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Lok Sabha passes Factoring Regulation Amendment Bill amid opposition prote
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 without discussion as opposition continued its protests on various issues despite the chair urging it to take part in the debate on the legislation.
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Iconic American ice cream brand Cold Stone Creamery opens new outlet at Ex
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In a sign of continuing confidence in India's $2 billion ice cream industry, iconic American ice cream brand Cold Stone Creamery has opened its 31st outlet in the country at Chennai's Express Avenue Mall.
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Parliament: Bill to amend Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 to be intro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): As the Lok Sabha is all set to resume proceedings on Monday two days after the house was adjourned amid the ruckus created by the Opposition, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce a bill to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
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Kamal Haasan, others to attend parliamentary panel meet tomorrow to discus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan and representatives of the Producers and Directors Guild from the film industry will attend the meeting called by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) on Tuesday for the discussion on the
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Is Flipkart fairly valued compared with its Southeast Asian peers?
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, July 26 (ANI): Earlier this month, India's ecommerce giant Flipkart announced a round of funding from various global investors which raised another USD 3.6 billion for the mega-unicorn, taking its value to USD 37.8 billion. This is likely to be the last pre-IPO shareholding opport
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French senate amends government bill on COVID-19 restrictions amid protest
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The French Senate adopted a milder version of a draft law on a wider use of the sanitary passes amid countrywide rallies against COVID-19 restrictions.
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Left MPs oppose private member's bill seeking uniform civil code
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Three Left party MPs have moved a motion in the Rajya Sabha objecting to the introduction of a private member's bill on the Uniform Civil Code, saying such legislation would damage communal harmony. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena has proposed the bill.
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Billie Eilish feels 'much more confident' ahead of 'Happier Than Ever' alb
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish feels she is in a much better place today as she awaits the release of her album 'Happier Than Ever'.
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8,000 additional US visas for vulnerable Afghans approved by Congress
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 23 (ANI): US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to allot eight thousand more Special Immigration Visas (SIVs) to interpreters, contractors, and other vulnerable Afghans who have worked with the US army in the war-torn country.
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Government introduces two bills in LS, opposition continues with its prote
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The government on Thursday introduced The Inland Vessels Bill and The Essential Defence Services Bill in Lok Sabha amid protests by opposition parties over their demands concerning the repeal of farm laws and for probe into the allegations of surveillance
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China puts hold on multiple projects in Pakistan after 9 Chinese engineers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): After nine Chinese engineers lost their lives in the bus attack, Beijing has postponed its high-level joint committee for the Belt and Road Initiative halting a billion-dollar hydropower project in Pakistan.
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Pakistan borrows USD 14.3 billion foreign loans in FY21
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): Pakistan Ministry of Economic Affairs reported on Monday that the government received USD 14.283 billion foreign loans during the fiscal year 2020-21, compared to USD 10.66 billion in 2019-20, showing an increase of 34 per cent.
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