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Pakistan second-worst country in terms of gender equality: World Economic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Pakistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Pakistan as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity, a media report said.
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Study confirms lead-in-water causes adverse fetal health outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Health economics researchers have confirmed a causal relationship between lead-in-water and adverse fetal health outcomes. Although many studies have found a correlation between lead exposure and health, a causal link had been lacking in the literature until n
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Faced with 'darkening' outlook, IMF set to downgrade global growth
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Faced with a "darkening" economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to further downgrade global growth for both 2022 and 2023 in its World Economic Outlook Update to be released later this month.
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Army tanks deployed near Sri Lankan Parliament as crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka Army deployed tanks near Parliament on Thursday to prevent protesters from entering the Parliament.
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Growth in developing economies likely to halve in 2022, says World Bank re
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US)], July 14 (ANI): The growth in emerging and developing economies are expected to roughly halve to 3.4 per cent in 2022 in comparison to 6.6 per cent the previous year, as the spillover effects led by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has adversely affected these nations, the Wo
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India's gold jewellery exports to UAE show positive results post CEPA deal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): India's gem and jewellery exports to UAE have started showing positive results post implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA) with the western Asian country.
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BCCI monitoring situation in Sri Lanka: Sourav Ganguly
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The current political and economical crisis has raised questions about whether the island nation will be able to the host Asia Cup.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa awaits for private jet to depart from Maldives for Sing
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Maldives on Wednesday followed by an uprising triggered due to the economic collapse of the island nation, is now waiting to travel further to Singapore.
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Researchers confirm lead in water causes adverse fetal health outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): Researchers Lehigh University and Bentley University health economics have published the first study to confirm a causal relationship between lead in water and adverse fetal health outcomes.
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Pakistan's employment rate shrinks amid economic slowdown
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): The economic slowdown is taking a toll on Pakistan's job market as some sectors reported layoffs.
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Adhir Chowdhury calls for all-party meet on Sri Lankan crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): With Sri Lanka reeling from its worst economic crisis, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday asked the Centre to convene an all-party meeting over the issue.
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Sri Lanka's Army Chief requests citizens to support armed forces to mainta
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Amid ongoing protests, Sri Lanka's Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva requested all citizens to give their support to the armed forces to maintain law and order in the crisis-ridden country.
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