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Q1 GDP growth contracts by 23.9 pc as COVID-19 cripples economic activitie
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Indian economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the April to June quarter (Q1 FY21) as COVID-19 pandemic compressed consumer demand and private investments, government data showed on Monday.
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Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately affecting women workers and governments should prioritise policies that offset the effects the crisis is having on their jobs, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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PM Modi taking inputs from top 50 officials to revive economy: Sources
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting top officials of the finance and commerce ministries later on Thursday to assess the impact of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the national economy, official sources said.
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ADB, IEA discuss scaling up collaboration in energy systems
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], June 9 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) are discussing scaling up collaboration and renewing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two organisations.
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We compared announcements by different countries before announcing relief
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Centre had studied stimulus packages by other countries before announcing it in the country to revive the economy.
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Congress CMs urge Centre for stimulus packages to combat economic fallout
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states, during a meeting held with party interim president Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday said states need immediate financial assistance as they have lost crores in revenue due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihood: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 1 (ANI): The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy -- that is nearly half of the global workforce -- stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed, the Inte
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