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Pakistan's politicians are failing their most vulnerable people
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
No attempt was made to reduce wasteful government spending or energy usage. No attempt was made to win back external creditors who have dumped Pakistani assets, unnerved by highly irresponsible comments from key policymakers. Promises made to the IMF were broken and wild accusations were hur
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Govt invites applicants for National Startup Awards 2023; deadline on May
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In this edition, the startups will be awarded across 20 categories, which have been decided upon thorough deliberations on current Indian and global economic focus points, according to a statement from the ministry of commerce and industry.
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World Bank reduces Pakistan's growth forecast to 0.4 per cent
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Increasing interest rates and uncertainty in financial markets have further enhanced pressure on Pakistan's economy, with future economic prospects heavily reliant on structural reform.
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India's tallest shopping mall to come up soon in Noida
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Delhi NCR [India], April 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): The nation's tallest and most opulent retail project, designed by SAYA Group to transform the area, will be unveiled at the real estate hotspot, Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. Due to its holistic features, the project will be a one-stop answer for
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World Bank says Pakistan urgently needs foreign loans to avoid "public deb
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The World Bank in its flagship report 'Pakistan Development Update' warned Pakistan regarding serious dangers to its economic and debt viability while predicting almost flat economic growth.
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government orders to halt 'image-bu
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a letter, addressed to the planning and development department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's information department said that in the wake of the "current economic crisis followed by the unavailability of funds," it had been decided to wind up the project immediately.
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Pakistan's endless strategic dilemma: Looking east and going west
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Analysis of Pakistan's foreign policy since 1947 shows a clear pattern of aligning itself with any country that could provide it with economic and military support at that particular moment. It has been in a perpetual state of strategic dilemma which it has not been able to resolve due to it
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India: World's emerging pharmacy hub
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
India has seen extraordinary growth in the pharma industry and has reached from Zero to 13 per cent of the global market. This impressive growth is an outcome of a series of sound legislation and economic environment, timely actions, and to a greater extent, the motive of welfare of the mass
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Four million people will fall below the poverty line in Pakistan in FY23,
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The World Bank has forecast about four million people falling below the lower middle-income poverty line amid economic growth plummeting to just 0.4 per cent against a budgeted target of 5pc
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Domestic cotton production in Pakistan declines to four decade low of 4.9
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As per Dawn, ginning data shows that the cotton harvest declined by a hefty 34 per cent this year from 7.44 million bales the previous year, mainly because of the catastrophic summer floods in Sindh and southern Punjab where this industrial crop is mostly grown.
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Is it safe to call India the world's best performing stock market?
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/PNN): A stock market or stock exchange is a place that facilitates the trade of industrial and financial security in a systematic and regulated manner. As a result, the stock market plays a key role in the development of a country's industrial and overall heal
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Six Indian students will participate in NASA Rover Challenge 2023 in US ne
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mentored by the Odisha-based Young Tinker Educational Foundation (formerly Navonmesh Prasar Foundation), these children hailed from various socio-economic backgrounds from different parts of India. Their team is one of the 61 teams selected from all across the world.
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