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RCEP talks: Members to meet in Singapore by month-end for next round
Chief negotiators of India, China and 14 other countries will meet by the end of this month in Singapore for the next round of discussions on the proposed mega free trade deal RCEP. “The meeting will start by the end of this month. This will ...
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China's hydro ambitions killing Mekong River
China’s hydro ambitions are on the verge of killing Mekong River, says a report. A report published by the Lowy Institute says that biodiversity and precious resources of the Mekong are increasingly under danger because of the rush to construct dams on one of the ...
ANI
The women bikers ride to promote Telangana
Four women motorcycle bikers have set off on ‘Road to Mekong’, an overland expedition covering seven Southeast Asian countries in seven weeks, from Paryatak Bhavan here. Keep reading ...
ANI
Make Indo-Pacific region threat-free: India
With New Delhi enhancing its engagements with southeast Asia under its Act East Policy, India on Saturday called for the waters of the Indo-Pacific region to be better connected and free of traditional and non-traditional threats.[]The Asean comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the ...
IANS
ADB sells $1.3 billion in global green bonds to spur climate financing
The Asian Development Bank has raised $1.3 billion to help finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects with the issue of dual-tranche 3-year and 10-year green bonds, following its inaugural green bond issue in 2015. Last year, ADB announced that it will double its annual climate ...
