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Birlasoft launches Pega Center of Excellence
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Birlasoft, a part of the 2.4 billion dollar C K Birla Group, has launched a Pega Center of Excellence (COE) on the onset of the global premier consulting partnership with Pegasystems Inc to deliver innovative software that crushes business compl
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India becomes 60th country to authorise Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 13 (ANI): India has become the 60th country to authorize the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, and the vaccine is now approved in countries with a total population of 3 billion, or 40 percent of the world's population, the Russian Direct Investm
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Pakistan hoping for USD 1 billion debt relief from G-20
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Pakistan is hoping to get around USD one billion relief from G-20, the Pakistan Economic Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.
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Despite IMF loans, Pakistan continues to rely on China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan is set to address a dozen conditions in six months to meet the USD 6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as the debt-ridden country continues to rely heavily on its all-weather friend China, for additional support, according to a
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China slaps record $2.8 billion fine on Alibaba after antitrust probe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 10 (ANI): Chinese regulators on Saturday slapped a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding after a months-long antitrust investigation that was initiated on Christmas eve last year, reports South China Morning Post.
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Biden administration seeks USD 715 bn defence budget to 'deter' China, Rus
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has asked Congress to provide USD 715 billion for the defence budget to "deter" Russia and China, the White House said.
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India's exports rise by 297 per cent in first week of April
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India's goods exports posted a 297.2 per cent increase (year-on-year) in the first seven days of this fiscal to $6.79 billion and by 8.42 per cent (YoY) over the corresponding period of 2019-20.
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Kim Kardashian says her family will have more members joining billionaires
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): American reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who has recently entered the Forbes list of world's billionaires, shared she won't be her family's last billionaire and there are more who will be joining the triple comma club soon.
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ADB sells record $5 billion 5-year global benchmark bond
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 9 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a five billion dollars five-year global bond proceeds of which will be part of ADB's ordinary capital resources.
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Billionaire calls bitcoin 'Chinese financial weapon', urges US to consider
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): Referring to bitcoin as a 'Chinese financial weapon', billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has urged the US government to consider tighter regulations on cryptocurrencies.
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Pakistan's economy not managed properly in past, admits PM Imran Khan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): As loans worth billions of dollars continue to mount on Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday admitted that the country's economy has been mismanaged in the past.
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Kim Kardashian enters Forbes' list of world's billionaires
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): Nearly five years of her Forbes cover, reality TV star Kim Kardashian has officially entered the magazine's 2021 list of world's Billionaires.
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