SAARC

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India proposes information exchange over Covid19 amongst SAARC countries

India proporsed that a network of experts representing Health Services may set up on whatsapp to enable exchange of relevant information

28 Mar 2020 8:49 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI photo)

PM Modi invites SAARC leaders for a discussion on coronavirus strategy

Together, we can set an example to the world, and contribute to a healthier planet, said Modi

13 Mar 2020 2:20 PM

Rajapaksa said that the region as a whole requires to forge new avenues of cooperation to steer the Organization to be more effective in addressing the emerging challenges. (Photo: File)

Lanka firmly committed to SAARC, says Gotabaya Rajapaksa

SAARC is regional intergovernmental organisation and geopolitical union of states in South Asia, including, India and Pakistan.

09 Dec 2019 3:03 PM

The prime minister reiterated Pakistan's commitment to the SAARC process. (Photo: File)

Pakistan believes in effective, result-oriented regional cooperation: PM Imran

Khan said Pakistan is firm believer in the strength and potential of regional cooperation for individual, national and regional development.

08 Dec 2019 4:12 PM

The Soyabean Process-ors Association of India has raised its concerns over illegal imports of edible oil from Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other SAARC countries without paying import duty. (Photo: Pixabay)

Illegal edible oil imports on rise

The government had increased the import duty on edible oil to protect the domestic industry.

01 Oct 2019 1:50 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 74th United Nations General Assembly session on Friday around 9 pm, along with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan. (Photo: File)

PM Modi, Imran Khan to address 74th UN General Assembly today

Imran Khan is likely to address the UN General Assembly shortly after Modi’s speech.

27 Sep 2019 1:12 PM

Elimination of terrorism in all its forms is a precondition not only for fruitful cooperation but also for the very survival of the South Asian region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted after a SAARC meeting in New York which Pakistan boycotted when he was making his opening statement. (Photo: File)

'Terror elimination precondition for cooperation, survival': Jaishankar tweets after Pak boycott

S Jaishankar was among the first ministers to arrive for the SAARC Ministerial Meeting.

27 Sep 2019 8:49 AM

Qureshi arrived only after Jaishankar had left the room and said that his country will not engage with India "until and unless they lift the siege" in Kashmir. (Photo: File)

Pak's Qureshi skips Jaishankar's SAARC address, points to Kashmir

Jaishankar had, however, refused to comment on the absence of his Pakistani counterpart during his opening statement.

27 Sep 2019 8:36 AM

Jaishankar said that the situation in the region has now stabilised and lots of restrictions have been rolled back including the operationalising of landlines and some mobile towers and resumption of economic activity. (Photo: File)

'Kashmir was in a mess before August 5': S Jaishankar on Article 370 move

MEA explained how Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India after the country gained freedom in 1947 and the drafting of Article 370.

26 Sep 2019 8:57 AM

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) contains Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives and India.

Let’s have free movement within Saarc

The citizens of Poland and Portugal can move to London or Copenhagen freely and set up home and family there.

15 Sep 2019 12:05 AM

Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia over alleged ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC). (Representational Image)

Pak summons Indian envoy over alleged ceasefire violation

New Delhi has repeatedly urged Pakistan to 'respect' the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement.

15 Aug 2019 10:33 AM

IIT Kharagpur is increasingly looking beyond borders to get foreign students and bring a fresh perspective to its classrooms and labs and enrich its campus life.

IIT KGP looks beyond borders

IIT KGP has also received applications from SAARC countries two ASEAN countries and Latin America countries Colombia and Venezuela.

01 Aug 2019 1:22 AM

The irony in its behaviour, and its impact on Saarc, lies in the fact that it was India that stalled the framing of the Saarc Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism (RCST).

India stalled framing of Saarc terror convention

India matters enormously to Saarc, and yet, India can and has crippled Saarc.

21 Jul 2019 12:03 AM

With Pakistan, sulking is not the best policy

Maintaining a stance of no dialogue is not the best recipe for securing India’s own interests.

16 Jun 2019 3:51 AM

'SAARC has certain problems. I think we all know what it is, even if you were to put terrorism issue aside. There are issues related to connectivity and trade. If you look at why BIMSTEC leaders were invited for the PM's swearing-in because we see energy, mindset and possibility in it,' S Jaishankar said. (Photo: ANI)

'Certain problems' in SAARC: Jaishankar hints at Pakistan

Jaishankar's comment can be seen as a veiled reference to neighbouring Pakistan.

06 Jun 2019 3:10 PM

Narendra Modi and Imran Khan are scheduled to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan next month. (Photo: File)

Internal politics: Pakistan on no invite for Imran Khan to PM Modi oath ceremony

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif had attended PM Modi’s swearing-in held in 2014 in New Delhi when leaders of SAARC countries were invited.

28 May 2019 4:40 PM

A block of AJK Medical College, Muzaffarabad, named after the slain cleric and separatist leader Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq, father of incumbent Mirwaiz (chief cleric) Umar Farooq.

Row erupts in Valley as UGC bars students from joining PoK institutes

The AICTE asked the J&K government to persuade students not to enrol themselves in any institution in PoK.

17 May 2019 4:58 AM

The palmolein imported from Nepal is of Indonesian and Malaysian origin and soybean oil is of South American origin, routed through Nepal by flouting the 'Rules of Origin' for getting the duty exemption for such imports, SOPA said. (Photo: Pixabay)

Curb illegal palm, soybean oil imports from Nepal: SOPA to Govt

India meets over 70 per cent of its domestic edible oil demand through imports.

29 Apr 2019 3:34 PM

The RBI has agreed to provide the funds under its SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Swap Facility.

Lanka's Central Bank gets USD 400 million swap from RBI

The total loan was expected to have been disbursed with a seventh tranche by mid-2019.

10 Jan 2019 11:39 AM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: File)

India firm: No talks, no Saarc

Pakistan must stop sponsoring terror first, says Sushma Swaraj.

29 Nov 2018 5:33 AM

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