KARACHI: The central bank on Monday announced that the key policy rate – the cost of banks’ lending – would remain unchanged at 22 per cent. Notably, in its first meeting after a new loan programme by the IMF, the SBP was scheduled to review its key policy rate today. It was to assess whether it…
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The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan stood at US$13,534.1 million while reserves held by the central bank reached $8,186.1 million. The State Bank of Pakistan, in a statement issued here on Thursday, informed that SBP’s reserves decreased by US$ 541 million to US$ 8,186.1 million mainly due to external debt repayments during the week…
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Check gold rates in different cities on July 27, 2023. (Representative image) Gold rate today: Retail gold price in India per 10 grams is trending above Rs 60,000 in many cities on July 27 Gold Rate Today In India: Retail gold price in India per 10 grams of the yellow metal is trending around Rs 60,000 in many cities on July…
A Korean vlogger, has shared a video of his recent trip to Delhi, on his YouTube channel called Fitvely. In the video, a traffic cop can be seen taking cash from the Korean guy for allegedly violating a traffic norm in the New Delhi area. Later, a Twitter user Priya shared the video link and…
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In 2004, Gilead Sciences decided to stop pursuing a new H.I.V. drug. The public explanation was that it wasn’t sufficiently different from an existing treatment to warrant further development. In private, though, something else was at play. Gilead had devised a plan to delay the new drug’s release to maximize profits, even though executives had…
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NEW DELHI: HDFC Bank on Thursday became the second most valuable company by market capitalisation, overtaking IT behemoth Tata Consultancy Services.At the close of trade, HDFC Bank, which recently completed the merger of its mortgage financier parent HDFC into itself, commanded a market capitalisation (mcap) of Rs 12,72,718.60 crore, which was Rs 5,826.95 crore more…
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ZURICH: A parliamentary investigation into the collapse of Credit Suisse will keep its files closed for 50 years, according to a parliamentary committee document, a level of secrecy that has triggered concern among Swiss historians. The document means the investigating commission will hand over its files to the Swiss Federal Archives after a much longer…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday transferred US$1.2 billion to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) out of total $3 billion under the Stand-By Agreement (SBA) that was approved by the IMF board the previous day. Talking to media persons, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said that the balance amount…
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NEW DELHI: The suicide of V G Siddhartha, the founder of Cafe Coffee Day – India’s largest coffee shop chain – in 2019 shocked the entire nation, especially those who used to hang out at the CCD with friends and family over the weekends. The tragic death of Siddhartha, who ended his life by jumping…
