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A Maldivian man looks at a large catch of fish after a fishing boat docked in Male,06 January 2005. Life is limping back to normal in the Indian Ocean paradise following the unprecedented 26 December 2004, tsunami tragedy that flooded parts of the... View Photo »
The downside risks to the regional outlook have sharply increased in recent months... particularly in case of India. Double-dip recession in Europe and the United States would have a significant impact on economic activities across South Asia.
This will deepen and diversify trade and enhance economic engagement, Sharma, who is the first commerce minister from the country to visit Pakistan since Independence, told reporters here. At present, Pakistan allows the import of 1,945 items based on...
The trouble in the Maldives, an island nation with a little over 300,000 people, is the result of contrary pulls by agents of change. Its transition to democracy suffered a setback when Mohammed Nasheed, who was elected President three-and-a-half years...
Nepal and Sri Lanka, and more expanded notions include Bhutan and the Maldives. Complications of definition and limiting the boundaries of a South Asia arise when Afghanistan is added to an official concept of South Asia in the guise of the South Asian...
Vultures battle for the decomposed body of an animal at Nandani on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, about 32 kilometers north of Jammu, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Tens of millions of vultures once played a key role in South Asia's ecosystem, disposing of... View Photo »
Climate change is real, it is already dangerous and that we are heading towards catastrophe… South Asia is the most vulnerable
But, they have so far been unsuccessful at the big tourneys where the Big-3 powers seem to take their respective games up another couple of gears. However, when it comes to the South Asian giants Bhaarath and Pakistan, they have not made even a token...
Protection in South Asia which is to be implemented in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Launching the project in Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladesh's Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said that project will be a milestone in regional...
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. It is surrounded by (from west to east) Western Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, and Southeastern Asia. Full Article
BASF Vice President Business and Markets South Asia, Thilo Bischoff (R) and Senior Vice President Engineering Plastics Asia-Pacific Andy Postlethwaite (L) pose with the new Hyundai i-Flow concept car in New Delhi on February 1, 2012. World's leading chemical company BASF and Hyundai...
View Photo »Vultures battle for the decomposed body of an animal at Nandani on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, about 32 kilometers north of Jammu, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Tens of millions of vultures once played a key role in South Asia's ecosystem, disposing of carcasses and keeping down...
View Photo »Transparency International executives from South Asia region (L-R) Shan Wijetuge of Sri Lanka, Ifhan Mohamed from Maldives, Rukshana Namayakkara acting director of Asia Pasific, Bishnu Bahadur, Ashish Thapa of Nepal, Anupama Jha India, Muhammad Sajjad Hussein of Bangaladesh and Fawad...
View Photo »President of HTC Corporation South Asia, Lennard Hoornik (R) and Global Sale and Marketing manager of HTC corporation, Jason Mackenzie display a new HTC mobile a 3.2 HVGA touchscreen and 3 MB camera during a launch in New Delhi on September 29, 2011. HTC corporation, a global leader in...
View Photo »Malaysia's special envoy with ministerial rank and special envoy to South Asia Seri Samy Vellu attends the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2012 (Overseas Indian Conference) in Jaipur on January 9, 2012. Some 1.600 delegates from 50 countries attend the annual gathering of overseas Indian...
View Photo »Artpieces are seen in this general view of Gallery 454 "Egypt and Syria (10th-16th centuries)", one of fifteen renovated galleries that make up the newly named "Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia" collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New...
View Photo »A Kashmiri man assists a young foreigner riding on a sleigh at a ski resort in Gulmarg, some 55kms west of Srinagar, on January 21, 2012. Gulmarg, situated in the foothills of The Himalayas, is regarded as one of the leading ski destinations in South Asia. Scores of foreigners visit...
View Photo »A foreign skier soars makes a jump at a ski resort in Gulmarg, some 55kms west of Srinagar, on January 21, 2012. Gulmarg, situated in the foothills of The Himalayas, is regarded as one of the leading ski destinations in South Asia. Scores of foreigners visit the slopes despite an...
View Photo »A foreigner skis down a slope at a ski resort in Gulmarg, some 55kms west of Srinagar, on January 21, 2012. Gulmarg, situated in the foothills of The Himalayas, is regarded as one of the leading ski destinations in South Asia. Scores of foreigners visit the slopes despite an ongoing...
View Photo »India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L), Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa (C rear), Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai (C front) and Pakistani High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik shake hands during the closing ceremony of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation...
View Photo »India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed shake hands during the closing ceremony of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa listens to a speech during the closing ceremony of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai speaks during the closing ceremony of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed speaks during the closing ceremony of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar arrives for a session during the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »India's Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna (bottom) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (top) attend the closing ceremony of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh listens to a speech during a session during the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries meeting in Addu November 11, 2011.
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) poses with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh before the 17th South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit at the Shangri-Las in Addu November 10, 2011. The prime ministers of India and Pakistan said on Thursday that...
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh before the 17th South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit , at the Shangri-Las in Addu November 10, 2011.
View Photo »India's Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (2nd L), his Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul (C) and Sri Lanka's counterpart Gamini Lakshman Peiris (R) arrive at the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries foreign ministers meeting in Addu November 9, 2011...
View Photo »Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar adjusts her scarf during the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries foreign ministers meeting in Addu November 9, 2011.
View Photo »India's foreign minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna looks on during the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries foreign ministers meeting in Addu November 9, 2011.
View Photo »Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (R) talks with her Indian counterpart Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna during the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries foreign ministers meeting in Addu November 9, 2011.
View Photo »Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (R) speaks to the media as her Indian counterpart Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (2nd L) looks on during the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries foreign ministers meeting in Addu November 9, 2011.
View Photo »COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for UPS, Pete Elroy (right), UPS Human Resource Vice President for Asia Pacific Region, and KK Leung (second from right), UPS South Asia District Manager, present a check of US$55,700 to Gan Cheong Weei, Chairperson for the...
View Photo »BASF Vice President Business and Markets South Asia, Thilo Bischoff (R) and Senior Vice President Engineering Plastics Asia-Pacific Andy Postlethwaite (L) pose with the new Hyundai i-Flow concept car in New Delhi on February 1, 2012. World's leading chemical company BASF and Hyundai...
View Photo »The downside risks to the regional outlook have sharply increased in recent months... particularly in case of India. Double-dip recession in Europe and the United States would have a significant impact on economic activities across South Asia.
Climate change is real, it is already dangerous and that we are heading towards catastrophe… South Asia is the most vulnerable
I explained our support for greater regional integration not only within South Asia, but between South and Central Asia and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's [ Images ] vision of a New Silk Road linking the economies of South and Central Asia in a web of trade, transit, and energy connections.
Indeed, our entire region, South Asia, has been wracked by the activities of the biggest terrorist organizations and entities in the world, be they Al-Qaida, elements of Taliban or Lashkar-e-Taiba and others
