India swipe at Pak for insisting on bringing COVID-19 initiatives under SAARC frameworkIndia said the degree of seriousness of each member nation of the SAARC in collectively fighting the coronavirus pandemic can be gauged by ...
10 Apr, 2020, 01.06 PM IST
Pakistan aiming to score narrow political goals by seeking COVID-19 initiatives under SAARC: ReportOn Wednesday, Pakistan boycotted a video conference of trade officials of the SAARC countries to discuss ways to minimise the economic cost...
09 Apr, 2020, 04.19 PM IST
SAARC trade officials to meet soon on Covid 19 impactThe Department of Commerce in India will be nodal agency for this exercise. The date of the video conference is being worked out. The video...
02 Apr, 2020, 09.02 AM IST
India proposes online platform for SAARC to jointly combat coronavirusAt an India-initiated video conference of SAARC leaders on March 15, Modi suggested that health professionals of the member nations could c...
27 Mar, 2020, 11.45 PM IST
Coronavirus scare in Pakistan as preachers from 80 nations attend gatheringThe gathering in eastern part of Pakistan, the second most populous country in South Asia, brought together tens of thousands of Muslim pre...
25 Mar, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
PM Modi thanks Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal for contributing to COVID-19 emergency fundPrime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the Maldives for contributing to the COVID-19 emergency fund to tackle the spread of the deadly virus ...
21 Mar, 2020, 05.32 PM IST
PM-proposed SAARC emergency fund to combat coronavirus operationalised: MEAThe SAARC nations vowed on Sunday to jointly combat the coronavirus as Modi proposed an emergency fund with an initial offer of USD 10 mill...
19 Mar, 2020, 08.10 PM IST
Platform was humanitarian, not political: MEA on Pakistan raising Kashmir during SAARC video-conference"A crisis of this magnitude does not recognise borders. In this spirit, the prime minister had called the SAARC video-conference on coronav...
19 Mar, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
View: Modi’s move to engage SAARC on Covid-19 shows his capacity to surpriseSensing the need of the situation, he has again asserted India’s leadership role in the region by inviting other Saarc leaders to join him ...
16 Mar, 2020, 01.37 PM IST
P Chidambaram wants Modi govt to partially lockdown towns, cities to check coronavirus"Yesterday I had asked the government to consider stronger and more determined measures to combat COVID 19. We got a video conference that ...
16 Mar, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Pakistan uses SAARC video conference on coronavirus to raise Kashmir, calls for lifting of 'lockdown'Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue but India has asserted that the abrogation of Article 370 was its "internal ...
15 Mar, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Narendra Modi proposes SAARC fund to tackle coronavirus, lays stress on joint effortsIn a significant message, Modi asserted that it was important for the SAARC member countries to work together and said the region can best ...
15 Mar, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
Maldives praises India for generous assistance amid coronavirus scareMaldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih also backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan for a comprehensive regional strategy to fight cor...
15 Mar, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Pakistan PM's aide to participate in SAARC video conference on coronavirusPrime Minister Modi reached out to the eight-member regional grouping on Friday and pitched for a video conference among the leaders of the...
15 Mar, 2020, 03.47 PM IST
PM Modi to lead India at video conference of SAARC nations on Sunday: MEAModi on Friday proposed formulation of a joint strategy by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to fight co...
15 Mar, 2020, 01.27 PM IST
Will participate in SAARC video conference on coronavirus: Pakistan on PM Modi's proposalPM Modi reached out to the eight-member regional grouping yesterday and pitched for a video conference among the SAARC leaders to chalk out...
14 Mar, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Modi bats for joint SAARC strategy to fight coronavirus, gets prompt support from neighbours"I would like to propose that the leadership of SAARC nations chalk out a strong strategy to fight coronavirus. We could discuss, via video...
14 Mar, 2020, 08.57 AM IST