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Chinese energy firms 'threaten' to block Afghan coal import
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): As a steady decline of foreign currency reserves in Pakistan continues, Chinese energy firms in Pakistan have threatened to discontinue the import of Afghan coal in Pakistan if National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) does not approve of decre
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Tesla in India: Elon Musk says 'no plant where sale (of imported cars) not
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Texas [US], May 28 (ANI): Hinting that Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in India the carmaker's chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk said on Friday tweeted that until the company is first allowed to sell and service imported cars in the South Asian country there will be no sett
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Sri Lanka faces diesel shortage as foreign exchange crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Thursday said the country is facing a shortage of diesel as the foreign exchange crisis worsens in the South Asian country.
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China's inadequate response to unprecedented crisis disappoints Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 28 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week told Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that Beijing is ready to play a constructive role in the island nation's socio-economic development and it empathizes with Sri Lanka for the difficulties and challenges
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Pakistan to issue demarche to unnamed country whose official communicated
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): Pakistan's National Security Committee (NSC) decided the country would issue a strong demarche to an unnamed country whose official communicated the "threat" to the south Asian country, media reports said on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka's Central bank says country's banking system stable
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 24 (ANI): Sri Lanka's central bank on Thursday said that the island nation's banking system is stable after speculations that a state bank in the country had defaulted.
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Sri Lanka extends visas of Russian, Ukrainian tourists by 2 months
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Sri Lankan government has decided to extend the visas of over 15,000 Russian and Ukrainian tourists in the South Asian country for two months.
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Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan pales in comparison to that of Pakist
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 23 (ANI): Underlining the terrorism emanating from Pakistan, a US scholar has urged the Biden administration to stop offering concessions to the south Asian country in exchange for counterterrorism cooperation, saying that "it's like offering arsonist matches and ga
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Deep ideological roots of anti-Hindu sentiment in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): Religious minorities in Pakistan are victimized through Islamist persecution -- from forced conversions to desecration of worship places. However, the South Asian country's anti-Hindu bigotry remains uniquely institutionalized.
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Pak objects to former Canadian minister's remark highlighting its Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): Pakistan has objected to remarks made by former Canadian minister Chris Alexander, highlighting the South Asian country's support to the Taliban in the ongoing Afghan conflict.
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US ramps up efforts to assist Afghanistan amid withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): After the meeting between US President Joe Biden, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, the White House on Friday announced a series of measures to provide assistance to the Sout
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China's support to Myanmar military a 'major leap backward' for South Asia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 17 (ANI): The decision of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to recognise Myanmar's military dictatorship earlier this month is likely to be a major leap backward for the South Asian country amid ongoing anti-coup protests, says a new repor
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