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SAARC Diary: Bhutan Princess, Students Pray for India

May 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 21: Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of the Royal Bhutan family, President of the Governing Council, and the JSW Law School family offered prayers and chanted the six-syllable Avalokiteshvara (Boddhisattva of Compassion prayer) along with the students at the Simtokha Dzong for the well-being of the Indian people. The prayer was followed […]

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SAARC Diary: Bhutan Express Solidarity with India in Fight against Covid

May 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 12: Following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in India, Bhutan’s Prime Minister, Lyonchhen Lotay Tshering, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to express solidarity with the Government and citizens of India in their efforts to tackle the recent wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Modi in response expressed his sincere […]

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SAARC Diary: India Condemns Terror Attack in Afghan Girls School

May 10, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 10: India has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Kabul’s Sayed al-Shuhada Girls School on Saturday, which killed more than 50 innocent girl students during Ramadan. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the young girls who were killed […]

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SAARC Diary: Hydropower Plant in Nepal Inaugurated

May 6, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 6: Karun Bansal, First Secretary (DP&R) of the Embassy of India, Kathmandu; Nepal Electricity Authority and the District Coordination Committee (DDC), Jumla; on Wednesday virtually inaugurated a newly rehabilitated Small Hydro Power Plant at Chandannath Municipality in Jumla District constructed with Government of India (GOI) financial assistance of Nepali ₹ 26.39 million. […]

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SAARC Diary: Sri Lanka Prays for India, India Gifts X-Ray Machines to Bhutan

May 5, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 5: The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, on behalf of the Government and people of India, expressed heartfelt gratitude to the clergy and people of Sri Lanka for their on-going prayers and good wishes for India fighting a pandemic of epic proportions. A statement by the High Commission said, “We are […]

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SAARC Diary: India Release Funds to Bhutan for Development Projects

May 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 1: India on Saturday released Nu./Rs 22.86 billion to the Royal Government of Bhutan for various development projects in Bhutan. These projects cover a wide range of fields, including education, culture, industrial growth, highways and infrastructure development. According to the Indian Embassy in Thimphu, additionally the Indian Government on Friday provided Druk […]

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SAARC Diary: Sri Lanka Express Solidarity with India

April 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has expressed deep empathy and concern about the on-going COVID-19 situation in India, according to the Indian High Commission in Colombo, In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, the Sri Lankan President said the Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka planned to compassionately […]

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SAARC Diary: Bhutan to Supply Liquid Oxygen to India

April 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 27: Bhutan will supply liquid oxygen to India through a new plant being built by S.D. Cryogenics Gases Pvt. Ltd., a Bhutanese firm, at the Motanga Industrial Estate in the Samdrup Jongkhar district to help India tide over the oxygen shortage situation. According to the Indian High Commission in Thimphu, 40 tonnes […]

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SAARC Diary: Concern Expressed Over Pandemic Situation in India

April 24, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 24: A number of SAARC countries including Pakistan and some other neighbours have expressed concern over the rapid surge in the Coronavirus cases in India and expressed solidarity with the country in the hour of crisis. In a tweet, the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan discussed battling this global challenge facing humanity […]

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SAARC Diary: Bagley Attends Second Anniversary Commemoration of Terror Attack in Sri Lanka

April 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 22: Gopal Baglay the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka on Wednesday attended a solemn ceremony at St. Anthony’s Church to commemorate the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks that took place in 2019. He lit a candle in memory of the attack’s victims and prayed for the wellbeing of those […]