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Poor man's 'Trump' Imran Khan leading Pakistan into a sinkhole: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Imran Khan is a poor man's 'Trump' as he is creating his own version of new truth about the political system, calling all his opponents thugs, declaring he was the only option to save the state, just like the former US President Donald Tr
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Wickremesinghe urges parties to find ways to repay loans as unrest delayed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that the unrest had delayed a possible deal with the International Monetary Fund to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis and urged political parties must work together on find
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami protests against arrest of MPA Abdul Rasheed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a demonstration outside the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) City office to protest against the registration of a case against the member of the Provincial Assembly Syed Abdul Rasheed, local media reported.
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India's future lies in strengthening liberal democracy and institutions: R
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 30 (ANI): The notion that democracy holds back economic development is wrong and India's future lies in strengthening its liberal democracy and institutions, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said.
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India does not have problems like Pakistan and Sri Lanka, says former RBI
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 30 (ANI): India has sufficient foreign exchange (forex) reserves, external debts are low and the country is not having the economic problems like Sri Lanka and Pakistan, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said.
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Sri Lanka way? Moody's, Fitch and S&P downgrade Pakistan's rating
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Citing the country's weakening economic position, Moody's, then Fitch, and now S&P Global - three major global rating agencies have downgraded Pakistan's long-term rating from stable to negative, according to media reports.
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SUNREF India - Contribution to green housing in India
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI/India PR Distribution): The National Housing Bank (NHB) organised the final event for showcasing the contributions of the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Financing (SUNREF) India Housing Programme toward green housing in the country at Silver O
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Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 30 (ANI): In Sri Lanka, which is battling a crushing economic crisis, is now facing another predicament with its women, most of them who have lost their jobs in the textile sector, now forced to become sex workers to earn a livelihood.
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Pakistan power authority NEPRA to raise electricity tariffs again
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued a decision to increase the basic electricity tariff once again after it raised the basic electricity tariff by Rs 7.9 per unit last week.
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Pakistani rupee may slump further to PKR 275 per dollar: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Pakistan is already staring down an economic nightmare and amid this more troubling news keeps coming as IGI Securities Ltd, one of the leading securities firms in Pakistan, said that the Pakistani rupee may slump further to 275 per dollar, media reports
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Japan hands over medical supplies consignment to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 29 (ANI): The Japanese government came forward to help Sri Lanka and handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million of essential medicines through UNICEF to meet the urgent needs of the population.
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India committed to assist Sri Lanka in overcoming economic crisis: Preside
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Newly-elected President Droupadi Murmu while extending felicitations to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India has been committed to assist the people of Sri Lanka in overcoming the challenges posed by the economic crises.
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