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China fails to tackle decade-long flooding problem, billions of dollars at
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 5 (ANI): China has built many reservoirs, levees, dikes and dams on its seven major river systems over the last several years but is still struggling with a surge in crippling floods, which has destroyed huge swathes of agricultural and industrial land and millions
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GoLearn, India's first Artificial Intelligence-powered English Language Te
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 5 (ANI/Mediawire): According to the United Nations, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries, across all continents. Closures of schools and other
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Kazakh President allocates 150 billion tenge incentive bonuses to medical
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], September 4 (ANI): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that the government will allocate 150 billion tenge for the payment of incentive bonuses to medical workers for the second half of the year.
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Credit quality weakens for A-Pac metals and mining on economic slowdown
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Singapore, September 3 (ANI): The aggregate earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for 24 rated mining and mining services companies in the Asia Pacific will decline around 10 per cent to 53 billion dollars in 2020 from 59 billion dollars in 2019, Moody's Inv
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VC investment in fintech remains robust as M&A activity stalls: KPMG
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): India continued to see solid fintech investment in the first half of current calendar year despite Covid-19 with total investment activity at 1.05 billion dollars, global professional services firm KPMG said on Wednesday.
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SC rejects plea against order restraining Netflix from using Subrata Roy's
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain an appeal filed by Netflix challenging a Bihar court's order restraining it from using Sahara group chairman Subrata Roy's name in its upcoming web series 'Bad Boy Billionaires'.
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NASA congratulates Indian astronomers on Star Galaxy discovery
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], September 2 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has congratulated Indian astronomers on the discovery of one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.
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Coal India to invest over 1.22 lakh crores on 500 projects by 2023-24: Pra
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): With an aim to achieve 1 billion tonnes (BT) coal production by the year 2023-24 and make the nation Aatmanirbhar in coal, National Miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) will invest over Rs 1.22 lakh crores on about 500 projects related to coal evacuation, infrastructure
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Indian astronomers discover 'one of the farthest' star galaxies in univers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Indian astronomers have discovered one of the farthest star galaxies in the universe, estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth, informed the Department of Space, Indian Government.
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Delhi HC adjourns to September 7 hearing on Mehul Choksi's plea seeking pr
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned for September 7 hearing on a plea filed by diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is accused in the PNB scam, seeking pre-screening of a documentary titled "Bad Boy Billionaires".
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Japan to extend emergency loan for India to fight Covid-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Japan on Monday said it will extend emergency loan support of upto 50 billion yen towards India's response to the Covid-19 pandemic that includes implementation of health and medical policy.
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Mehul Choksi approaches Delhi HC seeking pre-screening of documentary 'Bad
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Diamantaire Mehul Choksi who is accused in PNB scam has approached division bench of Delhi High Court through Advocate Vijay Aggarwal seeking pre-screening of a documentary titled "Bad Boy Billionaires", which is scheduled to be released on September 2, on Ne
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