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PhD fellowship programme will help in generating new biz ideas: S Jaishank
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Launching the PhD fellowship programme at IITs for ASEAN students here on Monday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said this platform will help in generating 'new generation business ideas' and 'exciting technological breakthroughs'.
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Sensex falls by 262 points, oil marketing firms worst hit after Saudi atta
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices extended declines in the afternoon session to close with a negative bias on Monday as global oil prices surged to four-month highs after a strike on the world's biggest oil facility in Saudi Arabia removed about 5 per c
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Sensex and Nifty slip, oil firms under pressure after Saudi attack
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): Equity indices were on a weak note during early hours on Monday as global oil prices surged to four-month high after a strike on the world's biggest oil facility in Saudi Arabia removed about 5 per cent of global supplies.
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Saurabh Chaudhary beats own world record score
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Asian Games champion Saurabh Chaudhary during the finals of the Men's 10M Air Pistol national shooting trials T7 on Saturday won a score of 246.8, beating his own finals world record score of 246.3.
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Delhi-based NGO organises event in Geneva to commemorate Gandhi's birth an
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 14 (ANI): The Delhi-based Asian-Eurasian Human Right Forum, an NGO working with United Nation's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has organised a side event at the UN headquarters in Geneva to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Joshua Wong in US to seek support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of the most visible leaders of the Hong Kong protest movement, along with other protest leaders, has arrived in the United States to seek support for the city's widening pro-democracy protests that have crippled parts of the Asian financi
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ADB to approve $350m loan for Pak's energy sector reforms
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep 14 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to shortly approve a loan worth USD 350 million for reforms and financial sustainability programmes that aims to address fiscal, governance, technical and policy deficits in Pakistan's energy sector.
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Sensex surges by 281 points, oil and metals among prominent gainers
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices surged in the last hour of Friday's trading session after drifting in a range-bound manner for most of the day.
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Unable to curb demonstrations, HK administration lure protestors with bett
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Sep 13 (ANI): Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam has promised to prioritise housing and people's livelihoods to appease deep-rooted discontent about the way the Asian financial hub has been governed, as protesters started gearing up for fresh demonstrations on late Friday.
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Equity indices largely flat, PSU banks slide but IT and autos gain
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices dithered during early hours on Friday in the absence of a fresh stimulus package to reverse the slowdown in economic growth despite global liquidity seeing strength in stocks.
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Maharashtra floods: Fadnavis meets representatives of World Bank, ADB
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met representatives of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Mumbai, to review their visits to Kolhapur and Sangli in the wake of floods.
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Sensex falls by 167 points after volatile session, auto stocks drag
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices reversed morning gains to end lower on Thursday ahead of the macroeconomic data as well as a key meeting of the European Central Bank that could begin another wave of monetary easing by global central banks.
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