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Pak PM Khan hopes to host SAARC Summit after removal of artificial obstacle

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed hope that his country would host the SAARC Summit after the removal of artificial obstacle in its way. Khan made the remarks during his meeting with Secretary-General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Esala Ruwan Weerakoon, who paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister here, according to Foreign Office. The Prime Minister expressed hope to host the SAARC Summit in Pakistan when artificial obstacle created in its way would be removed, said FO. The SAARC - a regional grouping comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - has not been very effective since 2016 as its biennial summits have not taken place since the last one in Kathmandu in 2014. The 2016 SAARC Summit was originally planned to be held in Islamabad on November 15-19, 2016. But after a terror attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 that year, India expressed

We are poised at the cusp of tremendous opportunity: Cisco's Chittilapilly

Cisco's president for India and Saarc sees big scope in the digitisation of multiple industry sectors that have been poor adopters of technology

SAARC meet canceled as Pak seeks Taliban representing Afghanistan: Report

India, some other members objected to the proposal for a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers.

Saarc nations for technology use to fight climate crisis in fisheries

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries on Thursday pitched for adoption of technologies to reduce the impact of climate crisis on fisheries and acquaculture

Cisco appoints Daisy Chittilapilly as president of India, SAARC operations

Chittilapilly has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, including 17 years of leadership experience at Cisco

SAARC virtual meet: India invites Pakistan to coronavirus workshop

It is a virtual workshop on management of Covid-19, response to the pandemic and exchange of best practices amid the pandemic

China shadow looms large as India looks to consolidate ties with neighbours

The immediate proximate event is going to be the election in Nepal, due in April

Saarc Covid fund: No Indian money for Pakistan; Nepal biggest beneficiary

India has contributed half the corpus of the fund but released less than 20% to member nations

It's time for policymakers to boost regional cooperation

Going forward, a cross-border regional protocol would help strengthen the preparedness for future pandemics or similar disasters

Defence, LCV and buses to be key growth levers at Ashok Leyland: Chairman

Dheeraj Hinduja says company's future product plans would revolve around auto buzzword CASE mobility. CASE is an acronym for Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Electric vehicles

RBI signs documents to extend $400 mn currency swap facility to Sri Lanka

The currency swap arrangement will remain available till November 2022, the Indian mission said in a press release

Asia needs India for post-Covid cooperation

India's pivotal position in South Asia, its strong economic ties with ASEAN+6 countries and its presence in the G20 make its participation critical

IMF needs to maintain global financial stability amid Covid-19: Sitharaman

Sitharaman, in her intervention, outlined various measures taken by India to deal with the health emergency

Social distancing with India: Pak stays away from Saarc meets on Covid-19

Earlier this week, Pakistan stayed away from the regional trade officials' video conference on Covid-19 because as per the neighboiring country, it should have been managed by Saarc secretariat

Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan pledge $3.5 mn to SAARC COVID-19 Fund

India first announced to provide $10 million to the fund and subsequently Nepal and Afghanistan promised $1 million each and the Maldives and Bhutan committed $200,000 and 100,000 respectively.

PM Modi thanks Bhutan, Nepal for contributing to Covid-19 emergency fund

Modi took to Twitter to thank leaders of the two countries for their contribution

SAARC video-meeting not political, Pak misused it to raise Kashmir: India

MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for the SAARC nations' video-conference to formulate a joint strategy to combat the coronavirus

Markets reacting to govt's poor handling of coronavirus crisis: Chidambaram

Former FM says markets have taken a dim view of the 'virtually coerced investment by SBI and private sector banks in the equity of failed YES Bank'

Pak raises Kashmir issue at Saarc Covid-19 line; 'churlish', says India

PM proposed the creation of an emergency fund to combat the pandemic and pitched India's initial offer of $10 million

PM Narendra Modi proposes SAARC fund to combat coronavirus outbreak

Modi suggested SAARC member nations should set up an emergency fund to combat COVID-19, and offered $10 million as India's initial contribution