South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Chandigarh to host SAARC folklore festival

India eNews (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Over 200 writers and artists from South Asian countries will showcase their folklore traditions at a festival here that will kick off Friday.

Cabinet nod for road project to boost SAARC trade

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The cabinet on Thursday approved a 10 billion rupees road project to help increase trade with some South Asian nations, a government statement said.

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Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

India Must Rethink Its Policies Towards Its Neighbors For the past 63 years - the life span of most countries of this region, South Asia has remained in a state of tension. The eight SAARC countries* that make up this geopolitically sensitive region, where a major chunk of the humanity lives, do not enjoy the kind of friendly and harmonious relationship with each other, as one would have expected....

SAARC trade portal launched to boost regional trade

People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Importers, exporters and small-medium enterprises of the South Asian region now have access to important trade-related information with a click of the mouse. The portal -- www.saarctrade.info -- is launched here on Thursday. The portal, first of its kind in South Asia, is a product of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Trade Information Project jointly implemented by the SAARC...

Tackling the common problems in Saarc nations

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Mr Khan from Lahore, Pakistan had to close his Rs 100 crore business in car batteries because of the easy availability of cheap smuggled batteries from Afghanistan. His government could not do anything to protect his business.

Saarc meet to fast-track services trade, expand Safta regulation

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Trade ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation on Wednesday discussed ways and means to fast track a liberal services trading regime in the region to expand the ambit of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement, that was signed in 2004.

India for increased intra-SAARC trade to beat slowdown

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

India asked its South Asian neighbours to increase intra-regional trade as a cushion against slowdown in exports to the US and European markets.

SAFTA ministerial meet in Kathmandu today

The New Nation (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

Staff Reporter The 4th ministerial council meeting of the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) is set to begin today in Katmandu in Nepal. Commerce Minister Mohammad Faruq Khan left the capital yesterday for attending the meeting. He is leading a six-member delegation. SAFTA ministerial council, comprising the Commerce Ministers of the SAARC nations, is the highest decision making body on trade...

Russia, India, China trilateral meet starts in Bangalore

The Roar - the news that matters (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

The ninth trilateral meeting between Russia, India and China (RIC) begins here Tuesday to explore business opportunities in key sectors, including infrastructure and energy. Bangalore, is holding such a major international meeting 23 years after it played host to the second South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit in November 1986 under then prime minister [...]

Tiger sighted in Sariska; SAARC team thrilled

Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

Tiger sighted in Sariska; SAARC team thrilled STAFF WRITER 18:24 HRS IST Alwar, Oct 21 (PTI) A SAARC team today sighted a tiger, an endangered species, in Sariska sanctuary in Rajasthan as India's success story in relocating big cats got international recognition. To its sheer delight, the SAARC delegation spotted a big cat which was re-located from Ranthambhore National Park, also located in Rajasthan,...

SAARC act boldens forest department

Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

The Sariska tiger reserve that caught the headlines last year when three tigers were subsequently translocated from the Ranthambore national park played host to dignitaries from SAARC countries.

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SAARC team spots tiger at Sariska

Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

JAIPUR: Sariska’s male tiger obliged the SAARC delegation which visited the tiger reserve on Wednesday morning. The male, brought by air to the Sariska Tiger Reserve from Ranthambhore National Park last June, was spotted by the ...

Cornered Ramesh now sings a different climate...

Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

Cornered Ramesh now sings a different climate tune - dnaindia.com New Delhi: Faced with brickbats and denied support by the Congress, Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh issued a retraction on Tuesday of his suggestion to dilute India's stand on climate change negotiations to accommodate the US, junk Kyoto Protocol and get out of G-77 grouping of developing nations. The...

SAARC to make statement in Copenhagen

Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

NEW DELHI: Member-states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on Tuesday agreed to make a separate statement as an entity at the Copenhagen meet on climate change in December. This was decided at the Delhi ...

SAARC steps up effort to tackle climate change

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

South Asian nations today decided to set up weather monitoring stations, forestry centre and natural disaster management system for the region.