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Pakistan to host SAARC video conference on COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan is set to host the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) video conference on Thursday to deliberate on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Indoctrination turned Maldives from tourism hub to terror recruitment grou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 20 (ANI): The societal change brought about by the dissemination and institutionalisation of fundamental Islam, poor socio-economic factors fomented by political instability, combined with the proselytisation of extremist ideology has fermented the Maldives as
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Proselytisation of extremist ideology fermented Maldives as recruitment gr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 20 (ANI): The societal change brought about by the dissemination and institutionalisation of fundamental Islam, poor socio-economic factors fomented by political instability, combined with the proselytisation of extremist ideology has fermented the Maldives as
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India's leadership helped South Asia to contain coronavirus so far, says E
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam, [Netherlands], April 18 (ANI): Praising India for taking an "empathetic" view of the coronavirus crisis and providing medical aid to 108 countries, a European think-tank asserted that the regional leadership assumed by New Delhi has helped South Asia to successfully contain the pa
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AIIMS Raipur holds COVID-19 webinar with participants from SAARC countries
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 17 (ANI): Continuing the practice of sharing its experiences with other medical institutions in India and South Asia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur on Friday organised a webinar and exchanged views on the current COVID-19 situatio
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Pakistan summons India's Charge d'Affaires over 'ceasefire violations'
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): India's Charge d'Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia was summoned by Pakistan's Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Monday.
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'Degree of seriousness gauged by behavior': India on Pak's delayed SAARC c
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): After Pakistan pledged to donate USD 3 million to SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, India on Friday highlighted the "early commitment" made by other member countries and said the 'degree of seriousness' of each nation can be gauged by its behaviour
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COVID-19 outbreak: Consignment of medicines arrives in Sri Lanka from Indi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): A consignment of medicines arrived in Sri Lanka from India on Wednesday, as South Asia battles with the coronavirus outbreak.
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Pak says SAARC's Secretariat's absence reason for not attending trade offi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 09 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday said that it did not participate in India-led South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) trade officials discussion as SAARC Secretariat was not part of today's video conference on coronavirus.
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COVID-19: SAARC members excluding Pakistan discuss travel restrictions imp
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 08 (ANI): Senior trade officials of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries on Wednesday held talks to discuss the impact of travel restrictions and the larger coronavirus situation on intra-regional trade.
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South, East Asia requires 1.9 million more nurses, midwives: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 8 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that countries in South-East Asia need to redouble efforts to strengthen and expand their cadres of nurses and midwives by 1.9 million to achieve good health for all by 2030.
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Pak authorities should urgently reform 'draconian' blasphemy laws: Europea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 07 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan's blasphemy laws lead to "grave miscarriages of justice", a European think tank asked Pakistani authorities to urgently reform the blasphemy laws by repealing the existent provisions and drafting new legislation.
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