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Nepal and Bangladesh receive Coronavirus vaccines sent by India

3:54 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Bangladesh and Nepal on Thursday received COVID-19 vaccines from India under grants assistance. ”Nepal receives Indian vaccines. Putting neighbours first, putting people first!,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Twitter. ”Touchdown in Dhaka. #VaccineMaitri reaffirms the highest priority accorded by India to relations with Bangladesh,” he said in another tweet, along with a photograph of Air India flight that carried the consignments to Dhaka. […]

Coronavirus vaccines sent by India reach Bhutan and Maldives

5:03 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: Bhutan and Maldives on Wednesday became the first two countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines sent by India in sync with its ‘neighbourhood first’ policy. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared on Twitter photos of the consignments reaching the two countries. On Tuesday, India had said it would send COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday. The supplies to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius will commence after confirmation of […]

Pak PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

11:10 pm January 18, 2021

Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed the authorities to set up border markets along the country’s borders with Afghanistan and Iran to boost employment opportunities and help curb smuggling. The decision to establish border markets was taken in September last year with the objective to provide jobs and promote peace. Khan chaired a review meeting here to […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Deaths, self-immolation draw scrutiny on China tech giants

3:17 pm January 17, 2021

Hong Kong: E-commerce workers who kept China fed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their billionaire bosses even richer, are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest. China’s internet industries already were known for long, demanding days. With millions of families confined at home, demand surged and employees delivered […]

Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue

2:09 pm January 16, 2021

Mamuju: Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered Indonesia’s rescuers after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake left at least 42 dead and hundreds injured on Sulawesi island. Operations were focused on about 10 locations in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju, where people are still believed trapped following Friday’s nighttime quake, […]