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7 Asian Countries With Hassle-Free Visa Process For Indians
This guide reveals the top destinations that are opening their doors to travellers, providing essential information on visa requirements to ensure a smooth journey.
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35 Odisha Workers Held Captive In Laos, Chief Minister Orders Rescue
The labourers had sent the video clip to the people in their village, who contacted the local MLA. The legislator in turn brought it to the notice of the state government.
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ASEAN Countries Said to Set Ethics 'Guardrails' With AI Governance Codes
Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose "guardrails" on the booming technology. Regulators across the world are rushing to draft regulations to govern the use of generative AI, which can create text and images and is engendering excitement as well as fear about its ...
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Foreign Ministers Of Five Central Asian Countries Call On PM Modi
Foreign ministers of five Central Asian countries on Monday jointly called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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China Holds First Meeting With South Asian Countries On Covid, Poverty Relief Cooperation
China has held its first meeting with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to discuss COVID-19 and poverty relief cooperation besides resuming trade and economic ties disrupted by the pandemic.
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Regional Cooperation Must To Control Air Pollution In South Asia: Experts
Experts from various south Asian countries Thursday stressed on the need for regional collaboration for fighting air pollution and agreed that people in the region can live longer if the World Health Organisation's guidelines on air quality were met.
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Six Climbers, A Crew Member Rescued In Tajikistan Helicopter Accident
Six climbers and a crew member were rescued from the site of a helicopter accident in a remote mountainous region of Tajikistan while nine others remain missing after a "hard landing", emergency services said.
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Severe Climate Change Effect On Asia; India At High Risk Of Flooding: Study
Climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in the Pacific and Asia, a new report today warned and said Southern India may witness a decline in rice yeilds by five percent in 2030s.
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TPP Countries Keep Trade Deal Alive As Donald Trump Leaves With 'America First'
Japan has been at the forefront of efforts to get the remaining 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP countries to pursue the trade agreement, which members have also long seen as a way to contain an increasingly dominant China.
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630 Million People In South East Asia, India Using Water From Faeces- Contaminated Source: WHO
Around 630 million people in the South East Asian countries, including India, use a faeces- contaminated drinking water source, the WHO said on Friday.
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China Denies Political Conditions On Aid To Cambodia
China says its financial assistance to Cambodia is in no way dependent on its diplomatic support, including in Beijing's dispute with other Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea.
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No Threat To Polio-Free Status Of India, Says WHO
Amidst concerns over resurfacing of polio cases in India, the WHO today said there is "no threat" to the polio-free status of all South East Asian region countries, including India, and the detection of a rare strain of the crippling disease is "not unusual".
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White House - Disputes Over South China Sea Must Not Involve 'Bullying'
The White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would deliver a tough message to China during a summit with Southeast Asian countries next week that disputes over the South China Sea must be resolved through global rules and not through "bullying."
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India Starts Providing El Nino Warning To South Asian Nations
After updates on temperature and monsoon, India has now started giving El Nino warning to South Asian countries.
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Fire Sweeps Through Philippine Prison Killing 10 Inmates
Fire swept through a maximum-security Philippine prison killing 10 inmates, most of them in their cells, authorities said on Friday, in a disaster likely to highlight woeful conditions in one of the world's most over-crowded prison systems.
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7 Asian Countries With Hassle-Free Visa Process For Indians
This guide reveals the top destinations that are opening their doors to travellers, providing essential information on visa requirements to ensure a smooth journey.
-
35 Odisha Workers Held Captive In Laos, Chief Minister Orders Rescue
The labourers had sent the video clip to the people in their village, who contacted the local MLA. The legislator in turn brought it to the notice of the state government.
-
ASEAN Countries Said to Set Ethics 'Guardrails' With AI Governance Codes
Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose "guardrails" on the booming technology. Regulators across the world are rushing to draft regulations to govern the use of generative AI, which can create text and images and is engendering excitement as well as fear about its ...
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Foreign Ministers Of Five Central Asian Countries Call On PM Modi
Foreign ministers of five Central Asian countries on Monday jointly called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
-
China Holds First Meeting With South Asian Countries On Covid, Poverty Relief Cooperation
China has held its first meeting with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to discuss COVID-19 and poverty relief cooperation besides resuming trade and economic ties disrupted by the pandemic.
-
Regional Cooperation Must To Control Air Pollution In South Asia: Experts
Experts from various south Asian countries Thursday stressed on the need for regional collaboration for fighting air pollution and agreed that people in the region can live longer if the World Health Organisation's guidelines on air quality were met.
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Six Climbers, A Crew Member Rescued In Tajikistan Helicopter Accident
Six climbers and a crew member were rescued from the site of a helicopter accident in a remote mountainous region of Tajikistan while nine others remain missing after a "hard landing", emergency services said.
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Severe Climate Change Effect On Asia; India At High Risk Of Flooding: Study
Climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in the Pacific and Asia, a new report today warned and said Southern India may witness a decline in rice yeilds by five percent in 2030s.
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TPP Countries Keep Trade Deal Alive As Donald Trump Leaves With 'America First'
Japan has been at the forefront of efforts to get the remaining 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP countries to pursue the trade agreement, which members have also long seen as a way to contain an increasingly dominant China.
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630 Million People In South East Asia, India Using Water From Faeces- Contaminated Source: WHO
Around 630 million people in the South East Asian countries, including India, use a faeces- contaminated drinking water source, the WHO said on Friday.
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China Denies Political Conditions On Aid To Cambodia
China says its financial assistance to Cambodia is in no way dependent on its diplomatic support, including in Beijing's dispute with other Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea.
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No Threat To Polio-Free Status Of India, Says WHO
Amidst concerns over resurfacing of polio cases in India, the WHO today said there is "no threat" to the polio-free status of all South East Asian region countries, including India, and the detection of a rare strain of the crippling disease is "not unusual".
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White House - Disputes Over South China Sea Must Not Involve 'Bullying'
The White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would deliver a tough message to China during a summit with Southeast Asian countries next week that disputes over the South China Sea must be resolved through global rules and not through "bullying."
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India Starts Providing El Nino Warning To South Asian Nations
After updates on temperature and monsoon, India has now started giving El Nino warning to South Asian countries.
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Fire Sweeps Through Philippine Prison Killing 10 Inmates
Fire swept through a maximum-security Philippine prison killing 10 inmates, most of them in their cells, authorities said on Friday, in a disaster likely to highlight woeful conditions in one of the world's most over-crowded prison systems.
