More regional integration seen in Indian subcontinent over last 5-6 years than since partition: Jaishankar

SAARC not moving forward as at least one member is practising cross-border terrorism, he says. In the past 5-6 years, the Indian subcontinent has witnessed far more regional integration than since the partition of India, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. While responding to a question during the Sardar Patel Lecture on Governance […]

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Vietnam quarterly growth hits two-year high on exports, investment

Gross domestic product grew 7.4% year-on-year in the third quarter, surpassing the second quarter’s revised 7.09% expansion, the government’s General Statistics Office said in a report. Vietnam reported its strongest economic growth in two years in the quarter to end-September, as strong exports and industrial production and rising foreign investment offset the effects last month […]

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Who is Mahrang Baloch in Time magazine’s 100 most influential list?

Time magazine’s 2024 ‘Time-100’ includes the name of a woman who stood up against repression in Baluchistan, Pakistan. The name of this famous human rights activist is Mahrang Baloch. This famous magazine publishes the list of 100 most influential people in the world every year. Time magazine wrote, this woman who inspired hope among the […]

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Time magazine’s analysis: Will the weakness of the interim government bring back Sheikh Hasina?

Awami League president and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to leave the country on August 5 in the face of the student uprising. He is currently in India. Awami League has been inactive since Sheikh Hasina left the country. Nobel laureate economist Dr. An interim government was formed with Muhammad Yunus as the […]

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Indonesia hosts international meeting on Myanmar with UN, junta rivals

Myanmar is embroiled in a bloody crisis stemming from a crackdown on pro-democracy protests that followed a 2021 coup by its military, which is battling on multiple fronts to contain a nationwide rebellion by a movement allied with several ethnic minority armies. Indonesia is hosting an international meeting involving the United Nations and opponents of […]

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Philippines accuses China of assaulting Vietnamese fishermen in South China Sea

Vietnam said this week that Chinese law enforcement officers had beaten 10 fishermen and seized their gear while they were working last Sunday near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands, which Hanoi also claims and calls Hoang Sa. The Philippines accused Chinese maritime officials on Friday of carrying out an “unjustified assault” on Vietnamese fishermen in the […]

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Indian FM Jaishankar rules out bilateral talks at SCO summit in Pakistan

India’s Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday said he would not discuss bilateral relations when he visits Pakistan this month, the first such visit in nearly a decade, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. “I expect there would be a lot of media interest because of the very nature of the relationship,” […]

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Mongolia and the US Hold Dialogue on Investment in Clean and Renewable Energy

Mongolia and the United States of America held an Energy Dialogue on October 1, 2024, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar. The dialogue was attended by State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Munkhtushig Lhanaajav, State Secretary of the Ministry of Energy Tavinbekh Nansal, and Acting State Secretary of the Ministry of […]

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IMF stresses continued reform as key vulnerabilities linger in Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasised that Sri Lanka must maintain its reform trajectory, warning that “important vulnerabilities” and “uncertainties” remain, despite the significant progress in key macroeconomic indicators. Responding to media queries on Thursday, IMF Communications Director Julie Kozack said Sri Lanka has begun to see an economic recovery, driven by the IMF programme, […]

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Russia to Remove Islamic Emirate from Terrorist List: Kabulov

Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, stated in a press conference that Russia will soon remove the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from its list of terrorist organizations. Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of the Moscow Format meeting, Kabulov said that the decision to remove the Islamic Emirate from this list has been made […]

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