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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

Singhvi slams Pakistan for raising Kashmir at SAARC video-conference

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi slammed Pakistan on Sunday for raising the Kashmir issue during the SAARC nations' video-conference on coronavirus, saying the country deserved to be "quarantined" by the global community. Pakistan used the SAARC nations' video-conference on coronavirus on Sunday to raise the Kashmir issue, with the country's State Minister of Health Zafar Mirza calling for an immediate lifting of the "lockdown" there to allow virus containment measures. "Pakistan can't stoop lower than this. During a humongous humanitarian crisis, it sends a junior minister for SAARC meeting of heads of state. Then raises Kashmir issue in the meeting out of nowhere. Pity," Singhvi said in a tweet. The neighbouring country deserved to be "quarantined" by the global community, he added. Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill tweeted, saying, "Pakistan raising Kashmir issue during 'SAARC fights Corona' meeting reflects their 'petty, poor & pathetic' standard of governance ...

Modi proposes SAARC fund to tackle Coronavirus, stresses on joint efforts

Modi asserted that it was important for the SAARC member countries to work together and said the region can best respond to the coronavirus pandemic by "coming together, not growing apart"