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Trump to propose increase in defence spending by $54 billion
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Feb. 27 (ANI): The White House announced Monday that President Donald Trump's first budget proposal will look to increase defence and security spending by $54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defence programs.
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Pak government releases over Rs.430 billion for development schemes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.27 (ANI): The Pakistan government has released over 430 billion rupees for different social sector development projects against a total allocation of 800 billion rupees, the Ministry of Planning release said Monday.
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UKEF CEO in India to promote flexible, innovative financial support for fi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.21 (ANI):Louis Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of UK Export Finance (UKEF), is visiting India from 20-23 February. UKEF, the UK's Export Credit Agency, has up to £1 billion in capacity to provide finance to support Indian buyers of British goods, services an
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Baloch, Sindhi activists hold anti-CPEC protest outside Chinese embassy in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb.21 (ANI): The resistance against the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) reached London, when Baloch and Sindhi activists staged a protest outside the Chinese embassy.
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Food processing sector to generate 9 million jobs by 2024: study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 19 (ANI): Indian food processing sector has the potential to attract USD 33 billion of investment and create nine million jobs by FY 2024, revealed an ASSOCHAM-Grant Thorton Research paper.
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Pakistan's envoy invites UAE to invest in CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.15 (ANI): Pakistan's envoy to the United Arab Emirates, Moazzam Ahmed Khan, has said that he has invited that country to invest in the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Pak Board of Investment identifies 41 sites for CPEC economic zones
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.15 (ANI): Pakistan's Board of Investment (PBOI) has identified 41 sites for establishing special economic zones (SEZs) to give a boost to the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
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Sachin Tendulkar shares some 'awwdorable' moments with Harbhajan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Sachin Tedulkar, who recently announced the release date of his biographical film 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams,' was spotted spending some very cute moments with Hinaya Heer, the adorable munchkin of cricketer Harbhajan Singh.
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Pakistan Govt., military perpetrating genocidal crackdown of Sindhis, clai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb.14 (ANI): The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a major separatist political party in Sindh, Pakistan, has issued a global appeal to all civilized nations to apply both political and diplomatic pressure on the Government of Pakistan to stop it and China from establis
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Pakistan to take USD 600 million loan from China to enhance forex reserves
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 10 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to borrow USD 600 million from China to increase its forex reserves as its foreign currency reserves have declined by USD 1.7 billion due to end of the International Monetary Fund programme.
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Strong client patronage enables Square Yards to cross 10,000 property tran
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Real Estate start-up Square Yards on Thursday announced that it has crossed an important milestone of 10,000 property transactions with a combined GTV (Gross Transactional Value) of more than USD one billion in the past three years since its inception.
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Oracle Marketing Cloud teams with Eyeota to enhance global data offering
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Oracle Marketing Cloud on Tuesday announced its teaming with Eyeota to enable marketers and advertisers to use Eyeota data in the Oracle Data Management Platform to more intelligently target and personalize non-US campaigns to Eyeota's three billion uniqu
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