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ISLAMABAD: Ahead of its crucial talks with the cash-strapped Pakistan government, the IMF has found an over Rs 2,000 billion breach in budgetary estimates for 2022-23 in its initial assessment that might result in escalating the budget deficit and primary deficit targets with a massive margin. Pakistan and the ...

The Senate Thursday passed its $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that will fund the federal government through 2023. The 4,000 page bill, which was released in the early morning hours Tuesday, includes $858 billion for defense, $787 billion for non-defense domestic programs and more than 7,200 earmarks costing over ...

The mammoth package funds a ‘Ukrainian Independence Park’ and expressly forbids border officers from securing the border Within the 4,155 pages of the US Congress’ latest spending bill are funding boosts for almost every government department, a $47 billion windfall for Ukraine, $70 million to salmon, a ‘Michelle Obama ...

Good Afternoon,In today’s edition of our digest, we are covering the upcoming elections in Gujarat, a look-back at the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, extreme weather events and more news.Election 2022: BJP’s Gujarat Manifesto Promises 20 Lakh Jobs, $1 Trillion Economy, Revamped Govt SchoolsAs Gujarat Assembly polls near, BJP’s star campaigners ...

Washington, Jan 4: Shares of iPhone phone maker and consumer tech giant Apple hit record highs on Monday, crossing $3 trillion in market capitalization to become the world’s most valuable company, trading data showed.Apple’s stock hit a lifetime high of $182.87 to exceed the $3 trillion valuation, data tabulated ...

WASHINGTON — School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according to a UN-backed report issued on Monday.The projection is among the findings of The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery, published by ...

The projection is among the findings of The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery, published by the World Bank, the UN Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  $17 trillion.That's how much this generation of students risks losing in lifetime ...

When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the global economy looked a lot different: Tesla Inc. wasn’t a company, the iPhone didn’t exist and artificial intelligence was best known as a Steven Spielberg film. Now all three are at the cutting edge of a modern economy driven by advancements in ...

#Pakistan News The country's untapped mineral riches have been estimated at $1 trillion by the USGS, though Afghan officials have put it three times as high. A general view of Mes Aynak valley, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, January 18, 2015. (AP) The Taliban now hold the ...

In early July, before the great storm broke over Afghanistan, Kabul was already surrounded by the Taliban. And nowhere were the Islamist fighters closer to the Afghan capital city than on the shores of the Qargha Reservoir, a popular getaway on the western edge of the city. People were ...