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COVID-19: Odisha govt issues expenditure rationalisation measures
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 8 (ANI): Odisha Government on Tuesday issued the expenditure rationalisation measures for all the departments in the wake of the economic downturn due to COVID-19.
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Covid-19 pandemic tanks Russian economy, plunges families into crisis
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 4 (ANI): As countries across the globe has been facing the worst collective economic downturn since the Great Depression, Russia seems to be particularly hard hit by the twin blows of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the collapse in oil prices.
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COVID-19 may push millions of children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York/Geneva, June 12 (ANI): Millions of more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF
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States' deficit, market borrowings to increase to 4.5 pc of GDP: Ind-Ra
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) expects the aggregate fiscal deficit of states to now rise to 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in FY21 as against the agency's earlier forecast of 3 per cent.
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Odisha Congress makes human chain to support nationwide trade union strike
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Patnaik on Wednesday made a human chain to support a nationwide trade union strike against economic downturn.
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Emerging east Asia bond market growth steady amid global slowdown
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Nov 20 (ANI): Emerging east Asia's local currency bond market posted steady growth during the third quarter of 2019 despite persistent trade uncertainties and a global economic downturn, according to the latest issue of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asia Bond Monit
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Federal Reserve cuts interest rate for first time since 2008 financial cri
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut down its interest rates -- for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis -- by a quarter percentage point in an attempt to ward off the possibility of an economic downturn.
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