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Pakistan 1st mini-budget of this fiscal year to render luxury imports 'out
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Thursday unveiled fresh revenue measures of over Rs 50 billion in the first mini-budget of this fiscal year, however it will render luxury imports "out of reach" for its citizens.
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Homeowners boycott mortgage payments as China's economy stumbles
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): In a rare act of defiance, Chinese homebuyers across the country who bought property from indebted developers are refusing to repay loans on their unfinished apartments.
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Xi's authority slipping in face of widespread public unrest
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 18 (ANI): Amid the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) scheduled for November 2022 end and mass lockdowns due to surge in COVID-19 cases, President Xi Jinping's authority is slipping in the face of widespread public unrest.
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South Korea will be good partner in India's journey towards a developed ec
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): South Korea's envoy Chang Jae-bok has hoped that Seoul will be a good partner in India's journey to becoming a developed country and in the growth of its economy.
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SafeTree's digital platforms are changing the MSME landscape and risk miti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], August 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): The MSME segment in India contributes nearly 32 per cent of GDP and is the backbone of the economy. Currently, most insurance purchases by the MSME segment are undertaken through a complex offline process due to the lack of full-service
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China enters 'most tense' period of economic stabilization
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 17 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said that China had reached its most difficult stage of economic stabilization and called on leaders of key provinces to coordinate efforts on economic recovery.
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Afghan women need global action to halt Taliban abuse
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): Afghan women feel abandoned by the world and they are justified in feeling this way, said Heather Barr, Associate Director, Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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China rations electricity to factories as heatwave affect economy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Chinese Sichuan province, which is home to over 80 million people, announced on Monday that their factories and prefectures would halt operations until Saturday, as the heatwave sends power demands soaring and dries up reservoirs.
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Women's rights crisis in Afghanistan has few parallels in the world
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year has passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following a rapid drawdown of Western forces that pushed the country into a number of crises which transformed the country fundamentally.
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Lives of Afghan women, girls changed unrecognizably since Taliban returned
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, described his fears for girls' lives and called for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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Depriving girls of secondary education costs USD 500mn to Afghan economy:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Keeping girls out of secondary school costs Afghanistan 2.5 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
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China's slow economic growth creates problems for US and world
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI): China, which was once called the world's main engine of economic growth, is currently grappling with a slow economy that has also impacted the economies of the US and the world.
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