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Pakistan Army chief warns against change of Kashmir's 'disputed status'

Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday visited the Line of Control (LoC) and warned the country’s eastern neighbour that disturbing the strategic stability matrix in the region can lead to dire consequences, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)

India helps Uganda to set up military war game centre

The Indian Association in Uganda, with help of the Indian military training team, set up a military war game centre in Jinja district. On Sunday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inaugurated the war game centre conceptualised by Indian military team for Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF)

US pledges $6 million more to aid Pakistan's fight against COVID-19

The United States on Sunday announced a $6 million contribution to aid Pakistan’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Sri Lankan President seeks US$ 1.1 billion special SWAP facility from Indian PM

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide US$ 1.1 billion special SWAP facility in addition to the US$ 400 million facility under SAARC to boost the country’s depleting foreign exchange reserves in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Maldives has repatriated 1,000 undocumented Bangladeshi workers

The Foreign Ministry announced that the Maldives has repatriated 1,000 Bangladeshi workers under the Maldivian government’s repatriation initiative targeting undocumented workers

PGIMER-Chandigarh develops robotic trolley for Covid patients

In order to ensure minimum contact of healthcare workers with coronavirus patients and no contamination in surroundings, the PGIMER here has developed a state-of-the-art low-cost robotic trolley for Covid patients that is customized for local needs

Indian Prime Minister speaks to Sri Lankan President, Mauritian PM

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind K. Jugnauth on Saturday and praised their efforts in handling Covid-19 outbreak

Bhutan proposes major changes in 2020-21 annual budget

The Bhutanese government has come up with major changes in the annual budget 2020-21, which will see a significant increase in the overall allocation, as part of its strategy to offset the economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic

India's moves towards military self-reliance

Two years after asking global companies to submit proposals to supply 114 combat aircraft in the world’s biggest warplane contract, India plans to switch to India-made fighter jets

When a virus puts the focus back on a basic necessity - water

Yes, it is 2020, and access to clean, potable water is still out-of-reach for hundreds of thousands of people in India and across South Asia,  writes Azera Parveen Rahman for South Asia Monitor

Full-scale locust invasion if timely action not taken, warns FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations says that desert locust breeding in Pakistan is ongoing across 38 percent of the land area and warns that the entire country could be under locust invasion if the pest is not contained in time

Sri Lanka elected as Chair of the Seventh Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development in Bangkok

The Seventh Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) held on 20 May in Bangkok-Thailand, was convened as a virtual meeting for the first time, complying with the ‘new normal’ in the COVID 19 context

Bangladesh PM Hasina phones West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to ask about Amphan damage

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and enquired about the damages caused by Cyclone Amphan

Bangladesh produces first generic version of Remdesivir

Bangladesh-based Beximco Pharmaceuticals has become the world's first company to produce a generic version of the antiviral drug Remdesivir, originally developed by US-based Gilead Sciences, it was reported on Friday

Economic damage for India from lockdown to be significant: Moody's

Moody's Investors Service said on Friday that economic damage as a result of India's coronavirus lockdown will likely be extensive and reflect the country's inherent economic vulnerability and fiscal constraints