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Instability In Afghanistan, Myanmar Hit Indian Projects: Foreign Ministry
India-backed projects have suffered setbacks in Afghanistan and faced numerous challenges in Myanmar due to the current political and security situations in these countries, the Ministry of External Affairs has informed a parliamentary panel.
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Anti-Terror Agency To Probe Al Qaeda-Linked Network In Assam
First Information Report Filed by National Investigation Agency says the objective of the module is to radicalise the youth, propagate terror and wage war against India
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No Taliban, Myanmar Junta In United Nations For Now, Committee Says
A U.N. committee on Wednesday deferred a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the United Nations, said the panel's chair, meaning the Afghan Taliban and Myanmar junta will not be allowed into the world body for now.
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S Jaishankar, US Secretary Of State Discuss Security Issues In Afghanistan, Myanmar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart Tony Blinken on Monday discussed on phone bilateral and regional issues including Afghanistan, Myanmar, and climate change.
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"India A Bridge In Narrowing Differences At Security Council": UN Envoy
India has "been a bridge" in a polarised UN Security Council, narrowing differences and helping shape the Council's statements, discussions on Afghanistan and Myanmar, pushing for greater meeting of minds to address humanitarian crisis in Syria and focusing on terrorism, India's envoy to the UN said.
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Facebook Removes 'Inauthentic' Accounts, Pages Spanning Eight Nations
Facebook said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Afghanistan, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Morocco, Myanmar, Turkey, and Ukraine due to "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".
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COVID-19: Johns Hopkins, IIHMR University To Offer Online Courses On 'Vaccine Economics'
According to IIHMR University, the courses have already received 400 applications, out of which 230 participants from the field of immunisation and vaccine delivery have been short-listed. The participants are from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Somalia.
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PM Modi, Donald Trump Over Phone Discuss Maldives, Rohingya, North Korea: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone on Thursday, discussing topics including the political crisis in the Maldives, the war in Afghanistan and the plight of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the White House said.
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India Announces 200 Fellowships For Scientists From Neighbouring Countries
The 2018-India Science and Research Fellowship (ISRF) scheme will provide a fully-paid fellowship to researchers, scientists and academicians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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Thailand Forces Shoot Dead 7 Drug Suspects
Thailand forces have shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized six bags of heroin after a firefight near the Myanmar border, an official said, in the latest clash over narcotics in the remote region.
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Indian Sugar Mills Win First Major Export Deal in Months: Report
Indian sugar mills have contracted to export 50,000 tonnes of white sugar to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan at $340-$345 per tonne, free on board, trade sources said, the first major deal in the past few months.
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China Invites India to Join its Ambitious Silk Road Projects
Giving final touches to its most ambitious plan to build a wide network of new silk roads on land and seas to enhance global connectivity, China has invited India to join President Xi Jinping's pet project that would revive the ancient trade route and benefit the region.
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US says Asia's rights record poor in 2013
From China's crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia's human rights record in 2013 remained poor, US officials said Thursday.
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Vietnam hands death penalty to 30 drug smugglers: judge
Vietnam on Monday sentenced 30 drug smugglers to death in the communist country's largest ever narcotics case, involving scores of defendants and nearly two tons of heroin, a judge said.
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Muslims celebrate Eid across the world amid bomb blasts, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as bombings killed dozens of people in Asia and the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East.
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Instability In Afghanistan, Myanmar Hit Indian Projects: Foreign Ministry
India-backed projects have suffered setbacks in Afghanistan and faced numerous challenges in Myanmar due to the current political and security situations in these countries, the Ministry of External Affairs has informed a parliamentary panel.
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Anti-Terror Agency To Probe Al Qaeda-Linked Network In Assam
First Information Report Filed by National Investigation Agency says the objective of the module is to radicalise the youth, propagate terror and wage war against India
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No Taliban, Myanmar Junta In United Nations For Now, Committee Says
A U.N. committee on Wednesday deferred a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the United Nations, said the panel's chair, meaning the Afghan Taliban and Myanmar junta will not be allowed into the world body for now.
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S Jaishankar, US Secretary Of State Discuss Security Issues In Afghanistan, Myanmar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart Tony Blinken on Monday discussed on phone bilateral and regional issues including Afghanistan, Myanmar, and climate change.
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"India A Bridge In Narrowing Differences At Security Council": UN Envoy
India has "been a bridge" in a polarised UN Security Council, narrowing differences and helping shape the Council's statements, discussions on Afghanistan and Myanmar, pushing for greater meeting of minds to address humanitarian crisis in Syria and focusing on terrorism, India's envoy to the UN said.
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Facebook Removes 'Inauthentic' Accounts, Pages Spanning Eight Nations
Facebook said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Afghanistan, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Morocco, Myanmar, Turkey, and Ukraine due to "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".
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COVID-19: Johns Hopkins, IIHMR University To Offer Online Courses On 'Vaccine Economics'
According to IIHMR University, the courses have already received 400 applications, out of which 230 participants from the field of immunisation and vaccine delivery have been short-listed. The participants are from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Somalia.
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PM Modi, Donald Trump Over Phone Discuss Maldives, Rohingya, North Korea: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone on Thursday, discussing topics including the political crisis in the Maldives, the war in Afghanistan and the plight of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the White House said.
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India Announces 200 Fellowships For Scientists From Neighbouring Countries
The 2018-India Science and Research Fellowship (ISRF) scheme will provide a fully-paid fellowship to researchers, scientists and academicians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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Thailand Forces Shoot Dead 7 Drug Suspects
Thailand forces have shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized six bags of heroin after a firefight near the Myanmar border, an official said, in the latest clash over narcotics in the remote region.
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Indian Sugar Mills Win First Major Export Deal in Months: Report
Indian sugar mills have contracted to export 50,000 tonnes of white sugar to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan at $340-$345 per tonne, free on board, trade sources said, the first major deal in the past few months.
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China Invites India to Join its Ambitious Silk Road Projects
Giving final touches to its most ambitious plan to build a wide network of new silk roads on land and seas to enhance global connectivity, China has invited India to join President Xi Jinping's pet project that would revive the ancient trade route and benefit the region.
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US says Asia's rights record poor in 2013
From China's crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia's human rights record in 2013 remained poor, US officials said Thursday.
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Vietnam hands death penalty to 30 drug smugglers: judge
Vietnam on Monday sentenced 30 drug smugglers to death in the communist country's largest ever narcotics case, involving scores of defendants and nearly two tons of heroin, a judge said.
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Muslims celebrate Eid across the world amid bomb blasts, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as bombings killed dozens of people in Asia and the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East.
