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Nepal to accept Rs 52 billion grant from US
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 3 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has decided to accept the biggest foreign grant amount in its history of Rs 51.38 billion from the United States' Millennium Challenge Corporation for road and electricity transmission line in Nepal.
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CPEC a master plan for deep Chinese penetration of Pakistan's economy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Aug.2 (ANI): The over USD 50 billionChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project appears is a master plan for deep Chinese penetration into Pakistan's economy, many businessmen inPakistan have told the Hong Kong based Asia Times.
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Google hosts first 'App Excellence Summit' to help developers bu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Google India today reaffirmed its commitment to help developers find success by building high quality products for India by India. In its first ever App Excellence Summit in Bangalore, Google brought together over 700 Indian app and games developers, where the
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Asia remains hot spot for anemia prevalence
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI-BusinessWire India): Anemia remains a major global public health problem with nearly 2.3 billion people suffering from it - an estimated 50 percent due to iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Southeast Asia and Africa continue to have the highest prevalence of anemia
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Protests erupt in Gilgit-Baltistan against China, CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan, July 31 (ANI): People in Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday came out onto the streets protesting against China and the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which passes through the region.
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Interim Pak PM candidate Abbasi faces NAB inquiry over LNG contract
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PNL-N) leader and the country's interim Prime Ministerial candidate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is facing a Rs. 220 billion corruption inquiry by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over an illegal contract to import Lique
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Sri Lanka, China sign deal to develop Hambantota Port
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 30 (ANI):After 10 years of negotiations, China Merchants Port Holdings has signed a 1.12 billion dollar agreement with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority to develop the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka.
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Apple sidesteps controversy; pays 2 billion to Nokia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Tech giant Apple settled their existing issues over patents with Nokia by making a payment of USD two billion, indicating the iPhone maker's urge to avoid a controversy. The terms of the licensing deal, however, have not been revealed by any of the comp
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Concerns over CPEC security as violence spreads in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Recent violence in Balochistan has again fuelled deep concerns about security for projects of the USD 57-billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) according to a report in the New York Times.
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Hike in FII investment limits in corporate debt will aid the growth of bon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): At USD 10.11 billion during Q1FY2018, inflows from foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to the debt market were the highest in any quarter during the last decade.
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Michael Kors to buy Jimmy Choo for 1.2 billion USD
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 25 (ANI): British shoe and bag company Jimmy Choo has been auctioned for 900 GBP and the buyer is none other than the global luxury fashion brand Michael Kors .
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Competition Commission of India approves Vodafone-Idea merger
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI-NewsVoir): The Competition Commission of India (CCI) today unconditionally approved the merger of the telecommunications businesses of Vodafone India Limited, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Vodafone Mobile Services Limited, with Idea Cellular Limited. The USD
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