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PoK unveils Rs 163.7 billion budget for FY 2022-23
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 26 (ANI): Pakistan-occupied Kashmir government on Saturday presented a new budget of Rs 163.7 billion for the next fiscal year of 2022-23 in the legislative assembly amid a boycott by the combined opposition.
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Research reveals climate damage caused by growing space tourism requires i
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [England], 25 June (ANI): Researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) constructed a 3D model in order to examine the effects of rocket launches and re-entry in 2019 as well as the effects of expected space tourism scenarios based
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Sri Lanka to use USD 70 million from Indian credit line to import food
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan government had given its approval to make the use of another USD 70 million from the USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LoC) extended by India during the ongoing crisis to import essential food items.
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India's forex reserves dip by $5.9 billion to $590.59 billion
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 25 (ANI): India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves slumped by $5.87 billion to $590.588 billion for the week ended June 17 as foreign portfolio investors pulled money out of the Indian equities amid mounting concerns of global recession, the Reserve Bank o
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USD2.3 bn Chinese loan credited to State Bank of Pakistan: Finance Ministe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistani Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Friday that a loan of USD 2.3 billion from a Chinese consortium of banks had been credited to the central bank's account.
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Cybersecurity trends and forecasts for 2022: Inkxpert decodes market resea
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI/GPRC): The cybersecurity industry is booming, and companies are spending more and more money on it. According to Inkxpert market analysis, the global security market was valued at $217.87 billion by 2021 and it is predicted that there will be more than 3.5 mil
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Another humanitarian consignment from India reaches Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 24 (ANI): India provided a humanitarian consignment worth more than SLR 3 billion to Sri Lanka, which is facing the worst economic crisis since its independence.
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Ahead of G7 Summit UNICEF calls for funding of USD 1.2 bln to tackle letha
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 24 (ANI): As leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is calling for USD 1.2 billion to prevent and treat severe wasting -- a lethal form of child malnutrition, said the Fund in its press release.
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Recent assistance to Sri Lanka guided by Neighbourhood First policy, SAGAR
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): The high-level Indian delegation led by Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra that visited Sri Lanka on Thursday underscored that the recent economic, financial and humanitarian assistance of over USD 3.5 billion to the island country was guided by New Delhi's "N
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India's engineering exports rise 13.5 per cent to $9.79 bn in May
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Exports of engineering goods from India surged by 13.5 per cent to $9.79 billion in May 2022 from $8.62 billion recorded in the same month last year, according to EEPC India monthly analysis of export trends.
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Chinese banks to provide USD 2.3 bln to Pakistan 'within days' under loan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): To cope up with country's dwindling cash reserves, loan of USD 2.3 billion from a Chinese consortium of banks to Pakistan is expected within a "couple of days".
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India's current account deficit falls to $13.4 billion in Q4 of 2021-22
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): India's current account deficit (CAD) declined to $13.4 billion in January-March 2022 from $22.2 billion recorded in the previous quarter, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday.
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