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Paytm, Flipkart ink deal; Now buyers can shop on payment firm's app
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Payments company Paytm said e-commerce sales are back and all eyes were on a unique partnership — Flipkart and Paytm — this festive season.
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US: Senate approves USD 12.3 billion aid for Ukraine in war against Russia
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): US Senate on Thursday approved emergency aid of USD 12.3 billion to Ukraine in its war against Russia. The measure will not only continue government spending for several weeks but will also help Ukraine in war to a greater extent.
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India's current account deficit widens to 2.8 per cent of GDP in April-Jun
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): India's current account deficit (CAD) widened to $23.9 billion or 2.8 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in April-June period of the current financial year from $13.4 billion recorded in the previous quarter, as per data r
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Research: Asteroid that formed Vredefort crater bigger than previously bel
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Researchers developed a more accurate simulation of the impact that formed Earth's largest crater Vredefort crater nearly two billion years ago. They found the impactor (most likely an asteroid) that formed the Vredefort crater is much larger than previou
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European Commission proposes additional sanctions on Russia over escalatio
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 28 (ANI): European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new package of sanctions against Russia which includes "new listing of individuals and entities as well as new trade bans on Russian products depriving the country's economy of 7 billion euros in revenues."
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ADB pledges USD 14 billion for food security in Asia and Pacific by 2025
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], September 28 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced it plans to provide at least USD 14 billion over 2022-2025 as support to ease a "worsening food crisis" in Asia and the Pacific.
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World Food Programme calls for USD 1.1 bn aid for food-insecure Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Due to a massive surge in food insecurity amid the Ukraine war, the World Food Programme has called for USD 1.1 billion to continue delivering monthly food and nutritional assistance for the next six months to 15 million acutely food-insecure people i
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Pakistan: Amid financial crisis, Punjab govt approves PKR 1.33 billion for
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province approved PKR (Pakistani Rupees) 1.33 billion to purchase 133 VIP protocol and luxury vehicles for their government functionaries and officers when the country is facing a flood, food crisis, unemployment, poverty and inflat
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Pakistan spends USD 450 million on F-16 package from US, amid USD 28 billi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): While Pakistan at UNGA recently urged the international communities to help it with economic losses amid the unprecedented flooding, which is estimated to be USD 28 billion, on the other hand, it recently received F-16-related equipment from the Unit
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Why should Indians invest in the Dubai real estate market?
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dubai has been the destination of choice for Indian investors for quite many years. Since 2004, Indians have been among the Top 3 nationalities to buy properties in Dubai, having purchased real estate worth AED 83.62 billion in the last five ye
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Size of media & entertainment sector may grow to $100 billion by 2030
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI): The size of the media and entertainment sector in India is likely to grow to over $100 billion by 2030, Union Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Apurva Chandra said on Tuesday.
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Canada's pension fund Ontario Teachers' opens office in India
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI): Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers'), a Canada-based pension fund with net assets of over C$242.5 billion (Rs 14.85 lakh crore), on Tuesday announced the opening of a new office in Mumbai, its first office in India.
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