Archive for the May 4, 2017
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The Ministry of Railways has proposed its budget of Rs 67.524 billion for the fiscal year 2017-18. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways was briefed by the ministry on budgetary proposals relating to the
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The Met Office has asked the farmers of Southern Punjab and Sindh to start preparing land to sow the next cotton crop on time in a bid to produce a better yield. In a 10-day
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ICE cotton futures snapped three-days of gains to fall on Wednesday on expectations of favourable weather conditions for planting of the natural fibre crop in most of the top producing regions. "The weather in Texas,
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US wheat futures were close to unchanged on Wednesday, with the markets waiting for a good assessment of the crop damage caused by a snowstorm in Kansas during the weekend, traders said. Corn and soyabeans
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Gold fell to a one-month low as the dollar firmed on Wednesday, after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged as expected and the market reduced expectations of a surprise win by France's far-right
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AS regards the matter of 'Behbood certificates' issued nine years back to senior citizens by the National Savings Centres, the holders of these certificates bearing profit at the rate of 16.8 percent are mostly in
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The lift to sterling given by the prospect of a snap British election next month has, at least temporarily, broken a vicious circle of rapidly rising inflation that threatened to further undermine the economy and
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The way the Prime Minister's Office is trying, so far unsuccessfully, to protect the real culprit in the 'Dawn Leaks' case would be amusing were it not about a serious national security related blunder. At
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The trade deficit elephant is in the room. The room is getting a tad tight, with the burly presence of the energy elephant, plus several baby elephants. More and more guns are getting trained at
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The Panama Papers battle is not yet over, and no clear victor so far. Only the battlefield has changed; it will now be fought in the amphitheatre of the Joint Investigation Team, under the watchful
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