Search For "billi"
Deal activity in India Inc slows to $40.7 billion due to Covid second wave
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Deal activity in India during the first half of 2021 amounted to USD 40.7 billion across 710 deals, including both private equity (PE) and strategic acquisitions (M&A), according to a report by consulting major PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Read More
Bill Gates Offers USD 1.5 Billion For Joint Climate Projects With US Gov't
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Bill Gates will put up USD 1.5 billion in matching funds if Congress approves a public-private partnership program to develop technologies that combat climate change, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told the Wall Street Journal
Read More
Greece to modernize air firefighting fleet in aftermath of blazes: Prime M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece will invest 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) to modernize its aerial firefighting capabilities in the wake of massive wildfires that recently ripped through the country, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Read More
Chinese firm demands billions of shillings from Kenya before handing over
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], August 12 (ANI): A Chinese firm demanded billions of shillings in pending bills that Kenya borrowed to build the modern railway line from Mombasa to Nairobi.
Read More
India lays roadmap for targeted USD 1 trillion in exports of goods, USD 70
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has laid down a roadmap for a targeted USD 1 trillion in exports of goods by 2028 and probable services exports of USD 700 billion within the same time, said B V R Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Department of Commerce
Read More
Pakistan: July trade deficit touches USD 3.10 billion
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 11 (ANI): Due to the COVID-19 pandemic surge in Pakistan, the July trade deficit touched USD 3.10 billion in the first month of the new financial year.
Read More
Hinduja Global Solutions sells healthcare division to Barings PE Asia for
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 10 (ANI): Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) has announced the sale of its healthcare services business to Barings Private Equity Asia for an enterprise value of 1.2 billion dollars (about Rs 8,906 crore).
Read More
Nirav Modi given permission to appeal against extradition to India on ment
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], August 9 (ANI): Billionaire fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi has been granted permission to appeal against his extradition from the UK to India to face fraud charges on the grounds that a return to India would harm his mental health and place him at risk of suicide.
Read More
Exports can be a bridge between farmers, Indian diaspora: AEPC chairman
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for laying down a roadmap for Indian exports, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman Dr A Sakthivel said that exports can act as a bridge between farmers and the Indian diaspora, and can help raise the income o
Read More
CII calls PM Modi's target of USD 400 billion in export, attainable
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's target of USD 400 billion in exports this year, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) called it 'attainable', given the current global situation of post-pandemic economic recovery and rising competitiveness o
Read More
LANXESS acquires Emerald Kalama Chemical for USD 1.04 Billion
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 6 (ANI/PNN): Specialty chemicals company LANXESS completed the second-largest acquisition in its history on August 3 with the takeover of Emerald Kalama Chemical.
Read More
Afghanistan: Resources worth USD1000 Billion under Taliban's threat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 6 (ANI): Afghanistan possesses a vast amount of intact mines and natural resources that amount to nearly USD1000 billion and the Taliban could take unfavourable advantage of these resources, The Khaama Press reported.
Read More