Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 14:00
The report, titled SAARC Regional Poverty Profile, underlined that still 32 percent of South Asian people live on less than USD 1.25 per person a day, reported Xinhua.
Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 18:00
The poverty profile will be based on poverty-related data of 2010.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 15:52
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Saturday said members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) should put aside their "little differences" to reap dividends.
Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 13:38
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari will inaugurate the 12th international meet of SAARC Engineers Forum here on Saturday.
Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 20:59
State-run Power Grid is preparing a road map for setting up an electricity grid to connect SAARC nations including Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 17:36
Bangladesh, a part of the eight- member SAARC grouping, expects investment from Indian corporates to double to USD 5 billion in the next three years on the back of an improvement in investment climate.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 17:55
Places that are prone to natural disasters must have a proper warning system in place and their residents should be educated on how to deal with crisis situations, experts said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 00:37
Top judges from eight SAARC member nations began discussion on constitutional guarantees available to children in the South Asian region.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 22:15
The Reserve Bank of India Tuesday announced a scholarship scheme for higher studies in economics for officials from central banks and Finance Ministries of SAARC nations.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 19:05
Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, Bangladeshi singer Runa Laila and Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 23:44
Representatives from 8 SAARC countries including India reviewed progress made in poverty alleviation and discussed to make SAARC development goals compatible with MDGs during Secretary-level meeting.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 19:28
A five-member Indian delegation will be joined by representatives from seven other SAARC countries in the meeting, according to Dhan Bahadur Oli, Nepal Director at SAARC Secretariat.
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