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A-Pac financial institutions' Covid recovery to be long and laborious: S&a
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 22 (ANI): Credit conditions have improved for Asia Pacific banks over the past quarter but the pandemic has set back finances of households and corporates with deeply negative effects on lenders, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday.
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ADB, Nature Conservancy agree to joint action on nature-positive investmen
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Apr 22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on Thursday agreed to a new partnership for action on nature-positive investments, environmental sustainability and action on climate change throughout Asia and the Pacific.
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Asia Pacific's energy transition will be long-drawn-out: S&P
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore, April 21 (ANI): Energy transition is firmly underway in Asia-Pacific (APAC) but the pace and degree varies across markets, S&P Global Ratings has said in a new study.
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Legacy issues, differences need to be resolved through dialogue, not unila
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): In an apparent reference to China amid border standoff in eastern Ladakh, Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane on Monday said that "legacy issues and differences need to be resolved through mutual consent and dialogue and not by unilateral actions."
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India's vision of Indo-Pacific premised upon ASEAN centrality: Jaishankar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said India's vision of Indo-Pacific as a free, open and inclusive region, underpinned by international law and a rules-based order, is premised upon ASEAN "centrality and the common pursuit of progress and pr
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EU to reinforce strategic focus for cooperation in Indo-Pacific region, sa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 19 (ANI): The European Union should reinforce its strategic focus, presence and actions in the Indo-Pacific with the aim of contributing to the stability and security of the region, based on the rule of law, human rights and international law, said the European Coun
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China expresses 'firm opposition' over US, Japan call for free, open Indo-
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 17 (ANI): As the US and Japan call for a free and open Indo-Pacific region and along with raising concerns over the gross human rights violations committed by China, Beijing on Saturday expressed 'firm opposition to Washington and Tokyo's demand for a 'stable' Taiwan s
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Biden, Suga discuss China's aggression; reiterate calls for free and open
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday (local time) reiterated their calls for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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Had serious talks with Biden about China's influence in Indo-Pacific, worl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Japan and the United States had serious talks about China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region, and both countries agreed to oppose any attempt to change the status quo by force in the East and the South China Seas, said Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide
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US, Japan to work together to handle 'challenges' posed by China, says Bid
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Affirming his "ironclad" support for the US-Japanese alliance, President Joe Biden on Friday said that both the countries are committed to work together to take on the challenges posed by China to ensure the future of free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Quad good for stability in Indian Ocean and Pacific region, says Maldives
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Maldives has welcomed the Quad dialogue and said that it will bring stability to the Indian Ocean and the pacific region.
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Project Convergence: America goes to 'virtual war' with China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 16 (ANI): Amid the rising tensions with China, US Army's Project Convergence war games is set to hold operations in a transcontinental scenario - one meant to replicate the vast distances of the Western Pacific and the technological challenges of modern war, Asia
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