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Tanzania to revive port project in Bagamoyo amid China's hope to ease 'Mal
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Dodoma [Tanzania], July 1 (ANI): Tanzania's decision to resuscitate a USD 10 billion port project in Bagamoyo has set off guesswork that China, the port's main financier, is seeking a foothold on the East African coast.
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India's current account balance records deficit of USD 8.1 billion for Mar
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New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): India's current account balance (CAB) recorded a deficit of USD 8.1 billion for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020-21, which is 1 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to data released by Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday.
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HMD launches Single-Use Dispojekt Safety Needle to prevent injuries
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Faridabad (Haryana) [India], June 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): According to the WHO (World Health Organisation), over 16 billion injections are administered annually in transitional and developing countries the world over.
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Pak minister decries Sindh High Court order to ban TikTok, calls for judic
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has slammed the recent Sindh High Court's decision to ban the Chinese app TikTok, saying the country has suffered losses worth billions of dollars due to "judicial activism".
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World Bank approves 130 million USD to help Kenya fight COVID-19
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Nairobi, June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Bank said it has approved 14 billion shillings (about 130 million U.S. dollars) additional financing to help Kenya facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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America plans to spend billions of dollars to counter China
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Washington [US], June 29 (ANI): The US plans a massive spending plan to counter China. According to the Senate, China is America's greatest geopolitical and geo-economic challenge and passed the United States Innovation and Competition Act 2021 to spend more than USD 250 billion to ensure th
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Global leaders commit to accelerate transition to clean energy by 2030
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Bangkok [Thailand], June 26 (ANI): Annual investments of 35 billion dollars can bring electricity access for 759 million people who currently lack it and 25 billion dollars a year can help 2.6 billion people gain access to clean cooking between now and 2030, said delegates at the five-day UN
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1.05 million Korean millionaires last year, and 56.08 million worldwide: r
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Seoul [South Korea], June 24 (ANI/Global Economic): The number of adult Koreans who owned net worth more than $1 million (1.13 billion won) was 1.05 million last year. It is estimated that they accounted for about 2% of the world's millionaires.
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India's total FDI inflow rises 38 pc to USD 6.24 billion during April
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): India has attracted total Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow of USD 6.24 billion during April, 2021, which is 38 per cent higher as compared to inflow of USD 4.53 billion in April 2020, according to a data issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Indust
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Billie Eilish apologizes for mouthing racial slur in old video, denies moc
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Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish recently broke her silence after being accused of mocking Asian people in a recently resurfaced video on a popular video-sharing social media platform.
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CNH Industrial to acquire Raven Industries, enhancing precision agricultur
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Sioux Falls [South Dakota]/ London [UK], June 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital stock of Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAVN), a US-based leader in precision agriculture technology fo
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Defaults in Asia fall, ratings remain effective indicators of credit risk:
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Singapore, June 23 (ANI): Nine companies rated by S&P Global Ratings including two confidential issuers defaulted in Asia last year, accounting for 1.7 per cent of the 353.4 billion dollars in debt globally affected.
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