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Corporate layoffs major threat to Chinese economy amid unemployment crisis
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the most recent data from China's National Bureau of Statistics, the urban youth unemployment rate reached 20 per cent in April 2023 for the first time since statistics became available in January 2018, according to Greek City Times.
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Go First now extends flight cancellations till June 9
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Crisis-hit Go First Airlines on Tuesday informed that its scheduled flight operations will remain cancelled till June 9, adding that a full refund will be issued to the passengers. Earlier, it was supposed to be till June 7.
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Climate change to decline Pakistan's agricultural yields: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan faces a huge food crisis due to rapidly increasing population and inadequate food productivity. Currently, Pakistan is ranked at 92nd position out of 116 nations in Global Hunger Index.
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Time right to address governance gaps in banking, says RBI deputy governor
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India, Rajeshwar Rao, said time is right to address the gaps in governance frameworks in banks as the overall banking sector in India at the moment is sound, resilient, and financially healthy.
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Gender equality 'significantly important' for a world without hunger, says
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As the situation of Afghanistan continues to deteriorate under Taliban's hardline restrictions, taking a veiled dig, UN Chief Antonio Guterres has said that gender equality is significantly essential for a world without hunger, adding accessing education will increase food security for women
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Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage 'hotspots': Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Warnings on Pakistan and Afghanistan have been issued in a report jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
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"Will take some time to set economy on right path": Pakistan Finance Minis
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Ishaq Dar while talking to a delegation of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) on Saturday, said: "There's no quick fix, and it will take time as we had faced such challenges in 1998 and 2013; but all of those challenges were efficiently tackled in due course of time."
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UAE receives 180 people from Sudan arriving on evacuation plane
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
An evacuation plane from Sudan arrived in the United Arab Emirates, carrying approximately 180 people from several countries.
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Music Composer-Duo Salim-Sulaiman launched Musical Anthem - "Aaj Zindagi J
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1: According to Global Youth Tobacco Survey-4, 38% of cigarette, 47% of bidi smokers and 52% of smokeless tobacco users in India initiated the use before their 10th birthday. In contrast, 71% of students thought other people's cigarette smoking is harmful t
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"Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence", says Novak Djokovic as
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On Monday, the World No. 3 seeded Novak Djokovic made a statement after defeating American Aleksandar Kovacevic in Paris. After the match, he wrote on the lens of a camera that, Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence. On Wednesday, Novak Djokovic defeated Hungarian Marton Fucsovic
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Pakistan reeling from its worst economic, political crises: Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan's Ministry of Finance has warned of challenges originating from uncertain external and domestic economic environments, including higher inflation and external debt repayments, due to lesser foreign exchange inflows, according to Geo News.
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Pakistan a 'very high concern' area in food insecurity: UN report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
It observes that, in the midst of the present global economic slump, rising state debt has aggravated Pakistan's protracted financial crisis.
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