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Pakistan may head towards bankruptcy: report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan is running out of money and at the same time the country is witnessing a spike in food prices, on a path to bankruptcy.
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Weekly inflation in Pakistan rises to 31.83% due to surging prices of food
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Index (SPI), has seen an rise of 31.83 per cent for the combined income group on a year-on-year basis, ending January 19, due to a massive increase in prices of food and non-food items, the Dawn reported citing data released by the Pakistan Burea
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Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, sta
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are often witnessed as people gather around vehicles pushing each other as the mini-trucks and vans escorted by armed guards go about distributing the flour.
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Pakistan: Weekly inflation witnesses 30 percent rise compared to last year
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in its weekly report on the movement in prices of 51 essential items, collected from 50 markets in 17 major cities around the country said that the year-on-year (YOY) shows a rise of 30.60 percent.
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Sri Lanka stares at food shortage, President Wickremesinghe asks for help
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The critical situation of the currency crisis in Sri Lanka has resulted in political, economic and social turmoil. Further, this currency collapse has resulted in a rise in food prices by 100 per cent in two years. Amid all this, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought support, The Island
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Rise in cost of living in India lower versus UK, Germany since Sept 21: SB
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the report, to understand how India has performed in terms of cost of living, in a common currency, the cost of living in India was compared with US, UK and Germany by adjusting each country's exchange rate (dollar, euro and pound in case).
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Closure of Spin Boldak crossing may increase food prices in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The closure of the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing may increase the price of food in markets, Tolo News reported.
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Blinken meets Ukrainian counterpart Kuleba in Phnom Penh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
This comes days after reports emerged that the Biden administration is "privately" encouraging Kyiv to demonstrate a readiness to negotiate with Russia, The Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the discussions.
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US wants Ukraine to signal openness to dialogue with Russia: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Peace talks began at the end of February this year after the start of the war in Ukraine. The last round of the negotiations concluded in Istanbul on March 29. The talks have since stalled despite mediation efforts by United Nations.
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INSTC proves 'silver lining' amid global food crisis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 19 (ANI): Since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict, food prices have been increasing globally as Russia and Ukraine are both key exporters of cereals, however, the expansion of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) has proved to be a bright spot
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China goes easy on foreign lending as BRI loans mounts
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dalian [China], September 21 (ANI): China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has hit a snag, with many loans to emerging economies falling into repayment troubles, forcing Beijing to scale back on lending.
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Technology Leadership in an accelerating world and forecasting the current
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI/SRV): The COVID-19 outbreak, inflation, the conflict in Ukraine, rising energy and food prices, and the catastrophic repercussions of climate change are the most obvious signs that the world is about to enter a prolonged era of instability. New age organi
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