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Japan to adopt new economic stimulus package worth more than USD 707 billi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan will adopt new stimulus measures on Tuesday including a package worth 73.6 trillion yen (over USD 707 billion) aimed at supporting the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said.
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Electrification: Powering the Shift for Two-Wheeler Segment Towards Electr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The future of electric two-wheeler market is growing rapidly and the major drivers for this market are the increasing health-conscious consumers, high traffic congestions, environmental concerns and initiatives which focus on r
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Pakistan Auditor General report reveals financial irregularities of Rs 2.7
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Auditor General report has revealed financial irregularities worth over Rs 2.77 billion in Peshawar's Bus Rapid Transport project.
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American Pistachios Growers (APG) celebrates its record-breaking harvest o
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): American Pistachios Growers (APG) strategically curated an interesting way to give insights about the growing and harvesting processes practiced by growers of pistachios in the United States by hosting a "Virtual Pistachio Harvest Tour" in Califo
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Postponed for 9 months, Billie Eilish's 'Where Do We Go' tour cancelled
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): Grammy-winning musician Billie Eilish on Friday (local time) announced that she is canceling her "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" tour, which was earlier postponed after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden says COVID-19 package negotiated in Congress 'good start' but not en
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US] December 5 (ANI): The USD 908 billion COVID-19 relief package negotiated by US lawmakers is a "good start" but would not be sufficient, US President-elect Joe Biden said on Friday.
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UN Children's Fund seeks record USD 6.4bn for 2021
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], December 4 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is seeking USD 6.4 billion for next year (2021), to reach 300 million people, including 190 million children, for its largest emergency funding appeal, UNICEF said in a statement on Thursday.
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Billie Eilish shuts down body-shamers who called her 'fat'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish recently spoke out to silence body shamers.
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Judge extends Nirav Modi's stay in prison as extradition trial nears concl
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], December 2 (ANI): Fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) of an estimated USD 2 billion, was re-remanded on Tuesday by a judge at Westminster Magistrate Court in London.
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'In the memory of the man of pleasure': Alcoholic drink named after Pak fo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): In a scoff at Pakistan Founding Father Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an alcoholic drink seems to have been named after him suggesting that he had "enjoyed" activities that are forbidden in Islam like pool billiards, cigars, pork sausages as well as fine scotch,
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UN relief chief eyes USD 35 billion for 2021 humanitarian initiatives amid
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock on Tuesday said that the 2021 humanitarian budget needs USD 35 billion to cover aid for 160 million people in need worldwide.
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Pakistan's first metro train line, China's gift or debt trap
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 30 (ANI): Across the globe, people avoid public transport systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan has started commercial operations of its first metro train service in Lahore amidst a fresh wave of coronavirus outbreak. Commuters are going crazy and floc
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