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World Bank announces $1 billion social protection package for India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank's board of executive directors has approved a one billion dollar social protection response programme to support India's efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households which have been severely impacted by the COVID
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World Bank gives $1 billion as social security fund for India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank has approved one billion dollar package for India's urban poor and migrant workers during the coronavirus crisis.
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World Bank approves USD 1 billion additional aid to India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank on Friday approved USD 1 billion social protection package for India linked to Central government's programmes.
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SOFIA finds hidden clues in Pluto's haze
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 14 (ANI): Observations made with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) -- a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope -- has helped explain how Pluto's haze is formed and how the distant Sun affects the dwarf planet fro
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Vedanta makes buyout offer to delist from BSE, NSE
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Vedanta Ltd has announced a proposal to delist from Indian stock exchanges BSE and NSE with promoter group Vedanta Resources making an offer to buy out the 48.94 per cent non-promoter shares.
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Here's why finding a COVID-19 vaccine won't be enough to end the pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 13 (ANI): Medical experts have warned that the volume of vaccine available to fight the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 in coming years is expected to fall far short of global demand, despite an unprecedented effort to manufacture billions of doses.
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PM Modi announces USD 265 billion fiscal stimulus, second largest in Asia
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced USD 265 billion fiscal stimulus to deal with COVID-19 situation in the country. The package is the second largest in Asia after Japan.
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US administration to allocate USD 11 billion to states for coronavirus tes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): The Donald Trump administration will allocate USD 11 billion to states in the United States to ramp up coronavirus testing, a White House official announced on Monday.
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Nirav Modi's five-day extradition trial in PNB fraud case to begin in UK t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 11 (ANI): Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi's five-day extradition trial over the nearly USD2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case is set to begin in London's Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
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Novelis Q4 sales dive 12 pc to $2.7 billion as commodity prices fall
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Atlanta [USA], May 8 (ANI): Novelis Inc, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla-led Hindalco Industries, has reported 12 per cent year-on-year decline in net sales to 2.7 billion dollars for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 due to lower average LME aluminum prices and local market premiums, and a 7 p
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IMF approves $18 billion emergency financing for 50 countries during COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already authorised financial assistance for 50 member countries during the coronavirus pandemic, said IMF Spokesperson Gerry Rice on Thursday (local time) during a virtual press briefing.
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Welspun Enterprises adds prime toll road to infra portfolio
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Welspun Enterprises, part of the 2.7 billion dollar Welspun Group, on Thursday announced plan to acquire a build-operate-transfer (BOT) toll project from Essel group's company Mukarba Chowk Panipat Toll Roads Ltd (MCPTRL).
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