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Walmart Foundation announces two new grants to benefit over 81,000 smallho
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): The Walmart Foundation on Tuesday announced 4.8 million dollars (about Rs 34 crore) in grants to Digital Green and TechnoServe to enable the programmes that help smallholder farmers have access to agriculture technology, training on sustainable farmer methods
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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572 million in Oklahoma
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Oklahoma [USA], Aug 27 (ANI): Medical giant Johnson and Johnson has been ordered to pay USD 572 million by an Oklahoma judge for its role in the opioid crisis which has "ravaged" the state.
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G7 countries pledge $20m to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 27 (ANI): World leaders at the G7 summit in France on Monday pledged to spend a total amount of USD 22 million to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon in South America that are threatening the world's biggest rainforest.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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Pres Kovind lauds PV Sindhu, says her magic on court inspires millions
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Lauding Indian shuttler PV Sindhu for clinching the BWF World Championships title, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that this is a proud moment for the nation.
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Britain records 11 per cent increase in number of Indian visitors
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 23 (ANI): More than half-a-million Indians visited the United Kingdom (UK) within a 12-month period between July 2018 and June 2019, recording an 11 per cent increase in the figure compared to the previous year.
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BTI Payments receives Rs 1500 million of equity funding to expand operatio
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): BTI Payments Private Ltd, a joint venture between the Banktech Group and funds managed by ICICI Venture, on Thursday announced a fresh round of capital infusion of Rs 1,500 million. This round of funding is driven by the existing promoter
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Data breach of porn site Luscious exposed private details of millions
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 21 (ANI): A major data breach of adult site Luscious reportedly put to risk personal data of over one million users.
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G7 Summit in Biarritz to cost France around 36.4 million euros
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Aug 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The organisation of the G7 summit in the French resort city of Biarritz will cost taxpayers 36.4 million euros (USD 40.3 million), a spokeswoman for the French government said on Wednesday.
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US announces $125 million humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan), Aug 20 (ANI): The United States of America on Tuesday announced an additional amount of nearly $125 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
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Algae-based water filter could save millions in Bangladesh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 19 (ANI): A team of scientists from Uppsala and Dhaka University, has shown that a locally grown and previously unexploited green macro algae species could be used to extract cellulose nanofibers, which can then be formed into paper sheets with tailored pore size t
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Reliance Jio adds 82.6 lakh users: TRAI
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Reliance Jio added over 8.26 million users in June while Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost 4.17 million subscribers combined, according to data released on Monday by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
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