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Jaishankar speaks with Cambodian Foreign Minister, discusses India-ASEAN r
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn on Monday and discussed India-Association of South East Asian Nations relations (ASEAN) and the current situation in Myanmar.
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Take each COVID-19 positive case seriously: WHO urges strict implementatio
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday urged strict implementation of COVID appropriate behaviour as coronavirus infections rose in most South-East Asian nations, with some seeing exponential rise.
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US, Japan ready with contingency plan to defend Taiwan from Chinese aggres
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 29 (ANI): US and Japan are ready with a contingency plan to intervene in the Taiwan Strait in event of hostility from across China in the near future.
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US report reveals large-scale Chinese activities which aim to dominate Sou
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): A new Congressional Research Service report in the US has revealed a number of Chinese activities and said the recently imposed arbitrary law by Beijing is a matter of concern as it aims to dominate in East Asia particularly in the South China Sea and the
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Indipaisa partners with NSDL Payments Bank to launch a new Fintech platfor
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI/Mediawire): Indipaisa, a member of the Nexxo Network, an international network of Fintech companies operating in Middle East Asia and Europe, is launching a set of innovative Financial Technology (Fintech) solutions targeting India's flourishing 63 million
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Typhoon Rai: Philippines death toll surpasses 200
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 20 (ANI): Philippines death toll due to Typhoon Rai mounted to 208 as on Monday with at least 52 missing.
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Take all measures to prevent further spread of Omicron, cautions WHO
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With seven countries in South-East Asia Region confirming cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday emphasized on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread.
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Emergence of variants reminder that pandemic far from over: WHO Regional D
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, South-East Asia Region Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday said that the risk of COVID-19 remains high globally, adding that the emergence of variants is a reminder that the pandemic is far from over.
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Can't dismiss as 'mild', Omicron spreading faster than other Covid-19 vari
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Amid concerns arising out of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region on Thursday said that Omicron appears to be spreading faster than any other previous variant and added that one should
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Laos-China railway opens as experts raise concerns over mounting debt
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], December 3 (ANI): Laos has opened a USD 6 bn Chinese-built railway on Friday, the biggest public works project in its history, which analysts warn could expose the poor south-east Asian country to financial risk or political coercion from Beijing, reported Financial Times.
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South-East Asia Region should strengthen COVID-19 response measures to cur
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3 (ANI): As India confirmed two cases of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Friday said that countries in South-East Asia Region should further strengthen COVID-19 response measures to curtail the spread of the virus and its variants.
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Omicron cases found in South-East Asia region 'not unexpected' in view of
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 2 (ANI): As the Union Health Ministry confirmed two COVID-19 cases of Omicron (B.1.1.529) in Karnataka on Thursday, World Health Organization (WHO) said that it was 'not unexpected' in South-East Asia Region while emphasising the need for all countries to step u
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