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Money exchangers bolstered Afg-Pak USD cartel by manipulating trade: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Diplomat said the black market is dominated by the flow of US dollars across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which unifies the economic crises of the two countries.
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Putin holds telephonic conversation with Saudis ahead of OPEC+ committee m
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday had a telephone conversation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
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We are stronger together against any threat: French Envoy hails Indo-Frenc
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In an exclusive interview with ANI, the French Ambassador to India said, "Well, with India we have great cooperation. We have been training, as you just mentioned. We had a great naval exercise called Varuna where our two navies year after year learnt how to be even more interoperable, to
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India's G20 Presidency: Bengaluru set to host first energy transition work
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The meeting will have over 150 participants including G20 member countries, nine special invitee guest countries - Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, UAE, and Spain.
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Union Minister discusses circular economy, tackling of single-use plastic,
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In the meeting, the German delegation raised issues relating to impact of climate change on forests, trilateral cooperation in Africa on environment and climate, circular economy, alternatives for plastics, and how both countries may further explore bilateral cooperation in these areas, acco
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Security Council needs to be reformed: UNGA President Csaba Korosi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Korosi said that the balance of power in the world is changing. "It is an Oslo understanding that countries and leaders of the world are demanding that the Security Council should be reformed," he said.
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Make bold, sustainable investments to help free people of Neglected Tropic
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas. Globally, they affect more than 1 billion people, cost low- and middle-income countries billions of dollars every year, and perpetuate a cycle of poor educational outcomes and limited professional oppor
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PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat finds mention of growing interest of millets in Ind
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution for declaring the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets and the proposal of India was supported by 72 countries. UNGA declared 2023 as the International Year
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Startups solving problems of education, health, for 1 bn people for India
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Speaking at the inaugural session of G20 first inception meet in Hyderabad, the G20 Sherpa said, "Earlier, opening a bank a/c in India took 8-9 months whereas today, it's possible within a minute using biometrics. Since last four years, we do more fast payments compared to US, Europe and Chi
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India says UN Security Council must be made more representative of develop
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
R Ravindra said that it is clear that outdated systems that were created to deal with the challenges of the past cannot be expected to address the multitude of challenges of "today's dynamic and interdependent world."
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Sushi chef's world championship held in Japan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Celebrating the history and love for this great dish, a sushi chef's world championship was recently held at the Toyosu market in Tokyo. This was the 10th edition of the event. Finalists from nine countries, including 15 sushi chefs from the US, Europe, Asia, and South America, participated
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'Have invited all members to SCO Film Festival, attending or not upto them
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, on Friday said all member countries were formally invited to the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Film Festival in Mumbai and attending the event was entirely upto them.
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