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Saudi Crown Prince to visit Pakistan on Feb 16
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 12 (ANI): Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman will embark on a two-day visit to Islamabad on Tuesday (February 16) to sign an agreement on oil refinery project, worth USD 10 billion, in the port city of Gwadar.
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Australia signs 50 billion AUD defence pact with French company
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Feb 11 (ANI): Australia has signed a defence deal worth 50 billion dollars (AUD) with French shipbuilder Naval Group to produce 12 attack class submarines for the Australian Navy.
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Equities extend losses after dismal results by Tata Motors
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Stock markets extended losses on Friday after auto major Tata Motors posted its worst quarterly loss of Rs 26,993 crore due to an impairment charge of 3.1 billion pounds for Jaguar Land Rover.
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Defence Minister counters Rahul Gandhi's charges on Rafale deal in LS, Opp
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected Congress President Rahul Gandhi's allegation based on a media report that claimed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ran parallel negotiations with France on the multi-billion Rafale fighter jet deal.
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Rahul Gandhi attacks PM over Rafale deal, accuses him of robbing Air Force
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of robbing the Air Force of Rs 30,000 crore and giving it to businessman Anil Ambani, in "parallel negotiations" conducted by the Prime Minister's Office in the multi-billion do
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Tata Motors profit takes a hit of Rs 27,838 crore at JLR
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai, Feb 7 (ANI): Tata Motors said on Thursday its profit after tax of Rs 26,961 crore during October to December 2018 was impacted by an exceptional item of asset impairment in Jaguar Land Rover of 3.1 billion pounds (about Rs 27,838 crore).
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Scholars, experts call CPEC an 'oppressive design of Pakistan, China'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 5 (ANI): Scholars, former diplomats, human rights activists and journalists from various parts of the world gathered in Paris to discuss the implications of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Facebook posts record USD 6.9 billion in profit despite controversies
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], January 31 (ANI): Despite numerous scandals, Facebook is making more money than ever. The company posted its quarterly revenue report underlining record profits.
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Toffee Insurance introduces salary protect plan for the next half billion
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (NewsVoir): Toffee Insurance, a Gurgaon-based all-digital insurtech startup has recently announced India’s first Salary Protect Plan (Kamai Bachao Yojna) Health insurance to protect loss of income in case of hospitalization.
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Media and entertainment industry to touch $ 52.6 billion by 2022: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Indian media and entertainment industry is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.7 per cent from 30.3 billion dollars in 2017 to 52.6 billion dollars in 2022, according to a joint study conducted by industry body ASSOCHAM a
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Thailand aims to attract more Indian tourists
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore [Singapore], Jan 28 (ANI): Thailand is one of the favourite international tourist destinations for Indians. The Indian tourists spent almost 70 billion Baht (USD 2.2 billion) last year and 58 per cent of them have been there before with the length of stay averaging 7.45 days. Th
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Cash-strapped Pakistan receives $1 bn each from Saudi Arabia, UAE
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad (Pakistan), Jan 25 (ANI): Battling a severe financial crunch, Pakistan received the third tranche of $1 billion from Saudi Arabia and a similar amount from the United Arab Emirates.
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