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Pakistan's economic freedom claims face hard reality check
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A recent analysis paints a complicated and often uncomfortable picture of Pakistan's standing on economic freedom, suggesting that official narratives of stabilisation are colliding with persistent structural weaknesses, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Trump confronts South African President Cyril with 'baseless' claims of wh
Updated : 1 year ago IST
US President Donald Trump, during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday (local time), confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with unsubstantiated claims that white South Africans--particularly Afrikaner farmers--are being systematically murdered, as reported by The Hill.
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30 years after end of aparthied, S Africans vote in elections where Mandel
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The ANC led by 66-year-old South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to seek one or more coalition partners to rule the country if it gets less than 50 per cent of the national vote. The ANC has won six consecutive national elections since 1994.
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"If women get economic freedom, they will get freedom in everything": Tela
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Governor of Telangana and the Lt Governor of Puducherry, Tamilisai Soundararajan, attended the 'District Women Empowerment Seminar' on Sunday and urged women to start businesses, emphasizing that economic freedom for women leads to overall freedom.
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Singapore ranks First, India 26th in Asia-Pac in latest Economic Freedom I
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Singapore, March 8 (ANI): Singapore topped the global ranking for the second year in a row in the latest Economic Freedom Index published last week by US conservative think-tank, The Heritage Foundation.
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Singapore tops economic freedom index; why is India at 120th place?
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Singapore, Mar 23 (ANI): Singapore overtook Hong Kong as the world's freest economy for the first time since 1995 in the latest Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom published last week.
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Rationalise govt intervention to boost economic freedom, wealth creation
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2019-20 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Friday suggested rationalisation of government intervention to boost economic freedom and wealth creation.
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Index of Economic Freedom: India leapfrogs 13 places to 130
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Adding another feather to its cap, India jumped 13 places to achieve the 130th spot in this year's Index of Economic Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation, an American think-tank.
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S Africa's Zuma faces another no confidence vote
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa] Feb 3 (ANI): Parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete has scheduled a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma on February 22.
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Protesters ransack South African H&M stores over `racist` ad
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Gauteng [South Africa], Jan 14 (ANI): Angered by a "racist" advert of Swedish fashion retailer H&M, protesters from the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) movement ransacked several stores in the Gauteng province of the country.
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Nation has lost economic freedom post 'visionless' demonetisatio
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): Leaving no stone unturned to target the Centre over demonetisation, as the move completes three months today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the nation has lost its economic freedom post the 'visionless' drive.
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Narasimha Rao won India economic freedom in 1991, says Sanjaya Baru
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
By I. Ramamohan Rao
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