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Need for empowering India's construction industry through essential techno
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 27: The construction industry is a major player in India's economy, ranking third in size and second in employment generation after agriculture. However, it is in urgent need of a technological revolution. Mayank Kalra, Managing Director of fischer India,
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US Federal Reserves raises interest rate, highest in 22 years
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The United States Federal Reserves, on Wednesday (local time) raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the highest since 2001.
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Pakistan: Caretaker government receives additional powers after parliament
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A joint session of Pakistan's Parliament on Wednesday passed amendments to the Election Act 2017, granting additional powers to the caretaker government to take important decisions on the economy and engage with international institutions.
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Chinese leaders raise concerns over challenges faced by economy
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amid dismal economic run and bleak prospects, several Chinese top leaders have pointed out that the Beijing economy is facing "new difficulties and challenges", The Standard Media reported.
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"...Yeh Modi ki guarantee hai," PM Modi assures India will be among top th
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"In our first term, when people gave me the responsibility, we were "dus numri" (10th position) in the world economy. In the second term we are on 5th position but in my third term, India will be among the top three economies in the world...Yeh Modi ki guarantee hai. After 2024, in our th
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Kiren Rijiju meets European Commissioner for Environment, discusses deepen
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday, met Virginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for Environment, Ocean and Fisheries, here in the national capital, where the leaders held discussions on issues like marine pollution, blue economy and deep ocean exploration and deepening cooperatio
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Erdogan toured Gulf States seeking economic injections for Turkey’s ailing
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, shortly after clinching another five-year term in the recent elections, last week embarked on an effort to save Turkey’s faltering economy, by making a tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, seeking investments and financial support from the
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IMF predicts Indian economy to grow at 6.1 pc in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The International Monetary Fund has predicted that India's economy will grow at 6.1 per cent in 2023, a 0.2 percentage point upward revision compared with the April projection, reflecting momentum from stronger-than-expected growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 as a result of stronger dom
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PM Netanyahu not concerned as Israel downgraded by major credit rating fir
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Major credit rating agencies and financial firms are downgrading Israel’s standing, or issuing new warnings about its economy, in the wake of Monday’s passage of the first part of the government’s controversial judicial reforms. But Prime Minister Netanyahu says he is not too concerned by th
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Rs 2000 notes were introduced to meet currency requirement post demonetisa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Rs 2000 denomination banknotes were introduced to expeditiously meet the currency requirement of the economy after Demonetisation and are close to the end of their useful life, the Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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BRICS: NSA Doval, top Russian official discuss India-Russia cooperation on
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday, held a working meeting with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, the Russian embassy in India said in a statement.
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Pak economics woes continue as gas prices likely to rise by 45 per cent am
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Even though Pakistan has been able to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, the road ahead is not going to be easy, as after electricity rates, Islamabad is planning to jack up gas prices as well by over 45 per cent in line with IMF's demand
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