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CEO forum aimed at greater cooperation, reach 20 billion trade in five yea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 6 (ANI): Ahead of meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday officials of the Indo-Israel CEO forum said that the goal of the establishment of the forum is greater business cooperation to reach 20 billion trade mark in the next five years.
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China signs deal to buy 140 aircraft from Airbus
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 6 (ANI): Europe's largest aerospace company Airbus SE has signed an agreement to supply 140 aircraft to China and wide-body jets worth $22.8 billion at list prices. There are also talks to buy more A-380 super jumbos.
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Industry to contribute USD 280 billion to GDP in nine years: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): An ASSOCHAM-APAS study has revealed that with the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the industry alone is expected to contribute USD 280 billion to India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next eight to nine years.
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Increased air pollution linked to shorter life-span: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): According to a recent study, an increase in pollution particles in the air, of 10 micrograms per cubic meter, cuts victims' life expectancy by 9-11 years, but the increase in pollution is also costing billions due to high usage of fossil fuels.
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Trump reverses U.S. policy on China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 30 (ANI) President Donald Trump's honeymoon period with Chinese President Xi Jinping has ended abruptly as U.S. has entered into a $1.4 billion arms sale deal to Taiwan, labeled China one of the world's worst human traffickers and imposed sanctions on a Chines
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FreeCharge crosses 500 mn transactions
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Amidst increasing digital payments preference and awareness amongst consumers, FreeCharge today announced that the number of transactions on its platform has crossed 500 million, with the value of these transactions exceeding USD 1.2 billio
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Pakistan admits feeling challenged over seeing CPEC through
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dalian [China], June 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Planning Minister, Ahsan Iqbal, who is here to participate in a World Economic Forum meeting, admitted Wednesday that his government is facing some challenges in steering the ambitious over USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
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EU slaps Google with record $2.7 billion fine
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], June 28 (ANI): European Union (EU) regulators penalised U.S. tech giant Google a record USD 2.7 billion antitrust fine on Tuesday, for denying 'consumers a genuine choice' by using its search engine to unfairly steer them to its own shopping platform.
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Indo-US commitment to improve IT sector is commendable, notes ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Lauding the commitment shown by India and the United States towards increasing market access in the Information Technology (IT) and other sectors, ASSOCHAM on Tuesday asserted that it will be highly beneficial to the upliftment of the USD 150 billion softwar
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Rising ocean levels could lead to 2 bn refugees by 2100
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 27 (ANI): Climate change is causing sea level rise around the world. According to a recent study, in the year 2100, two billion people - about one-fifth of the world's population - could become climate change refugees due to rising ocean levels.
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'Sachin: A Billion Dream' creates one more record
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): 'Sachin: A Billion Dream' creates a record just like the master blaster himself. It is the first ever docu-drama to cross 50 million.
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World Drug Report 2017: 29.5 million people globally suffer from drug use
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Vienna[Austria]/New York[U.S.A.]/Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): In 2015 about a quarter of a billion people used drugs. Of these, around 29.5 million people - or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population - were engaged in problematic use and suffered from drug use disorders, includin
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