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World Bank provides $137 million to modernise 220 dams in 6 states
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The World Bank has provided additional financing of 137 million dollars (about Rs 960 crore) for the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) to rehabilitate and modernise over 220 selected large dams in Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, T
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Nirav Modi living freely in £8 million flat in London: UK newspaper
Updated : 7 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 9 (ANI): Wanted diamond trader Nirav Modi, one of the prime accused in the PNB scam in India, has been tracked down to an 8-million pound apartment in London's posh locality West End by The Daily Telegraph.
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Combine good capital and ideas to solve complex local problems: Murthy
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): IT industrialist and legendary Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy called upon Indian entrepreneurs on Thursday to combine good capital capability and ideas for solving complex local issues which affect hundreds of millions of Indians.
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India-Japan sign 2 assistance projects worth 14.8 million yen
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Two projects under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) have been signed between India and Japan at the Embassy of Japan in the national capital.
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Spotify hits 1 million users in India
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai, Maharashtra [India], Mar 5 (ANI): In less than a week of launching its services in one of the biggest markets of the world, Spotify has hit one million users in India, including both free and paid Premium accounts.
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GSP withdrawal by US to have marginal impact on India’s exports: FIEO
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The US Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) gave India tariff advantage of only 190 million dollars while India's exports to the United States totalled 50.57 billion dollars in 2017, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said on Tuesday.
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India says GSP concessions by US amount to duty reduction of $190 million
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The government confirmed on Tuesday that the United States has given a 60-day withdrawal notice to India on the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) benefits, which amount to duty reduction of 190 million dollars a year.
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Military drills suspended to avoid escalation of tension with N Korea: Tru
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) said that the latest decision to terminate the spring military exercises with South Korea was aimed at saving “millions of dollars which are not reimbursed” and avoid the escalation of tension with North Kor
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India to generate over 5 million tonnes of e-waste next year: ASSOCHAM-EY
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): India is likely to generate 5.2 million tonnes of e-waste per year by 2020, up from 2 million tonnes in 2016, according to a recent ASSOCHAM-EY joint study.
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Lost Caravaggio painting found in attic could go under hammer for USD 171
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 01 (ANI): At a press conference at Colnaghi, Thursday, art appraiser Eric Turquin announced that a painting discovered in 2014 is a lost work of the Italian master Caravaggio: ‘Judith and Holofernes,’ believed to have been painted in 1607.
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US offers $1 million reward to find Osama bin Laden's son
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 1 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) offered US $1 million reward for information on slain terrorist Osama bin Laden son's Hamza bin Laden.
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Foodgrain production increases to 281 million tonnes in 2018-19
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Total food grain production India is estimated at 281.37 million tonnes during 2018-19 as compared to 277.49 million tonnes in the previous fiscal, the government said on Thursday.
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