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COVID-19 pandemic to push 150 million people into extreme poverty by 2021:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 150 million people may fall into extreme poverty throughout the world by 2021 as a result of the economic contraction caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday.
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Edtech startup Winuall raises Rs 14.7 crore (USD 2 million) to digitize co
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] October 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): Winuall, an online education platform that helps coaching institutes go digital, announced that it has raised Rs 14.7 crore from Prime Venture Partners, BEENEXT, Ramakant Sharma (founder of LivSpace) and other angel investors.
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UK to allocate $6.4 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK will allocate 5 million pounds sterling ($6.4 million) in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a statement.
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Visakhapatnam Port Trust sets record of shipping 72.72 million tonnes of c
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Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): The Visakhapatnam Port Trust shipped a record 72.72 million tonnes of cargo during the 2019-20 financial year against 65.30 million tonnes handled in 2018-19, accounting to an increase of 11 per cent, said Visakhapatnam port trust chai
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Livve raises USD 1.5 million in seed funding
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Kochi (Kerala), Oct 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Kerala-based startup Livve has announced that they have raised USD 1.5 million in seed funding through angel investors. Livve started in 2015 in Cochin, Kerala, and now has a strong presence in Delhi, NCR, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, and
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JSPL clocks highest-ever quarterly standalone sales of 1.93 million tonnes
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) recorded 30 per cent year-on-year growth in consolidated steel sales of 2.41 million tonnes in the second quarter of current financial year as compared to 1.85 million tonnes in Q2 FY20.
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Transferred about 172 billion USD into bank accounts of the poor via direc
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New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): The government has transferred around 172 billion USD into over 70 million bank accounts of the poor through direct benefit transfer, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday.
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COVID -19 related deaths among doctors in India: a study of Mortality Data
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The COVID-19 pandemic has caused high mortality not only in patients but also health care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 4.5 million people in India, with an overall case fatality rate of 1.7 per cent as of 1
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IHD Marketplace supports the US government in the fight against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI/Digpu): The IHD Marketplace INC shipped 2 million N95 Masks today to support the US Government's efforts to minimise impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the US health systems fighting the COVID-19 crisis. The shipment will contribute to the pro
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Despite COVID-19, deals worth USD 123 million signed at Thailand subcon tr
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Bangkok [Thailand], October 05 (ANI): Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions in many parts of the world, the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) successfully held the Subcon Thailand 2020 international trade show from September 23-26, leading to the closing of 3.89 b
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Gas price reduction will lower earnings for ONGC, Oil India: Moody's
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Singapore, October 5 (ANI): The recently-announced 25 per cent reduction in domestic natural gas prices to 1.79 dollars per million British thermal units (MMBtu) from 2.39 dollars per MMBtu on a gross calorific value basis is credit negative for upstream companies like Oil and Natural Gas Co
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'Tenet' tops USD 300 million globally, but domestic box office is in crisi
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Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' willed itself past the USD 300 million mark globally this weekend even as the overall domestic box office appeared to be on the verge of collapse.
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