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J.C. Flowers completes acquisition of Nonperforming Assets from YES BANK i
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC ("J.C. Flowers" or "the Firm"), a leading private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry, announced today that the J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company (the "ARC") has com
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Knowledge Smart City to be built on 5,000 acres in UP at cost of $42 billi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
To be built on 5,000 acres of land, the Knowledge City will include the best universities of the world. Besides, Star Consortium will provide data centre and logistics services in the state whereas SLG will build Capital Data Center. With these investment proposals and MoUs, thousands of emp
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Austin University to invest USD 42 bn for a smart city project in Uttar Pr
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The agreement was signed between the officials of Uttar Pradesh and Austin University, Texas, which included Austin University President Ashraf Al Moustafa. Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Khanna, former minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Additional Chief Secretary for Infrastructure and Industrial
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US lawmakers call for additional military spending for Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The US lawmakers warned of rising tensions in Taiwan which the US fears could be invaded by China and urged the leadership to approve USD 500 million in emergency appropriations and another USD 1 billion in presidential drawdown spending for Taiwan.
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India's forex reserves up for 5th consecutive week
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India's foreign exchange reserves during the week that ended on December 9 rose by USD 2.91 billion to USD 564.07 billion. Notably, this is the fifth consecutive week of India's rising foreign exchange reserves.
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Elon Musk reinstates suspended Twitter accounts of journalists after backl
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he would restore the Twitter accounts of a slew of journalists that had been suspended due to the controversy over the publication of public information concerning the billionaire's aircraft.
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Global coal production to hit record high 8.3bn tonnes in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The IEA also predicts that global coal production will peak in 2023, only slightly above the 2022 level and fall to 8.221 billion tonnes by 2025, below the 2022 level.
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Pakistan's most crucial challenges include impacts of climate change: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The most crucial challenges for Pakistan include the impacts of climate change -- floods, heat waves, drought, crop losses and diseases -- whose frequency has increased rapidly over the past couple of decades.
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India's exports grew 0.6 pc in November
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India's overall export, which included both merchandise and services, stood at USD 58.22 billion in November, which showed a 10 per cent growth over the same period last year.
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Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth about $3.5 billion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Since the company's stock peaked in November 2021, the chief executive officer sold more than $39 billion in Tesla shares. Tesla, still the world's most-valued automaker by value, has lost more than $700 billion in market capitalisation since that all-time high.
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US Senate passes USD 850 billion defence spending bill
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Senators overwhelmingly passed the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday, with sending the bill to US President Joe Biden to be signed into law, The Hill newspaper reported.
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US, Africa seal USD 15 billion in trade investments during Washington summ
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Since 2021, the US government said that it has helped close more than 800 two-way trade and investment deals across 47 African countries for a total estimated value of over USD 18 billion, and the US private sector has closed investment deals in Africa valued at USD 8.6 billion.
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