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$1 billion pledge a 'quantum leap' in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial USD 606 million flash appeal for the country.
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China, Russia could be reverse-engineering US military equipment left behi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 13 (ANI): Lashing out at the Biden administration's handling of US drawdown from Afghanistan, former President Donald suggested that China and Russia could make use of US military equipment left behind in the country and reverse-engineer stockpile of weapons run
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US investment firm scraps USD 3bn takeover of property giant Soho China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 12 (ANI): Amid the increasing trend of a clampdown on large business deals in China, US investment firm Blackstone Group is dropping its USD 3 billion bid for a controlling stake in property giant Soho China.
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WhatsApp to add encrypted backups for messages
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp, on Friday announced that it will let its more than 2 billion users fully encrypt the backups of their messages.
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Pakistan: State Bank's reserves fall USD 123 million to USD 20 billion
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): Foreign exchange reserves held by Pakistan's Central Bank fell 0.61 per cent on a weekly basis, according to State Bank of Pakistan's data on Thursday.
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India's inclusion in global bond indices may attract USD170 to 250 billion
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 9 (ANI): Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it expects India to be included in global bond indices in early 2022 and the index inclusion will attract USD170 to 250 billion in bond inflows in the next decade in base/bull scenario.
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Kylie Jenner confirms she is expecting second baby with Travis Scott
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): The billionaire beauty mogul Kylie Jenner has confirmed that she is pregnant and expecting her second child with rapper Travis Scott.
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Amid depleting groundwater table, Aquabrim is promoting water security acr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): It is common knowledge, taught to us since school days that water covers 70 per cent of our planet, and only three per cent out of it is fresh water and two-third of it is stored in glaciers. However, the struggles of over a billion people world
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Taliban's victory in Afghanistan complicates Pakistan-China relations
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 7 (ANI): From politicians to cricketers to Islamists, Pakistan is celebrating the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. But Islamabad's all-weather ally Beijing is flexing its muscles for access to Kabul to extend its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (
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India aims to increase textile exports 3 times at earliest, says Piyush Go
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): During an interaction with leaders of the textile industry, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Friday that the nation must aim to increase textile exports three times from the present value of 33 billion dollars to 100 billi
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Indian MedTech sector has potential to reach 50 USD billion by 2025: Jiten
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): India is recognized as a sunrise sector in medical technology with a potential to reach 50 USD billion by 2025, said Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, while speaking at the virtual inaugural
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Merchandise exports soared 45 pc to USD 33.14 billion in August 2021, trad
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The preliminary data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Thursday has shown that India's merchandise exports in August 2021 soared 45.17 per cent to USD33.14 billion as compared to USD 22.83 billion in the same month last year.
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