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Armaan Malik's latest track 'You' breaks all records on Moj; crosses 2 bil
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): ~ Moj's exclusive challenge 'ThinkAboutYou' for the track has clocked over 2.2 billion plays, helping the homegrown short video app go mainstream ~
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India to help Sri Lanka with USD 2.4 billion to overcome financial crisis:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is facing a serious financial crisis, India has stepped up and pledged a whopping USD 2.415 billion to the island nation to help overcome dire financial constraints caused by external debt payments and a lack of US dollars in the country for
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UN to urge donors to provide USD 8 billion aid for Afghanistan, says Lyons
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 20 (ANI): The UN top envoy in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons on Wednesday said that the organization is working on a proposal to urge donors to provide eight billion dollars in aid for Afghanistan.
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Taliban convenes first ever Economic conference, pleads humanitarian aid f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): Afghanistan convened their first-ever Economic Conference on Wednesday attended by its high ranking officials and representatives of 80 countries both online and in-person where the country's acting Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund in his vi
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China's coal production at record high in 2021, ambitions to combat climat
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): Contrary to President Xi Jinping's declaration of making China carbon neutral by 2060 and his plans to curb carbon emissions, the country produced a record of 4.07 billion metric tons of coal last year, 4.7 per cent up from 2020, according to data released
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Researchers determine nutritional properties of protein in cricket, locust
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
West Virginia [US], January 19 (ANI): As the human population grows to a predicted 10 billion by 2050 and overall land mass remains constant, traditional animal farming may become a less viable method for food production. Animal farming has traditionally fulfilled human nutritional requireme
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Pak's mini-budget aftermath: Medicines, cellular services become expensive
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): Amid soaring inflation in Pakistan, the rates of medicines, prepaid cellular cards and sales tax rate on import of electric vehicles have increased due to the mini-budget worth Rs 360 billion, which was passed by the National Assembly last week.
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Microsoft to acquire 'Call of Duty' maker Activision Blizzard for USD 68.7
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 18 (ANI): Microsoft has announced a deal to acquire game studio Activision Blizzard for USD 68.7 billion. If it goes through, it would be Microsoft's biggest-ever acquisition -- and by far the biggest deal ever in the video game biz.
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China seeks to use Gwadar port as military base: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], January 18 (ANI): China will seek to use Pakistan's Gwadar Port, which comes under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, as a military base, according to an expert.
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India's exports target of USD 650 Bn in current FY is achievable: Piyush G
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Highlighting the country's export potential, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that India's exports target of USD 650 Billion within the current financial year is achievable.
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India set to achieve $650 billion exports target in 2021-22: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): India is set to achieve $650 billion exports target in the current financial year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.
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40 new Indians enter billionaire club in 2021 while incomes of 84 per cent
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): During 2021, 40 new Indians became billionaires, taking the total count to 142, while 84 per cent of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, according to an Oxfam report rel
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