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Apple to acquire majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in USD 1 bn
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], July 26 (ANI): Apple has officially announced that it is acquiring a majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in a deal valued at USD 1 billion.
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BNM delegation meets UK lawmaker, raises concern over human rights situati
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 22 (ANI): A delegation of Baloch National Movement (BNM) UK zone met a member of the United Kingdom parliament and raised concerns over the worsening human rights situation in Balochistan.
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International Court slaps $5 bn penalty on Pak in Reko Diq case
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): A World Bank arbitration court has imposed a penalty of over five billion dollars on Pakistan for unlawful denial of a mining lease to a company for the Reko Diq project in 2011.
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Former Bangla Prez Hussain Muhammad Ershad passes away at 89
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Former Bangladesh President Hussain Muhammad Ershad passed away on Sunday, aged 89, after weeks in a Dhaka hospital.
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Chinese firms pledge to invest USD 5 bn in debt-ridden Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Leading Chinese firms have told Prime Minister Imran Khan that they will invest USD 5 billion in cash-strapped Pakistan in various sectors over a period of three to five years.
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Bangladesh: 9 BNP leaders sentenced to death for attack on Sheikh Hasina 2
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 4 : A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced nine Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists to death, and 25 others to life imprisonment for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago.
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Qatar to invest USD 3 bn in cash-strapped Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 25 (ANI): Qatar has decided to invest USD 3 billion in cash-strapped Pakistan to help the latter in shoring up its crumbling economy.
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Telangana: Congress stages protest against Bhatti Vikramarka's arrest
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], June 11 (ANI): Amidst ongoing political slugfest in Telangana, Congress leaders on Tuesday staged a 'rasta-roko' protest at BN Reddy Circle here against Bhatti Vikramarka's arrest and forced hospitalisation.
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$19 bn disaster aid bill blocked for 3rd time in US House
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): The United States House of Representative on Thursday failed to pass a multibillion-dollar disaster relief bill, for the third time in less than a week, once again thwarting Democrats' efforts to pass the long-delayed legislation that is supported by Pres
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Sri Lanka: 5 terror suspects arrested with Rs 1 bn in bank accounts
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 26 (ANI): The bank accounts of five terror suspects, who were arrested a day earlier for close links with Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), had funds worth Rs 1 billion, a senior police official said.
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India's exports in last fiscal year estimated at USD 535.45 bn: Commerce M
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 15 (ANI): India's overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April-March 2018-19 are estimated to be USD 535.45 billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 7.97 per cent over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries said in a statemen
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Pentagon authorises $1 bn for Trump's border wall
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): The Pentagon on Monday (local time) notified the US Congress that it authorised the transfer of USD 1 billion for building a barricade along the US-Mexico border, which was a long-standing demand by President Donald Trump.
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