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Filling in 11 billion years of the universe's expansion history
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 20 (ANI): Filling in the most significant gaps in our understanding of the universe's history, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released Sunday a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the cosmos ever created.
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Boeing receives $916 million deal to support International Space Station f
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 16 (Sputnik/ANI): Boeing announced in a press release that it has won an almost one billion dollar contract to support the operations of the International Space Station (ISS) through to 2024.
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Kazakhstan ramps up action against COVID-19, extends quarantine measure fo
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Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], July 16 (ANI): Ramping up its fight against coronavirus, Kazakhstan has taken active measure to combat the spread of the deadly infection including extending restrictive quarantine measures and allocating 150 billion Kazakh tenge (over USD 363 million) to resolve urg
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China, Iran enters $400 billion strategic partnership deal
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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): China and Iran have reached a $400 billion strategic partnership deal.
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Five years after New Horizons flyby, 10 cool things about Pluto
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Washington D.C. [USA], July 15 (ANI): Five years ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid piano-sized probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto.
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Flipkart raises new equity round with Walmart-led investor group, valuing
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): Flipkart Group on Tuesday closed an additional 1.2 billion dollar equity round to support continued development of its e-commerce marketplace as India emerges from the Covid-19 crisis.
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China-Russia trade turnover fell by 6% to $49.1 billion in 1st half of 202
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Moscow [Russia], July 14 (Sputnik/ ANI): Trade flow between China and Russia in the first quarter of 2020 came in at $49.1 billion, a 6 percent drop from the same period last year, according to statistics from China's General Administration of Customs (GACC).
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China's central bank injects 30 billion yuan into market
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing (China), July 14 (Xinhua/ ANI): China's central bank continued to pump cash into the banking system via the process of reverse repo Tuesday to maintain liquidity.
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US budget deficit hits record high of $864 billion in June
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Washington [US], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The US federal budget deficit hit a record $864 billion in June amid the coronavirus pandemic, bringing total deficits for the year to an all-time high of $2.7 trillion, the Treasury's monthly statement showed on Monday.
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Google investing USD 10 billion is acknowledgement of India's digital empo
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New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Union Communication, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad welcomed Google CEO Sundar Pichai's announcement of an investment of Rs 75,000 crore or approximately US$10 billion into India through Google for India Digistation Fu
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Google announces $10 billion investment into India
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday announced an investment of Rs 75,000 crore or approximately US$10 billion into India over the next five to seven years through 'Google for India Digistation Fund'.
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$29 billion loss expected for Asia Pacific airlines this year: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Airlines in the Asia Pacific region will be the hardest hit by COVID-19 crisis with losses expected to be 29 billion dollars for 2020, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday.
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