18 (ANI): To combat the spread of fake news on the web, AdBlock Plus has built a new browser extension called TrustedNews which tells you if you have ended up on a biased information site or reading fake news.
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DEA Secy seeks increased assistance for capacity-building
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 6 (ANI): Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg sought increased assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards for the capacity-building efforts.
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ADB projects India's growth at 7.3% in 2018
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 5 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao noted that India's growth in 2018 would pick up to 7.3 percent.
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