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India's forex reserves increased due to Centre's effective policies, says
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India's forex reserves have increased to USD 630 billion from USD 200 billion due to the government's effective policies.
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WFP needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of USD 2.6 billion to boost operations for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter is deteriorating the situation.
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Union Budget gives booster dose to India's export sector
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Budget has given a booster dose to India's export sector which has never had it so good - riding high on a 38.91 percent surge in December to reach USD 37.81 billion - the highest - ever monthly figure - and putting India well on track to achieve the
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CPEC projects: Pak's Punjab deploys 11,225 security personnel deployed to
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab home department has deployed 11,225 security personnel in the province in an attempt to protect Chinese nationals working on Beijing's multi-billion dollars projects in the country.
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Even dying stars can give birth to planets, suggest astronomers
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Leuven [Belgium], February 1 (ANI): In any galaxy, planets are usually not much older than the stars around which they revolve. For example, the Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago, and not long after that, Earth came into the world. But KU Leuven astronomers have discovered that a completely
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Billionaire George Soros warns against investing in China amid real estate
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], February 1 (ANI): Hedge-fund billionaire George Soros has warned against investing in China which is witnessing a decline in the real estate boom, citing the example of Evergrande which is finding it difficult to pay its debts in the face of government policies designed to curb
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India's foreign reserves touched USD 633.6 billion as of December 31, 2021
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): India's foreign reserves have crossed USD600 billion in the first half of 2021-22 and touched USD 633.6 billion as of December 31, 2021, as per the Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament on Monday.
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Pakistan authorities inadvertently admit presence of Dawood Ibrahim: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has accused non-resident Pakistani billionaire Farooq Zahoor of business connections with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, an indirect admission that runs contrary to claims made by the country's leadership.
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India set to achieve $400 billion merchandise export target in 2021-22, sa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India is well on track to achieve a merchandise export target of 400 billion US dollars in 2021-22 after the pandemic-induced slump of the previous year, with strong capital flows into India leading to a rapid accumulation of foreign exchange reserves,
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Pakistan to seek loan from Russia, Kazakhstan, China to stabilise country'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): Amid devastating economic condition, Pakistan has decided to seek a loan of around USD 5 billion from China, Russia and Kazakhstan.
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Global investors repose faith in India's growth story: Prez
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that the inflow of 48 billion dollars in investment in the first seven months of the current financial year was a testimony to the belief that the global investor community has in India's growth story. He was ad
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Holder's fifer helps West Indies defeat England in fifth T20I, clinch seri
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bridgetown [Barbados], January 31 (ANI): Jason Holder's fifer and Akeal Hosein's four-wicket haul helped West Indies defeat England by 17 runs in the fifth and final T20I here at the Kensington Oval on Monday.
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