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Pakistan: Nuclear power plant generation expansion hit snags
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chinese government has said that they have agreed to provide finance for up to 85 per cent of the USD 3.7 billion nuclear power plant project, subject to the sovereign guarantee.
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Economic Survey: India's foreign exchange reserves comfortable, external d
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India's foreign exchange reserves stood at USD 532.7 billion as of September-end of 2022, covering 8.8 months of imports according to the Economic Survey tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today.
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Economic Survey: India's export of goods and services in value for the fir
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Survey said, "Merchandise exports were USD 332.8 billion over April-December 2022 against USD 305 billion during the period April-December 2021. Nonpetroleum and non-gems and jewellery exports in April-December 2022 were USD 233.5 billion, as compared to USD 230 billion in April-December
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9th review of Pakistan for USD 7 billion Extended Fund Facility kicks off
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The discussion will revolve around Pakistan's plan for taking additional taxation measures to fetch over Rs 200 billion through a presidential ordinance, rationalizing expenditure, and hiking both electricity and gas tariffs for erasing the monster of the circular debt.
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US to invest one billion dollars in Nepal, seeks government's plan to fina
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The United States plans to invest about one billion US Dollars in Nepal, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, Victoria Nuland said on Monday during her visit to the Himalayan Nation.
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Big USD Billion Property Sale redefines Real Estate buying experience, Sma
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], January 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): January 21st - 24th will be marked as the biggest days of Real Estate in Delhi NCR / India. The Big USD Billion Property Sale recently held in Gurugram has transformed the way people buy property. The sale offered a spectrum of Special 2
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Make bold, sustainable investments to help free people of Neglected Tropic
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas. Globally, they affect more than 1 billion people, cost low- and middle-income countries billions of dollars every year, and perpetuate a cycle of poor educational outcomes and limited professional oppor
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Pakistan to impose new taxes worth Rs 200 bn to comply with IMF conditions
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The two draft ordinances prepared for Rs 100 billion each in taxes and flood levies. Pakistan is also considering discontinuing power subsidies, imposing sales tax on raw materials for exports, as well as, hikes in power, and gas tariffs are also on the agenda.
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Imran Khan's 'sky-high expenses' cost Pakistan Rs 1 billion
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Khan has come under the scanner for his helicopter rides while in office. The expense details were presented in the Pakistani Senate.
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Antigua and Barbuda Minister Steadroy Benjamin ordered staff to alter Mehu
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The altered police report was used by Choksi's attorneys to convince Dominican judicial authorities to dismiss Choksi's unlawful entry case, so that he could return to Antigua and thus remain immune from deportation and extradition to India, over fraud claims of USD 2 billion.
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India's forex reserves hit about six-month high of USD 573.7 billion
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by whopping USD 1.727 billion to USD 573.727 billion in the week ending on January 20.
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'Avatar 2' surpasses 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'; becomes 4th biggest m
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
'Avatar: The Way of Water' has become the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time. The sci-fi epic from director James Cameron has now raked in USD 2,075 billion worldwide.
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