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New analysis claims deprivation 'driving' COVID-19 ethnic disparities
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Leicester [England], April 3 (ANI): Deprivation among society at large is 'driving' COVID-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups - predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations - and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection rates, hospitali
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Chicago City Council rejects misleading resolution critical of Indian govt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chicago [US], March 25 (ANI): The Chicago City Council on Wednesday rejected a resolution which sought to condemn "violence against certain castes and religious minorities" in India, following intense pushback from the Indian diaspora in the United States over concerns that it could lead
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday received his first dose of coronavirus vaccine. This comes a day after the South Asian nation received half a million doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by China.
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'Breakdown of rule of law in Myanmar setback for stability of broader regi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 18 (ANI): Noting the ongoing developments in Myanmar, Anne Heckendorff, Research Analyst, European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) on Thursday said breakdown of rule of law in Myanmar constitutes a severe setback for the stability of the broader region.
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Pak orchestrating proxy war, promoting terrorism in Kashmir, EFSAS chief t
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 15 (ANI): Thousands of Kashmiris have died in a proxy war orchestrated by Pakistan and they continue to suffer due to terrorist groups patronized by Pakistan military establishment, said the chief of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies during a general
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COVID-19 Impact: How Southeast and South Asian Airlines are faring
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Singapore, February 22 (ANI): Recovery in air travel appears to have stagnated. This was one of the findings in a report published earlier this month by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) based on its December data.
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SAARC virtual meet: India invites Pak to COVID-19 workshop
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): India will host a health secretary-level meet virtually with other South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries on Thursday to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Pakistan has also been invited to attend the workshop.
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China forces countries in Indian Ocean region to 'trade debt with sovereig
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 12 (ANI): China has created financial dependence amongst several South Asian and Southeast Asian countries and has pushed its agenda of establishing commercial bases in the Indian Ocean region to the extent of trading debt with sovereignty, said Taiwan Times weekend
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A ride for humanity by Kiran Chukkapalli
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 12 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Every year, thousands of people from South Asian countries are forced to flee their homes because of persecution and conflict and enter India in search of a safe life.
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Sovereign, united Afghanistan essential to South Asian prosperity: Preside
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 9 (ANI): Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a terror-free region, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, on Tuesday, said that a sovereign and united Afghanistan is essential to South Asia's prosperity.
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Rejection of British National Overseas passports leaves ethnic minority co
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document
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Quess amongst 50 Largest Staffing Firms globally
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Quess Corp, the "Made in India" business services provider and the nation's largest domestic private sector employer, has been ranked 50th on the Largest Global Staffing Firms 2020 list by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), a global ad
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