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Bajwa celebrates Pak Independence Day at London Embassy, Ukraine supporter
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 15 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa celebrated the country's 76th Independence Day at the Pakistan Embassy in London where Ukrainian pop star and wife of Pakistani British Business Tycoon Muhammad Zahoor, Kamaliya, gave a singing performance.
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Pakistan may borrow another USD 2.8 billion from IMF under Saudi Arabia's
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI): Pakistan claimed that Islamabad has been able to borrow up to USD 2.8 billion against Riyadh's quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) after reports of Saudi Arabia planning to renew a USD 3 billion deposit at the State Bank of Pakistan.
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Pakistan's coal crisis looms large amid pending payments to Chinese plants
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI): Even after clear orders by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the country's government is unable to resolve the key issues being faced by Chinese imported-coal fired power companies as over Rs 350 billion overdue bills for these plants are an obst
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India ranks fourth with 24 firms in 'Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, August 15 (ANI): Last week Forbes Asia published its 2022 edition of the best 200 mid-sized companies in the Asia-Pacific region. These are publicly listed companies with annual revenue of below one billion dollars. This year, 24 Indian firms made the list titled "Best Under A
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Billionaire investor and Akasa Air owner Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] August 14 (ANI): Ace stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India's own Warren Buffet passed away at the age of 62.
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Researchers reveal evidence of continents created by giant meteorite impac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): Research suggests the continents of Earth were formed by massive meteorite impacts that were particularly common during the first billion years of our planet's four-and-a-half billion-year history.
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Elon Musk's Space X launches Falcon 9 rocket with 46 Starlink Satellites
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk-led Space X launched another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on Friday.
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Pakistan forex reserves decline by over USD 2 bln
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): As Pakistan's economy continues to remain in doldrums, the country's foreign exchange reserves declined by over USD 2 billion during the first 5 weeks of this fiscal year due to massive external debt servicing.
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India's exports rise by 2.14 per cent; trade deficit widens to $30 billion
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India's exports increased by 2.14 per cent year-on-year to $36.27 billion in July while imports surged by 43.61 per cent to USD 66.27 billion during the month leading to an almost three-fold jump in the trade deficit, according to the official data release
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India ranks third globally in start-up ecosystem and unicorns: Jitendra Si
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India ranks globally third in start-ups ecosystem and also in terms of the number of unicorns with the total number of privately held start-up companies valued at over $1 billion rising to 105, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Techn
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Providing a favourable start up ecosystem
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI/Mediawire): For several decades, the US has been dominating in the start-up ecosystem space. Six out of the top 10 global start-up ecosystem has been from the United States of America alone. According to a report published by the Global Ecosystem Report by S
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Research finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continent
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): New research has provided the strongest evidence yet that the earth's continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts that were particularly prevalent during the first billion years or so of our planet's four-and-a-half-billion-year history.
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