SAARC FMS FOR JOINT EFFORTS TO OVERCOME COVID-19 IMPACTS
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Saarc Foreign Ministers on Thursday emphasised the need to work collectively to overcome the adverse impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in the region....
UN AVIATION AGENCY ADVISES PAKISTAN TO SUSPEND ISSUANCE OF...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has advised Pakistan to undertake “immediate corrective actions” and suspend the issu...
KHALILZAD HOPEFUL ABOUT TALKS, ADMITS CHALLENGES
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, speaking at a virtual event hosted by the US Institute of Peace (USIP) on T...
INDIAN FARMERS BLOCK ROADS, RAILWAYS AS PROTESTS MOUNT OVE...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Farmers in India blocked roads and railway tracks on Friday in a protest against new legislation that they say could pave the way for the government t...
INDIA’S COVID TALLY CROSSES 58-LAKH MARK; COUNTRY RECORDS...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
India has recorded 86,052 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. With this, the country total tally of Covid-19 cases has crossed the 58 lakh mark, a...
South Asian Monitor news headlines 25 September 2020
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
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MORNING BRIEF, 25 SEPTEMBER
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
China’s Sri Lanka foothold a dilemma for India
Rajapaksa was unusually active one day last week. He tweeted a message of congratulations to t...
UN ROUNDTABLE ON CLIMATE: PM PLACES 5-POINT SUGGESTION TO...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday placed a five-point recommendation to protect the planet and save people from the adversities of the climate...
MOMEN URGES MYANMAR TO INTERACT WITH ROHINGYAS FOR DURABLE...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said it is time for Myanmar to interact with their displaced Rohingya people here in confidence building m...
US DONATES LOCALLY PRODUCED PPE TO SRI LANKA
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The United States donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka as part of the United States’ on-going assistance to Sri Lanka in its...
PAKISTAN SEEKS CHINESE HELP IN HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT,...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The government has given the go-ahead to the Information Technology and Telecommunication Division that is going to sign a strategic cooperation frame...
EU ENVOY CALLS ON PAKISTAN TO DIVERSIFY PRODUCTS
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara has stressed the need for product diversity and more value-addition to exploit the full poten...
2 pilots killed in military helicopter crash in N. Afghani...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Two Afghan Air Force pilots were killed after a military helicopter crashed in the country's northern restive Baghlan province on Thursday, Defense Mi...
Thailand takes first legal action against Facebook, Twitte...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Facebook in August blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that discusses the country’s king, after the government th...
China unveils ‘strategic emerging industries’ plan in fres...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Beijing says it will boost investment in high-end manufacturing, including industrial robotics (above), under its new “strategic emerging indu...
Joe Biden speaks on India. It’s good on the whole.
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Democratic Candidate Joe Biden’s remarks Wednesday on the US-Indian relationship have elements of the good, bad and the ugly. Biden, a consu...
India tests laser guided anti-tank missile
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India has tested a laser-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM).
The test was conducted a...
Integrity of Myanmar polls questioned amid conflict, pande...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Tens of thousands of minorities in Myanmar remain without the right to vote, while access to information has been hampered due to internet restriction...
Pillar number 11 along Nepal-China border in Humla, which...
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Pillar number 11 along the Nepal-China border in Humla district, which was said to have been missing, has been found.
According to Bishnu Bahadur Lam...
Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri shot dead in Srinagar
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Some unidentified gunmen shot dead Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri in Srinagar on Thursday, the Hindustan Times reported. Qadri was rushed to the Sher-i-K...
Diplomats visit Line of Control to assess situation
September 25, 2020
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistani officials on Thursday took a foreign delegation to visit the area along the de facto Pakistan-India border known as the Line of Control (LoC...
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