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At the same time, an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale hit Tajikistan, the National Center for Seismology said on Twitter.A massive 6.1 earthquake hit Punjab capital city Amritsar on Friday night. The strong tremors were felt across North India. According to the National Center for Seismology, ...

ANKARA A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled most parts of the South Asian region on Friday night.According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the powerful earthquake, whose epicenter was in Tajikistan, was felt across the region.People in the South Asian region took to social media to report the earthquake.There were no immediate ...

At least six people were injured in Pakistan-administered Kashmir as a magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled most parts of South Asia on Friday night.The deputy commissioner of Muzzaferabad, the capital of the Islamabad-controlled region of Kashmir commonly known as Azad Kashmir, told reporters that four women and two children were injured in the tremors.Scores of buildings in Muzzaferabad ...

India has invited all eight member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to a virtual summit of the bloc which it is hosting on November 30, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. For the first time, India is hosting the summit of the council of heads ...

India on Wednesday extended a $1-billion line of credit to Central Asian countries for priority projects in connectivity, energy, IT and health care, with the move being perceived as part of New Delhi’s efforts to boost its role as a transparent development partner. The line of credit was welcomed ...

The virtual meeting will be attended by Ministers from China, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will host the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on October 16, a statement from the Law Ministry said on Monday.The virtual meeting will ...

It is Singh's second visit to Moscow since June. (Image: Twitter) Defence Minister RajnathSingh is in Moscow on a three-day visit to Russia to attend a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers. PTI Moscow Last Updated: September 5, 2020, 2:59 PM IST FOLLOW ...

Source link www.rferl.org The U.S. Department of Defense says the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan is among the countries China may be planning to set up new military bases as it expands the world's largest standing ground force. The Pentagon's annual report to Congress, a 200-page unclassified version of ...

The countries likely to face more severe effects from the pandemic-induced decline in remittance inflows are the ones where remittance shares to gross domestic product (GDP) and per capita remittances are high.Asia Pacific, which accounts for a third of the global migrant workforce, is likely to face remittance losses ...