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Kylie Jenner's lawyer demands retraction over Forbes billionaire story
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): American reality TV star Kylie Jenner's lawyer is demanding Forbes take down their story accusing the makeup mogul of lying her way to billionaire status.
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FDI into India up by 18 pc in 2019-20 to reach USD 73 bn: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India grew at 18 per cent in 2019-20 to reach USD 73 billion and asserted that this long-term investment will spur job creation.
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Nepal prioritizes health sector in budget amid pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 28 (ANI): Government of Nepal on Thursday introduced budget with a ceiling of Nepali Rs 1,474 billion and has prioritized health sector of nation as COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip hold in the Himalayan Nation.
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Combating COVID-19: Efforts on to develop vaccine in 1 year, will cost USD
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): India is making efforts to develop vaccine to treat COVID-19 patients, which will cost USD 2-3 billion, said Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, here on Thursday.
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Nissan logs $6.2 billion annual net loss, unveils 4-year transformation pl
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Yokohama [Japan], May 28 (ANI): Japanese automaker Nissan on Thursday reported a 671 billion yen (about 6.2 billion dollars) net loss for the latest fiscal year and said it intends to close its Barcelona plant in Spain in addition to the one it is planning to shutter in Indonesia.
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Cosmic ring of fire: Astronomers see super-rare type of galaxy
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 26 (ANI): A team of astronomers has captured an image of a rare type of galaxy, which is described as a "cosmic ring of fire" - as it existed 11 billion years ago.
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Nissan and Renault prepare billions of dollars in cuts
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 25 (ANI): Multinational automobile manufacturers Nissan and Renault have planned to disclose billions of dollars in cost cuts this week and slash capacity by an additional million vehicles in view of the coronavirus shutdowns, people familiar with the companies'
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JSW Steel Q4 net profit cracks by 86 pc to Rs 242 crore
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): JSW Steel, the flagship business of 14 billion dollar JSW Group, on Friday reported 86 per cent year-on-year fall in standalone net profit at Rs 242 crore for January to March quarter as compared to Rs 1,727 crore in the same quarter last year.
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In a country of 1.35 billion people, India has only 0.1 million cases of C
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In a country of 1.35 billion people, there are only 0.1 million cases of COVID-19, said Union Health and Family Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday.
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Lex Sportel brings you the first-ever LIVE cricket under lockdown conditio
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): 1SPORTS brings the first ever live cricket during the global COVID-19 pandemic shutdown for the benefit of billions of diehard cricket fans waiting to watch their favorite sport live!
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China backs WHO-led review of COVID-19 outbreak during annual meet
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 19 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all countries across the globe to support developing nations and pledged USD 2 billion in aid over two years to help them respond effectively to the pandemic.
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White House says China's 'token' USD 2 billion payment to WHO meant as dis
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The US government sees China's newly announced payment to the World Health Organization (WHO) as an attempt to distract from Beijing's failure in handling the COVID-19 outbreak, White House National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said in a
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