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Pakistan-Saudi deal worth USD 20 billion yet to take-off as Imran Khan gov
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Faced with economic stagnation the Imran Khan-led government in Pakistan which has unsuccessfully tried to increase Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has been let down by Saudi Arabia too, on whom Islamabad pinned its hopes.
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IMF approves USD 1bn loan tranche for Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday revived Pakistan's stalled programme and cleared USD 1 billion tranches after Islamabad gave complete autonomy to the country's central bank and took around PKR 800 billion measures, report
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Merchandise export in Jan '22 grows 23.69 pc, trade deficit widens to USD
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): India's merchandise export in January 2022 grew to USD 34.06 billion registering a 23.69 per cent growth over the USD 27.54 billion of merchandise shipments in January 2021, pushed by robust performance by engineering, petroleum as well as gems and jewell
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India's export in January 2022 rose by 23.69 pc to USD 34.06 billion
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): India's merchandise export in January 2022 increased by 23.69 per cent to USD 34.06 billion over USD 27.54 billion in January 2021; records increase of 31.75 per cent over USD 25.85 billion in January 2020, informed the Ministry of Commerce and Industry o
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A new health & wellness brand is making some noise in the Indian marke
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI/PNN): The sports nutrition industry was worth 10 billion dollars in 2020, and after a jump of more than 60 per cent market size in 2021, the industry is now worth 16.7 billion dollars. People are becoming more conscious of their health, attracting them to n
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Pakistan's energy sector circular debt rising by Rs 38 billion per month
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Pakistan's energy sector circular debt flow is still soaring with an average growth of about Rs 38 billion per month recorded during the first six months (July-December) 2021-22.
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India's exports to China rise by 21 per cent to USD 22.9 billion in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): India's exports to China rose by 21 per cent to USD 22.9 billion in the 2021 calendar year while imports surged by 49 per cent to USD 87.5 billion during the same year, according to data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence an
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India's forex reserves increased due to Centre's effective policies, says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India's forex reserves have increased to USD 630 billion from USD 200 billion due to the government's effective policies.
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WFP needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of USD 2.6 billion to boost operations for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter is deteriorating the situation.
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Union Budget gives booster dose to India's export sector
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Budget has given a booster dose to India's export sector which has never had it so good - riding high on a 38.91 percent surge in December to reach USD 37.81 billion - the highest - ever monthly figure - and putting India well on track to achieve the
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CPEC projects: Pak's Punjab deploys 11,225 security personnel deployed to
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab home department has deployed 11,225 security personnel in the province in an attempt to protect Chinese nationals working on Beijing's multi-billion dollars projects in the country.
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Even dying stars can give birth to planets, suggest astronomers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leuven [Belgium], February 1 (ANI): In any galaxy, planets are usually not much older than the stars around which they revolve. For example, the Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago, and not long after that, Earth came into the world. But KU Leuven astronomers have discovered that a completely
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