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Sitharaman praises AIIB for fast-tracking financial aid to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday praised the efforts of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for fast-tracking financial assistance of about USD 10 billion to its member countries including India to combat COVID-19 pandemic.<
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Pokemon Go Festival 2020: Players caught nearly a billion pokemon at onlin
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 28 (ANI): The Pokemon Go Fest 2020 -- an online-only event -- took place over the weekend, and since it was the first one open to all players regardless of their physical location, it is perhaps not surprising to hear that it was the biggest one yet.
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China pressurises Vietnam to cancel, compensate offshore firms operating i
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 27 (ANI): Amid the growing Chinese movement in the South China Sea, Vietnam has agreed to pay around a billion dollars to two international companies after cancelling their drill operations following pressure from Beijing, The Diplomat reported.
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H1 2020 clocks M&A deals worth $12 billion in India: PwC
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The first half of 2020 saw domestic merger and acquisition (M&A) deals worth 12 billion dollars -- more than half of the total M&A value over the last six months, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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Goldman Sachs reaches $3.9bn settlement with Malaysia over 1MDB scandal
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 24 (ANI): Malaysia has reached a USD 3.9 billion settlement with American multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs, over losses incurred from a multibillion-dollar scandal at the country's 1MDB investment fund.
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RIL overtakes ExxonMobil to become world's second most valuable energy com
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Reliance India Limited (RIL) on Friday overtook ExxonMobil to become the world's second most valuable energy company and 46th among the world's largest companies by market capitalisation.
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Bitbns teams up with Sylo to open crypto mainstream to a billion Indians
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): Bitbns, India's largest crypto exchange has joined hands with Global software development house Sylo to better serve the Indian market's growing demand for legitimate crypto-projects.
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US to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion for 100 million doses of Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 23 (ANI): The U.S. has agreed to pay Pfizer and BioNTech SE nearly $2 billion to secure 100 million doses of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine to provide to Americans free of charge, reported The Wall Street Journal.
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Dua Lipa becomes the first female musician with 4 songs over 1 billion Spo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): After being named as the first female artist to have four songs over one billion streams on music streaming service Spotify, musician Dua Lipa on Wednesday celebrated the "lil" victory by thanking her fans.
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US House of Representatives passes $740B bill to scrap Confederate names f
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 22 (ANI): The Democrat-led lower House of Representatives of the United States Congress on July 21 passed a $740 billion funding bill, with a provision requiring the names of Confederate soldiers and leaders be stripped from American military bases.
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Media industry full of credential stuffing attacks: Akamai
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [USA] July 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The media industry suffered 17 billion credential stuffing attacks between January 2018 and December 2019 according to a new report from Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences.
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Trump administration trying to block new funds for testing, tracing in upc
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 21 (ANI): The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill, Washington Post reported citing people familiar with the talks.
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