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Pak: Acute shortage of anaesthetics in Lahore, hundreds of surgeries postp
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): With the economy shrinking and rising inflation in Pakistan, there is an acute shortage of anaesthetics in Lahore, and as a result, hundreds of surgeries have been postponed putting the lives of numerous critical patients at risk.
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US Fed's policy meet to be in focus this week: S&P Global Market Intel
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The US Fed's upcoming monetary policy meeting is set to dominate headlines this week with a 75-100-basis points interest rate hike likely. Inflation approaching double-digits has prompted the US central bank to take a tougher stance.
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Difficult days ahead for Hungarians as prices soar
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Fueled by supply chain disruptions and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, soaring prices are making life increasingly difficult for Hungarians, some chose to protest while others mull closing their businesses.
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Pakistan hikes electricity tariff by PKR 7.91 per unit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Amid the rising inflation in the county, the Pakistani government has once again raised the electricity price in the country by PKR 7.91 per unit under "uniform national tariff".
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Rajya Sabha adjourns till 2.30 pm amid uproar by Oppn over inflation
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The proceeding in Rajya Sabha was once again adjourned till 2:30 pm on Friday amid ruckus by Opposition members over issues of inflation, price rise and GST hike on daily essentials.
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Gold prices in India at multi-month low, trading below Rs 50,000
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Strong likelihood of a sharp rise in interest rates by the US Fed and other central banks to rein in the red-hot inflation has melted international gold prices to a nearly one-year low. In India too, the prices of the yellow metal in physical markets fell to
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Both Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon amid Opposition ruckus
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were adjourned till 12 noon over a ruckus by Opposition members on issues of inflation and misuse of Central agencies.
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Asian Development Bank cuts India's GDP growth projection for 2022-23
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank has reduced India's Gross Domestic Product estimate for the current financial year 2022-23 to 7.2 per cent from its earlier projection of 7.5 per cent, citing higher-than-expected inflation will erode consumers' purchasing power.
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60 essential medicines vanish from Pakistani markets due to spike in produ
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): With the economy shrinking and rising inflation in Pakistan, around 60 essential medicines, including suicide-prevention drugs, have vanished from the market due to the spike in the cost of production, prompting psychiatrists to fear high suicide cases in
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Pakistani rupee, stocks continue downward trend, experts blame country's p
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): With the rupee hitting a record low level, losses at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), high inflation and low forex reserves of the country recently, experts in Pakistan believe that the delay in the loan facility from IMF and domestic political upheaval
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Pak: Business community warns of Sri Lanka-like crisis as rupee in freefal
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): As the dollar touched an all-time high of 224.92 against the Pakistani rupee, the business community gathered at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) to analyse the looming threat of a Sri Lanka-like economic emergency.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh gives zero hour notice in RS to discuss misuse of prob
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): AAP MP Sanjay Singh sought permission from the Rajya Sabha Chairman on Thursday to raise the issue of 'Misuse of Directorate of Enforcement (ED) by the central government' during the zero hour.
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