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IMF lowers Pakistan's economic growth forecast to 2% for current fiscal ye
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered Pakistan's economic growth forecast to two per cent for the current fiscal year, down 0.5 percentage points from its October estimate of 2.5 per cent, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Budget 2024: Increase budget allocation on health to 2.5 per cent of GDP:
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Dr Girdhar Gyani, Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers (AHPI), asked the government to increase budget allocation on health to at least 2.5 percent of GDP to meet its objective of having universal health coverage.
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Madhya Pradesh's Gross Enrolment Ratio surpassed national level in 2021-22
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
CM Yadav told ANI, "Ever since the Madhya Pradesh government has implemented the New Education Policy (NEP), the Gross Enrollment Ratio has increased significantly. The GER of Madhya Pradesh has recorded 28.9 per cent as compared to national level which is 28.4 percent in year 2021-22."
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Over 157,000 visitors attend second edition of Souq Al Freej in Dubai
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Dubai Municipality announced the outstanding success of its second edition of Souq Al Freej, a unique initiative aimed at supporting small and domestic entrepreneurs in promoting their products. The event witnessed a notable turnout of over 157,000 visitors, marking a remarkable 50 percent i
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13 per cent drop in road accidents in Himachal in 2023: Dy CM Agnihotri
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said that the state saw a thirteen percent drop in the number of road accidents in 2023 and announced a 5000 rupees award to a person who takes an injured person to the hospital.
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Leading travel show in Asia, 2024 edition of OTM receives an overwhelming
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 24: OTM 2024, the leading travel show in Asia, scheduled from 08-10 February 2024 at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai, is all set to bring together an impressive lineup of over 1600 exhibitors and more than 35,000 industry professionals from
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COVID-19 likely to have infected 90 pc of Taiwan's population: CDC
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The CDC, which tested 7,000 randomly selected blood donation samples collected in Taiwan between January and June, found that nearly 80 percent came from people who had contracted COVID-19, CDC Deputy Director General Lo Yi-chun said in a weekly briefing.
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"Does Ram belong to Hindus, BJP, RSS only?" Farooq Abdullah
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Addressing a gathering on Madhu Dandavate's birth anniversary, Abdullah expressed concern that Hindus, constituting 70 percent of India's population, are being made to believe that they are in danger.
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UAE: CBUAE reports 8.6 percent growth in cash deposits in 12 months
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The cash deposits increased by 7.35 percent during the first 11 months of the previous year, reaching around AED635.6 billion at the end of 2022, a growth equivalent to AED46.7 billion.
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Domestic airlines carried 15.2 crore passengers in 2023: DGCA
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January- December 2023 were 15.2 crores as against 12.32 crore during the corresponding period of the previous year, thereby registering an annual growth of 23.36 percent and monthly growth of 8.34 percent.
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24.82 crore Indians escaped Multidimensional Poverty in last 9 years, Inde
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline in the number of poor with 5.94 crore people escaping multidimensional poverty during the last nine years followed by Bihar at 3.77 crore, Madhya Pradesh at 2.30 crore and Rajasthan at 1.87 crore.
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Global economy braces for slowest growth in three decades, World Bank repo
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Global growth is projected to decelerate for the third consecutive year, dropping from 2.6 per cent in the previous year to 2.4 per cent in 2024. Developing economies are expected to fare even worse, with a growth rate of just 3.9 per cent, over one percentage point below the previous decade
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