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US to help Pakistan revive IMF deal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): The United States has agreed to help Pakistan negotiate a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amidst unprecedented economic instability in the country, reported local media, citing diplomatic sources.
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Promoting the art of learning is skill-based education, say the founders o
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI/GPRC): There have been a few industries and sectors that have shown no signs of stopping whatsoever. Hence, the world witnessed how some of them, even amidst the global health crisis, kept growing and developing in varied ways for the better.
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer serves tea, buns to people waiting at fuel sta
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis in the country, former Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama was spotted serving tea and buns to people waiting in lines outside the stores to buy fuel and cooking gas.
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Pakistan: After Sindh and Punjab, Islamabad opts to limit business hours
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): After Sindh and Punjab provinces, Pakistan's capital Islamabad had also decided to limit the operational hours of markets, shopping malls, wedding halls, and restaurants amid the energy crisis in the country.
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Lebanese wheat farmers struggle to sustain livelihoods in spiraling inflat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Crop harvesters are busy reaping the sprawling wheat fields in eastern and southern Lebanon, marking the start of this year's harvest season amid a food crisis in Lebanon compounded by global supply shortages.
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Sri Lankan govt announces to shut down schools amid power shortage
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 19 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis, the Sri Lanka government on Saturday announced to shut down all the schools for the coming week, a local media reported.
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Hunger surges in Afghanistan as drought persists
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] June 18 (ANI): The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for increased global support to stem spiralling hunger in Afghanistan as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises threatens millions.
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Sri Lankan PM says steps will be taken to mitigate food crisis in country
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 18 (ANI): Amidst the unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that steps will be taken to mitigate the food crisis in the island nation.
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Pakistan: Punjab to implement energy-saving plans
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Amid the power crisis in Pakistan, the provincial government of Punjab on Saturday decided to enforce energy-conservation plans to tackle the chronic situation, local media reported.
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British oil giant BP shows desire to remain Russia's Rosneft shareholder:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
St Petersburg [Russia], June 18 (ANI/Sputnik): UK oil and gas company, BP, announced its withdrawal from Russia's Rosneft but still remains a shareholder and shows a desire to stay despite the crisis without real losses, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said on Saturday.
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Unanimous support on need to stand with Sri Lanka in difficult time: Jaish
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka and said that there was "unanimous support" on the need to stand with the neighbouring country in this hour of crisis.
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UN chief warns of 'global mental health crisis'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned against a "global mental health crisis," while launching a report on mental health.
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