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India pledges $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan
15 Sep 2016
Afghanistan, which survived the Soviet invasion of 1979 and a prolonged Taliban insurgency since then, however, needs to fend for itself as the United States scales back its military presence in the country
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Rupee plummets to 67.07 a dollar on devaluation rumours
15 Sep 2016
India's merchandise exports fell 6.8 per cent year-on-year in July, which took month’s trade deficit to $7.8 billion, even as India appetite for global products remained unsatiated
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India, Russia explore feasibility of gas pipeline
14 Sep 2016
An industry level working group led by Gazprom, biggest Russian gas company, and a consortium of Indian oil and gas companies is studying the feasibility of a gas pipelines for direct gas delivery from Russia to India
India, Chile expand preferential trade pact
07 Sep 2016
India, Chile expand preferential trade pact
06 Sep 2016
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India, Vietnam to expand ties in defence, trade and oil exploration
03 Sep 2016
Modi also announced a new Defence Line of Credit of $500 million for Vietnam, for facilitating deeper defence cooperation, which, he said, will also secure economic and trade ties between the two countries
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India-US annual trade crosses $105 bn
30 Aug 2016
India-US bilateral trade rose to more than $105 billion during the 2015-16 financial year amidst an otherwise sluggish scenario in global trade
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India’s trade deficit narrows to $7.75 bn in July
13 Aug 2016
The narrower deficit has been facilitated by a near halving of gold imports to $1.08 billion and a 28-per cent fall in the value of oil imports to $6.82 billion in July this year
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Good relations with neighbours basic to India’s foreign policy: Rajnath Singh
05 Aug 2016
Home minister Rajnath Singh told the Saarc conference in Islamabad that implementation of the Saarc Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol is crucial in our common fight against terrorism
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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