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China to face difficulty in realizing 5.5 pc growth target
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 10 (ANI): China will find it difficult to realize its projected GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate of around 5.5 per cent set for 2022, which was planned and approved by the country's top legislature, state media said on Sunday.
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Pakistan reports 96 COVID cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan reports 96 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total to 1,526,568, reported local media on Sunday.
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High interest rate by State Bank of Pakistan to wreck country's economy
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): After the State Bank of Pakistan "surprisingly" increased the interest rate by 250 basis points, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh said, this will put a halt to the economic and commercial activ
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India reports 1,054 fresh COVID infections, 29 deaths in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): India reported 1,054 fresh COVID infections in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 0.25 per cent, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
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RBI may shift focus to inflation, start hiking policy rates from August
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has maintained the policy repo rate at a record low of 4 per cent for almost the past two years in order to support economic growth, hit by COVID-19 pandemic. Although in the first policy review of the current financial yea
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Sri Lankans selling gold amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9, (ANI): Owing to the severe ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, people are forced to sell their gold ornaments, and jewelry to buy daily use items and to pay their rents.
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India logs 1,150 new COVID cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India logged 1,150 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 0.25 per cent, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
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Prices of lemon skyrocket to Rs 200/kg in Gujarat's Rajkot
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], April 9 (ANI): With high demand for lemons amid rising temperatures, the price of the citrus fruit is skyrocketing in Gujarat's Rajkot with wholesale rates reaching as high as Rs 200 per kg.
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Delhi reports 146 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Delhi reported 146 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 1.39 per cent, according to the Delhi government health bulletin on Friday.
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Real estate sector to benefit from RBI's status quo on policy rates
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India's decision to keep the policy repo rate at a low level of 4 per cent will benefit the real estate sector, industry experts said.
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Sensex surges 412 points as RBI keeps policy rates unchanged
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Indian equities markets benchmark Sensex jumped 412 points on Friday led by a strong buying support in the index heavyweight Reliance Industries as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept key policy rates unchanged in its first monetary policy
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RBI keeps policy rates unchanged; raises inflation forecast, lowers growth
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): In the first monetary policy review of the financial year 2022-23, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept key policy interest rates unchanged for the 11th time in a row and sharply raised inflation projection and lowered growth forecast du
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