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Japan's Unicharm shift its strategic focus to India, Africa from C
Updated : 9 hours, 39 min ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 24 (ANI): Japanese personal care group Unicharm has announced its decision to shift its strategy in developing countries by moving production facilities from China to India and South Africa, where a steady growth in domestic consumption is expected.
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UK raises USD 1 billion to support COVID-19 vaccination in develop
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
London [UK], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom has raised USD 1 billion from global donors to fund vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 in developing countries, the UK Foreign Office said Sunday.
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US to offer loans to lure developing countries to shun Chinese tel
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): The US government is making efforts to persuade developing countries to stop using Chinese telecommunication equipment, offering financial assistance to use alternatives that Washington deems safer.
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World Bank approves USD 12 billion to help developing countries ge
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Bank approved USD 12 billion to help developing countries purchase novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines and treatments, the organization said in a statement.
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COVID-19 to potentially increase child mortality in developing cou
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The novel coronavirus pandemic will likely drive up child mortality rates in developing countries by slightly less than half of the current rate, World Bank President David Malpass said on Monday.
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Developing countries should invest $1.2 trillion to guarantee basi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 18 (ANI): Developing countries should invest about 1.2 trillion dollars -- on average 3.8 per cent of their GDP -- to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential health care for all in 2020 alone, according to a new policy brief by the Internati
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Ponzi scheme operators looting public by distorting 'Direct Sellin
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 21 (ANI/Digpu): Ponzi scheme operators are ruining the 'Direct Selling Industry' and 'Network Marketing Industry' in India that has huge potential in developing countries like India as per the research carried out by various agencies in the past.
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'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas' resonates with SDG princ
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India is supporting other developing countries in meeting their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the country is playing a salient role in achieving Agenda 2030.
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India's pharma industry an asset for the world: PM Narendra Modi
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): In a virtual global address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Indian pharmaceutical industry has been an "asset" not just for its own country but also for the entire world as it leads to "reducing the cost of medicine" for developing countries
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American Corp. approves $1 billion funding to support projects in
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US-based Development Finance Corporation has approved an investment of USD one billion to support global development projects in developing countries, including Africa, Latin America, as well as the Indo-Pacific region, reeling from COVID-19.
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China has made great progress in COVID-19 vaccine research: Chines
Updated : 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Wednesday said that China has made "great progress" in vaccine research and development in the fight against COVID-19 and, when developed, it would be accessible to developing countries.
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Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent fut
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social pro
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