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Singapore becomes 'most expensive city,' Indians cope up with expenses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the latest survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL) Index, Singapore and New York City called as joint "most expensive cities in the world."
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How do Indians cope with living in the most expensive city in the world?
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the EIU report, the average cost of living has gone up 8.1 per cent in 2022 in the 172 major cities it covered in its survey.
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Policy rate hike: SBI says it's forward-looking; HDFC Bank says in line wi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Chairman of the country's largest bank said, "A visible improvement in consumer and business confidence as per RBI surveys augurs well for the future growth outlook. Imparting operational flexibility to banks in managing their investment in HTM (Held to Maturity) limit will have an order
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Rupee fared relatively well versus other emerging market currencies, says
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Indian Rupee has fared relatively well in 2022 in comparison to other emerging market peers, said Dhruv Sharma, a senior economist at World Bank.
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Check out 10 most expensive cities in the world
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to this year's Worldwide Cost of Living Index, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the average cost of living is up 8.1 per cent in 2022, owing to the Russian war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the pandemic. This year New York and Singapore climbed up to
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Nirmala Sitharaman concludes pre-Budget meetings for forthcoming Union Bud
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
More than 110 invitees representing seven stakeholder groups participated in eight meetings scheduled during this period. The stakeholder groups include representatives and experts from agriculture and agro-processing industry; industry, infrastructure and climate change; financial sector an
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India's rank in global perception indices declined due to shallow, opaque
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The working paper 'Why India does poorly on global perception indices: Case study of three opinion-based indices' written by economists Sanjeev Sanyal and Aakanksha Arora, looked at three indices - Freedom in the World Index, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index and Variety of D
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Myanmar junta to release four foreign prisoners in amnesty
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The amnesty will release 5,744 prisoners to mark Myanmar's National Day. And among them, Sean Turnell, an Australian economist who has been detained since the regime seized power in February 2021, and Vicky Bowman, a former British ambassador to Myanmar who was arrested in August will als
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Culture Summit Abu Dhabi concluded an outstanding action-focused fifth edi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 12 (ANI/PRNewswire): Culture Summit Abu Dhabi, a global cultural forum organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi, concluded its fifth edition last month. The three-day event, which was the first Summit held in-person since the outbreak of COVID-19
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COVID testing programmes have potential to increase risky behaviour: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Based on a false sense of security, students who participated in frequent COVID-19 testing at two universities engaged in more behavior known to increase the risk of spreading the virus than they might have otherwise, according to results of surveys led by University of Wyoming economists.
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Chidambaram suggests PM to meet top economists to manage rupee depreciatio
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram has a suggestion for Prime Minister Narendra Modi against what he termed as the "relentless decline" in the value of the Rupee.
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Economists believe INR will remain under pressure, may fall to 85 level vs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Indian Rupee (INR) has come under renewed pressure against dollar and once again depreciated to a record low of 83.075 against US dollar touching another lifetime low on Thursday. Economists believe that INR will remain under pressure and may see 85 level
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