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The dialogue, which is happening after a 15-year diplomatic freeze, is seen as part of a broader strategy by Islamabad to recalibrate its regional alliances amid the shifting power dynamics in the South Asia region.
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DIFF 2024: At the recently concluded 13th Dharamshala International Film Festival, director Deepak Rauniyar & actress Asha Magarati spoke about Nepalese cinema, India & Nepal, and their film 'Pooja, Sir', which now has Anurag Kashyap as its executive producer.
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The World Bank says South Asia’s employment ratio is lower than that of other developing regions because of two primary reasons---low employment ratios for women and lack of jobs in the non-agriculture sectors
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Growth in South Asia is projected at 6.0–6.1 percent in 2024–25, stronger than in other emerging market and developing economies, largely due to robust economic activity in India.
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The struggle for Pakistan came with sacrifices of millions of people including women and children, Warraich was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission.
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Muhammad Aurangzeb, currently the chief executive officer and president of HBL bank, was picked over several veterans previously involved in handling the troubled $350 billion economy, including four-time finance minister Ishaq Dar.
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Boeing has installed another layer of quality check in place to ensure that all future planes meet the highest quality standards, said Darren Hulst, vice president for commercial marketing at the company
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The appointment comes as Uber completes a decade of operations in India and is focused on growing sustainable mobility options
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India is within a pole-vaulting distance of being able to replace China as the factory to the world and the suspicions of the neighbourhood.
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India was among the five economies that accounted for almost 80 percent of the FDI flows to the region, as per the World Investment Report 2023 released by the UN agency.
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Optimism about a turnaround in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka and Pakistan saw stock gauges in both countries test their best intraday gains in more than a decade.
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Indian tourists can help drive prosperity in neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan by creating wealth there through the travel and tourism route, said Kant.
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Speaking at an event organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he said rising levels of debt, alongside sustained price pressures, pose risks to the region's economic growth and both must be contained.
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Up to 150,000 passengers are passing through Changi Airport daily, with about a million each week, or about 75 per cent of the average weekly passenger pre-pandemic, The Straits Times newspaper quoted Transport Minister S Iswaran.
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Annual economic losses caused by disasters in the Asia-Pacific were estimated to be around $780 billion as of 2021, equivalent to 2.5 percent of the regional GDP. In the worst case scenario, these losses could mount to $1.4 trillion
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the first virtual summit of the coalition on July 14 and said the grouping would make an important contribution in areas of energy security, food security and economic growth.
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Most oil-importing emerging countries need to worry about their ability to fund imports constantly
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On Monday, the Reserve Bank of India said it had put in place a mechanism for international trade settlements in Indian rupees (INR) with immediate effect.
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Rakesh Raicar has over 30 years of experience working with Cathay Pacific, the company said in a statement.
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The international lender lowered its growth estimate for India, the region's largest economy, to 8 percent from 8.7 percent for the current fiscal year to March, 2023 and cut by a full percentage point the growth outlook for South Asia, excluding Afghanistan, to 6.6 percent.
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The company, which was launched in 2016, plans to use the funds to expand into other single-specialty areas, including diagnostics
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Author and policy analyst Dr Radha Kumar believes the role of women’s groups in peacebuilding is largely disregarded by lawmakers.
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Artist and peace activist Salima Hashmi talks about South Asian history, the lure of Lahore, and growing up as the daughter of legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
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Since the coup d'état in Myanmar in February 2021, security forces have killed 1,218 people, including at least 131 detainees tortured to death, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
