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India's forex reserves dip by $9.64 billion, the biggest drop in 2 years
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves declined by $9.646 billion to $622.275 billion in the week ended March 11, the sharpest decline in nearly two years, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) heavily sold dollars to prevent the slide in the val
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Oil prices climb as traders assess supply risks
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for April delivery added 1.72 US dollars, or 1.7 per cent, to settle at 104.70 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for May delivery increased 1.29 dollars, or 1.2 per cent, to close at 107.9
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Largest opium producer Afghanistan, contributes 87 pc total global output
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Vienna [Austria], March 17 (ANI): With about 87 per cent of the global production, Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer despite a 9 billion dollar effort over a two-decade period by the United States to deter illegal production in the country, according to an analyst associated
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World Bank supports Bangladesh farmers vulnerable to climate change
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a 120 million US dollars financing agreement to help improve the irrigated agricultural and fisheries production and increase the incomes of 170,000 poor people vulnerable to climate change.
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Afghan authority claims foreign institutions presenting false statistics a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 16 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has claimed that certain foreign institutions were misleading the world by presenting false statistics about humanitarian aid and embezzling tens of millions of dollars in the name of Afgh
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China, Pakistan power plant dispute at breaking point over non-payment iss
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): As China halts the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) over differences in cost estimations and contractual disputes with Pakistan, the issue of overdue payments owed to Chinese independent power producers (IPPs) is near a breaki
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Ukraine crisis has made China's economy dependent on Japan's banks
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): With dollar liquidity in Asia likely to become tighter amid the Ukraine crisis and China's banking system remaining domestically focused, Japan's megabanks in financing Asia's economy will be a critical factor in ensuring free flow of dollars in the region, r
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Locals in Afghanistan's Kabul complain about high food prices
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): Dozens of Kabul residents have complained about the high prices of food materials, saying that has been no significant reduction in food prices despite the dollar's value dropping against the Afghan currency.
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USD 32 million in humanitarian aid reaches Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 13 (ANI): Afghanistan's Central Bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, has announced that humanitarian aid worth 32 million US dollars has arrived in Kabul, according to local media.
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Maharashtra Budget 2022-23: State to be the first to have USD 1 trillion e
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): Maharashtra is set to become the first state in India to have a trillion-dollar economy, Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, said while presenting the state's Budget for 2022-23.
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Australia to allocate over USD 27 bln to boost national defense by 2040: R
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The Australian government is going to allocate 38 billion Australian dollars (over USD 27 billion) to boost the national defence and increase the number of military employees by some 18,000 until 2040, media reported.
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Biden signs executive order on cryptocurrencies, places urgency on digital
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI/Xinhua): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order calling on the whole government to examine the risks and benefits of cryptocurrencies, placing great urgency on the research and development of a possible digital US dollar.
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