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Risks of China's local debt grows as govt scales back COVID-19 stimulus
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 2 (ANI): As China has started scaling back the COVID-19 stimulus worth trillions of yuan launched last year, local government debt and corporate bond defaults are emerging as the prime financial risks for the communist government.
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3 injured, 9 missing in explosive disposal accident in north China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hebei [China], April 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were injured and nine others went missing during an explosive disposal operation in Chicheng County, north China's Hebei Province, according to the local government on Thursday.
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Gunmen kill 8 in separate attacks in NW Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen in separate attacks invaded three local government areas in a state in northwest Nigeria and killed eight people, an official said on Wednesday.
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Study suggests leader's gender plays role in local government policymaking
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI): The findings of a recent study by researchers from Binghamton University and State University of New York suggest that when it comes to local government, in certain ways the gender of a mayor or county executive plays a role in sustainability policymaking.
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Cash-strapped Chinese local governments urged not to 'blindly expand' infr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): China's top leadership has issued a warning about the 'heavy debt burden' of some local governments, saying greater monitoring is needed.
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14 killed in avalanche in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Badakhshan [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Fourteen villagers were killed and three others wounded after an avalanche struck a far-flung area in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Thursday, a local government spokesman confirmed.
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China's fiscal situation 'extremely severe', says ex-finance minister Lou
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 2 (ANI): China's fiscal situation is "extremely severe with risks and challenges", former finance minister Lou Jiwei has warned, citing fallout from aggressive US stimulus policies, the global economic slowdown during the pandemic, an ageing Chinese population and moun
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18 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghan forces airstrikes in Nangarhar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 18 Taliban terrorists were killed when the Afghan Air Force struck a terrorists' position in eastern Nangarhar province overnight, the local government confirmed on Saturday.
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8 killed, 16 wounded in explosion at Karachi factory
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): At least eight people have been killed and 16 others wounded in a blast inside a boiler room within a factory in New Karachi Industrial Area on Tuesday, police and local government officials said.
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Bird flu detected at chicken farm in Japan's Hiroshima
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hiroshima [Japan], December 7 (ANI): Bird flu has been detected at a chicken farm in Hiroshima prefecture, The Japan Times reported citing local government officials on Monday.
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7 killed in factory explosion in China's Hebei
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Shijiazhuang [China], November 13 (ANI): Seven people were killed and another was injured as an explosion took place at an expanded polyethylene factory in North China's Hebei Province, said the local government.
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After last week's violence against minorities, India has taken up the issu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): Following vandalisation of houses, belonging to a minority community in Bangladesh, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka and Posts in the neighbouring country are in close contact with the local government, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Satur
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