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Young Kim leads Congressional visit to US rare earth mine, pushes to cut r
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep Young Kim (CA-40) this week visited MP Materials' Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and hosted a roundtable at the Nixon Library, highlighting efforts to strengthen the US critical minerals supply chain and curb reliance on
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Bangladesh, Pakistan officials hold meetings to discuss bilateral ties
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan's Additional Foreign Secretary (Asia and Pacific), Imran Ahmed Siddiqui held a series of meetings with senior Bangladeshi officials to review and strengthen bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors.
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US lawmakers push Thailand to halt Uyghur deportation, citing China's geno
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim have urged the Thai government to reevaluate its decision to deport 48 Uyghur refugees who are currently in Thai detention. The politicians voiced their grave worry over the imp
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Growth in Asia-Pacific expected to slow in 2024: IMF
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Economic growth in the Asia Pacific region is better than previously projected but is expected to slow from 5 per cent in 2023 to 4.5 per cent in 2024, according to IMF's Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific.
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"India must continue reforms for sustained growth and Investments": Krishn
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
India is on a sustained growth path driven by consumption and public investments, India's economic performance stands out against a backdrop of global uncertainties said Krishna Srinivasan IMF Director, Asia and Pacific Department in an Exclusive interview to ANI. "Growth at 6.8% in 2024-
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Asia led by India will account for 60 per cent of the global growth in 202
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Asia, led by India, is poised to make a significant contribution to global growth, with projections indicating that the region will account for about 60 per cent of global growth, as highlighted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a press briefing on the Regional Economic Outlook for
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IMF says Asia on track to again deliver two-thirds to global growth in 202
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Asia is on track to again deliver two-thirds of global growth in 2024, as it did in 2023, said Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department. At a press conference on the Regional Economic Outlook, the IMF official said the news on the inflation front has also been
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India to host 33rd WOAH Regional Commission for Asia and Pacific conferenc
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
India is set to host the 33rd Conference of the WOAH Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific, scheduled from November 13-16, 2023 here in the national capital.
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Bangladesh's economy on right track, inflation under control: IMF
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"I think the economy is on the right track in terms of meeting the objective of the program, getting inflation under control and addressing macroeconomic challenges given the difficult global environment," IMF Director for the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) Krishna Srinivasan said on Frid
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India's macroeconomy sound, fiscally disciplined: IMF
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The overall macroeconomic environment in India is "pretty sound", it is fiscally disciplined and the central bank moved fast to bring inflation under control, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Need a Council where voices of developing nations find their place: India
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
India’s Permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, on Tuesday, said, “What we therefore need is a Security Council that better reflects the geographical and developmental diversity of the United Nations today. A Security Council where voices of developing countries an
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Increased cost-of-living undermines fight against poverty in Asia and Paci
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The increased cost-of-living crisis sparked by surging inflation last year, combined with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, is continuing to push people in Asia and the Pacific into extreme poverty, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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