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Air passenger and cargo markets continue to recede due to border closures:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Sep 24 (ANI): International air passenger demand stayed severely depressed in August as a result of ongoing border restrictions, preliminary figures released on Thursday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed.
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US, India growing cooperation vital to free, open Indian-Pacific region: S
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): Underlining that the scope of India and the United States partnership continues to expand, US State Department on Wednesday (local time) said that Washington's growing security and diplomatic cooperation with New Delhi is vital to a free, open, and inclus
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Consumer groups to hold webinar on tobacco harm reduction
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific are holding a webinar on 26 September 2020 to encourage countries in the region to acknowledge tobacco harm reduction (THR) as a human right and discuss the merits of smoke-free nicotine products as much safe
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Japan's new PM, Trump discuss free, open India-Pacific vision
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Tokyo [Japan], September 21 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and US President Donald Trump on Sunday discussed the importance of pursuing a shared vision of a free and open India-Pacific and agreed to give a further boost to the Japan-US security alliance.
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Amid China's growing assertiveness in Indian-Pacific, Japan to host Quad f
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Tokyo [Japan], September 20 (ANI): Amid China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, foreign ministers of India, Japan, the US and Australia are planning to hold a meeting in Tokyo next month, Japanese media reported on Sunday.
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Russia to ramp up its military presence in Far East
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI): Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said the military presence will be strengthened in the Far East in the wake of rising geopolitical tensions in the region.
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ADB vows to be developing Asia's partner for recovery from Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Sep 18 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to partnering with developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to achieve their recovery goals from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, President Masatsugu Asakawa said in an address to ADB's boar
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Indian-Pacific Quad working together to break Chinese monopoly on rare ear
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], September 18 (ANI): In a bid to break the Chinese monopoly on processing rare earth elements, the Indian-Pacific Quad comprising of India, Japan, Australia and the United States are working together and pooling resources to rapidly build collective self-reliance in the
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Asian finance and health ministers pledge support for universal health cov
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Manila [The Philippines], Sep 17 (ANI): More than 40 finance and health ministers and deputy ministers from across Asia and the Pacific on Thursday stressed the importance of universal health coverage (UHC) and the need for stronger collaboration to mobilise healthcare financing.
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Biden holds lead over Trump among Indian American voters: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
San Francisco/Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Sixty-six percent of Indian Americans currently favour Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for the 2020 presidential election as compared to only 28 per cent who prefer President Donald Trump, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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India slips to 54th globally in home price appreciation: Knight Frank surv
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 (ANI): India ranks at the 54th spot among 56 countries and territories tracked by leading international property consultancy Knight Frank in terms of appreciation in residential real estate prices with a decline of 1.9 per cent year-on-year in home
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India, Japan agree to advance defence cooperation to realise free, open In
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 14 (ANI): Indian Army Chief MM Naravane and Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), Chief of Staff General, Goro Yuasa, on Monday, had a telephonic discussion during which they agreed to advance defence cooperation and exchanges between the two countries to reali
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