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NASA missions probe game-changing cosmic explosion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Dec. 11, 2021, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a blast of high-energy light from the outskirts of a galaxy around 1 billion light-years away. The event has rattled scientists' understanding of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful ev
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Pakistan's total external debt stocks by 2021 stood at USD 130.43 billion:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In its latest report "International Debt Report 2022, Updated International Debt Statistics," the World Bank said that the total external debt stocks were at USD 130.433 billion by 2021.
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India logs highest-ever annual FDI inflow of USD 84.84 bn in 2021-22: Govt
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Centre's reforms result in consistent increase of Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow which has grown from USD 45.15 billion in 2014-2015 to USD 84.84 billion in 2021-22, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash said in reply to Parliament on Wednesday.
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Nearly USD 30 billion deals on cards as Xi Jinping heads to Saudi Arabia:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Xi and Saudi Arabian King are scheduled to hold a Saudi-Chinese summit that will also be attended by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advises Essar on sale of ports and power assets
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Essar in relation to the sale of its entire stake in certain ports and power infrastructure assets to ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited (AMNSIL), for an aggregate amount of
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Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet's surface and make for a dynamic interior, so the absence of such processes on Mars led many to think of it as a dead planet, where not much happened in the past 3 billion years.
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UP Govt discusses supplementary budget today, second day of assembly sessi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh government discussed on Tuesday the supplementary budget. Earlier on Monday, the Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presented a supplementary budget of Rs 337.89 billion (Rs 3378954.67 lakh) in both houses of the state legislature.
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Yogi Govt presents supplementary budget of Rs 337.89 billion to accelerate
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In an attempt to accelerate efforts to achieve $1 trillion economy goal, the Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presented a supplementary budget of Rs 337.89 billion (Rs 3378954.67 lakh) in both houses of the state legislature on Monday.
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EU experts raise concerns over funding to front groups linked to Muslim Br
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Since 2004, 79 billion euros have been provided by EU institutions to the Muslim Brotherhood and affiliated organisations. It is crucial that to understand why - and how this works, according to SADF.
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World Bank: Indian migrant workers from Singapore, other countries send ho
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
That puts its inflows far ahead of Mexico (USD60 billion), China (USD51 billion), the Philippines (USD38 billion), Egypt (USD32 billion) and Pakistan (USD29 billion), positioning the country to retain its spot as the world's top recipient of remittances. Such foreign remittances make up almo
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Yogi Govt to boost real estate sector to achieve goal of $1 trillion econo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
CM Adityanath said contribution of real estate in UP's GSDP was 14.4 per cent in 2020-21, which is equal to Rs34 billion, and about 20 lakh people are associated with the sector.
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India's forex reserves rise for third straight week
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India's foreign exchange reserves during the week that ended on November 25 rose by USD 2.89 billion to USD 550.14 billion, the Reserve Bank of India data showed on Friday evening. This is the third consecutive week of rising reserves.
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