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CWC 2023: PM Modi comforts Mohammed Shami with a hug, India pacer expresse
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Even though India did not win the 2023 World Cup at home, the way they performed throughout the competition was nothing short of an extraordinary dream for the billions of Indian supporters.
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Digital therapeutics market poised for explosive growth: Revenues to surge
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a report, projections indicate a substantial surge in revenues from USD 2.65 billion in 2023 to an impressive USD 9.65 billion by 2028, with an anticipated annual growth rate of 29.50 per cent.
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"Fake and bogus": Congress targets ministers for claiming India USD 4 tril
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a tactic understanding, the Congress leader was referring to Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adami who is accused, by the grand old party of having "close links" with the Prime Minister.
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Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate "Sustainable India - 2023" event on Nov 21
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
At the COP26 summit in Glasgow in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge, including reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity, to generate half of all energy requirements from renewables, to reduce emissions by 1 billion tons by 20
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IMF revises Pakistan's foreign loan requirement to USD 25 bn for this fisc
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Pakistan's foreign loan requirement to USD 25 billion for this fiscal year, reducing it by USD 3.4 billion, The Express Tribune newspaper reported, adding that it also lowered Pakistan's economic growth projection to just 2 per cent.
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Growth accelerated in climate finance, developed countries must continue s
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for climate action in developing countries reached USD 89.6 billion in 2021, according to the OECD's sixth assessment of progress towards the goal for developed countries to provide and mobilise USD 100 billion of climate finance
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Six hospitals in Pakistan face 'shutdown' after fund request gets denied
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
All five public sector hospitals in Islamabad and Lahore's Shaikh Zayed Hospital may face a virtual standstill after the Finance Division rejected a request by the federal health ministry to provide Pakistani rupee (PKR) 11 billion for the smooth functioning of these hospitals, Dawn reported
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Indian e-commerce exports likely to touch USD 200 billion by 2030: DGFT ch
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is responsible for formulating and implementing the foreign trade policy with the main objective of promoting India's exports.
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"We want to make Rajasthan a USD 350 billion economy": Union Minister Arju
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Expressing confidence that the BJP will win the Rajasthan election 2023 going to be held on November 25, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday said that the saffron party wants to make the state a "USD 350 billion economy."
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fuels ADB's sanitation drive with USD
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a report by ADB, since its inception in 2013, the trust fund has played a crucial role in leveraging over USD 1.64 billion in ADB investments dedicated to citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) projects across ADB developing member countries (DMCs).
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Drugs worth PKR 5 bn seized from Pakistani goods in Malaysia, 5 held
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Malaysian authorities said that over 100 kg of cocaine and 411 kg of methenamine drugs, which were worth more than five billion Pakistani rupees, were confiscated.
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"I'm waiting for the thank you": Jaishankar on India softening oil markets
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaishankar is currently on a five-day visit to the UK and he made these remarks during a conversation hosted by the High Commission of India in London, titled "How a billion people see the world." The conversation took place at the Royal Over-Seas League Club and was moderated by renowned
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