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Bangladesh Incurs Losses due to Cyclone

by adminEnvironment South AsiaMay 23, 2020May 23, 2020

Bangladesh has incurred losses worth 11 billion taka ($129 million) due to cyclone Amphan which has caused damages to housing, infrastructure, fisheries, livestock, water resources and agriculture, according to initial…

Cyclone Rips through Bengal

by adminEnvironment South AsiaMay 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Severe cyclonic storm Amphan made a landfall in West Bengal on Wednesday and caused severe damages in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas districts and their nearby areas,…

War Veteran Passes Away

by adminIndia South AsiaMay 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Major General (Retired) Kashmiri Lal Rattan, the architect of one of the bravest battles of the 1971 war fought to defend Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, breathed his last on…

Cases rise by 4,970 in India in 24 Hours

by adminCorona Pandemic South AsiaMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020

The number of novel Coronavirus patients in India passed the significant one-lakh mark on Tuesday with total number of cases rising to 1.01 lakh, with a rise of 4,970 cases in past 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data revealed. According to the Ministry, there are 58,302 active cases, 39,173 people have been cured and 3,163 have died so far. In…

People Evacuate in Preparation for Cyclone

by adminSouth AsiaMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020

The District Collectors of cyclone Amphan vulnerable areas had started evacuating people as the cyclone was likely to make landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh on May 20, said the…

Pakistan Cases Top 40,000

by adminSouth AsiaMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has risen to 40,151 with 873 deaths, according to the country’s Health Ministry on Sunday. A total of 1,352 new cases and…

Cyclone Nears Bangladesh

by adminSouth AsiaMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020

Bangladesh on Sunday raised the storm alert to local cautionary signal No. 4, as cyclone Amphan moved further to the country’s north-west. The cyclonic storm has intensified gradually and is…

9 Killed, 40 Injured in Suicide Attack

by adminSouth AsiaMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020

At least nine people were killed and around 40 injured on Monday in a Taliban suicide attack near a security base in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, officials said.. “Taliban terrorists today…

Call to Free Gilgit-Baltistan from Pakistan

by adminLite Blogs South AsiaFebruary 14, 2019

Justice Muzaffar Ali, a retired judge of the GILGIT-BALTISTAN appellate bench of the supreme court, commenting on the judgement, wrote recently that ‘’Persistent denial of granting fundamental rights and constitutional…

India’s crucial role in Afghanistan

by adminLite Blogs South AsiaFebruary 14, 2019

Spokesperson Faisal’s remarks that India has no role in Afghanistan, seemingly contradict Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s earlier statement in which he acknowledged that India had stakes in Afghanistan…