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Pakistan utility stores hike ghee, cooking oil prices after Imran Khan ann
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan on Wednesday hiked the price of ghee and cooking oil just after Imran Khan announced a Rs 120-billion "relief package" for the most vulnerable segments of the population, local media reported.
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Least developed countries voice concern over progress at Glasgow Climate S
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The chairman of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) bloc, Sonam Wangdi, on Wednesday said that progress at the UN Conference on Climate Change or COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, has been "disappointing," and even "frightening" so far, as he claimed that the
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#PepsiSwagStepChallenge garners a massive 12.5 billion views on MX TakaTak
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 3 (ANI/Mediawire): This summer, PepsiCo India presented viewers with a new brand proposition - 'Pepsi Aur Bhi Zyada Refreshing' and in a bid to engage with audiences in an entertaining format, PepsiCo India joined hands with India's leading short video
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Japan to allocate up to USD 10bn to support Asia's decarbonization
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan plans to allocate up to $10 billion within the next five years to support effort toward Asia's decarbonization and to double its financial aid to foreign countries' fight against climate change and natural disasters to $14.8 billion, Prime Minis
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S. Korea exports are expected to reach all-time high annual export despite
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Seoul [South Korea], November 2 (ANI/Global Economic): South Korea's exports last month reached the second-largest monthly amount and a record high based on October exports. Following annual exports exceeded USD 500 billion last month, cumulative exports already exceeded last year's total an
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Benefits of investing in commercial real estate over residential real esta
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Last year, when COVID-19 had gripped the nation leading to the lockdowns, the uncertainty in equity markets and the low returns of the debt market turned many investors towards other investment options, and not surprisingly the Indian re
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Elon Mask tops world's richest list with over USD 300bn net worth
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Elon Musk, founder of US companies Tesla and SpaceX, has hit the world's record high in terms of the volume of his assets, which on Monday exceeded $300 billion, making him the first person to reach this spot, according to the Forbes Billionaires ra
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TutorBin is transforming education by making it more personal
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Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], November 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): The global market for EdTech is likely to cross USD 400 billion by 2025 as per HolonIQ. The pandemic has accelerated the growth and adoption of EdTech with online homework solutions seeing immense growth.
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India eyes USD 700 billion investments to boost urban infrastructure
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Dubai [UAE], November 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director (Smart Cities Mission), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, today said that India needs around USD 700 billion of investment from 2021 to 2031 to boost its urban infrastructure s
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UK to provide additional 1.3 billion USD in climate financing: PM Johnson
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London [UK], November 1 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to pledge one billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in climate finance at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
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Pak economy hit by Rs 35 billion loss due to TLP protests
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Lahore [Pakistan], October 31 (ANI): Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information, Hasaan Khawar admitted that Pakistan has been hit drastically due to the agitation by Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) since 2017 and has borne the loss of Rs 35 billion to the economy, reported a local
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Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco's net income rises to USD 30.4bn in 3rd
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Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], October 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The world's largest oil company, Saudi Arabia's Aramco announced on Sunday that its net income in the third quarter 2021 increased to $30.4 billion, which is 158% more than in the same period 2020.
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