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IMF approves USD 500mln loan disbursement for Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 25 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a half-billion disbursement for Pakistan to help the country's economy and save lives and livelihoods amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We inherited India as part of fragile five, now among fastest-growing econ
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday targeted the UPA over its management of the economy during its rule and said NDA government had inherited India as part of "fragile five" and it has since become one of the fastest-growing economies.
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Philippines logs 5,867 new COVID-19 cases, Duterte stresses need to keep e
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], March 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday 5,867 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 677,653.
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Pakistan debts for July-Feb amounts to 59 pc of FY21 annual budget
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): A debt-ridden Pakistan has received a total of USD 7.21 billion in total external inflows from multiple financing sources during the period of July 2020 to February 2021, according to a report by Foreign Economic Assistance.
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Signify launches India's first tailor-made 3D printed luminaires for a cir
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, launched India's first tailor-made 3D printed luminaires. This highly flexible and more sustainable form of manufacturing, using a 100 per cent recyclable polycarbonate material,
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Global economy gets COVID-19 shot from US stimulus: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 18 (ANI): The global economy is set to grow by 4.7 per cent this year, faster than predicted in September (4.3 per cent), thanks in part to a stronger recovery in the United States where progress in distributing vaccines and a fresh fiscal stimulus of 1.9 trillion d
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China's role in Myanmar highlighted after several Beijing-owned factories
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 16 (ANI): Myanmar authorities declared martial law in parts of Yangon after several Chinese-owned garment factories were torched on Sunday over Beijing being supportive of the military for the coup thereby threatening the country's fragile economy.
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Indian economy under PM Modi is 'amazing': Inter-Parliamentary Union chief
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): The Indian economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is 'amazing', said Duarte Pacheco, President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva, on Monday.
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IIP may well continue to contract in February: ICRA
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): After a rapid recovery seen till October 2020, the trend in index of industrial production (IIP) has turned volatile in the last three months may well continue to contract, suggesting that the economy has entered into a consolidation phase with an underlyin
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Xi's dream project 'Belt Road Initiative' in trouble amid China's shrinkin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping's dream of setting a new world order has come crashing down after the Covid-19 slowed down the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), pushing it towards becoming financial inviable, reported the Kabul Times.
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Dow Jones rises 4pc after week of record highs
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday posted its biggest weekly gain since November after the broad Wall Street indicator hit a streak of record highs through the week on confidence over an economy seen recovering rapidly from the coronavirus-impos
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Auto volumes to grow in double digits: Ind-Ra
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 12 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Friday revised its outlook for the auto sector to improving for FY22 from negative on account of a likely revival across segments aided by positive consumer sentiments amid macroeconomic tailwinds as the eco
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