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The Voice of the Global South Summit is to bring together developing nations to discuss a wide variety of topics from their points of view and objectives.

Taliban has written to the United Nations demanding that they be invited to address the ongoing UNGA session in New York

Reports citing diplomatic sources said that Pakistan wanted the SAARC Chair Nepal to guarantee that the former Afghanistan government led by Ashraf Ghani will not represent the country at the SAARC meeting.

In the virtual conference, the trade officials broadly agreed to identify new ways to "sustain and expand" the intra-regional trade to offset the huge economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic. The terrorist country Pakistan chickened out from the meeting after it was revealed that India was spearheading the meeting.

India is the largest producer of hydroxychloroquine in the world. The Commerce Ministry, in a notification dated 4 April, has enforced an absolute ban on the export of the drug.

The UNSC is divided on its proposal on the pandemic. China has also objections regarding the terminology of the proposal.

Dr Zafar Mirza who represented Pakistan at the SAARC video-conference on COVID-19 on Sunday is being probed for his involvement in the smuggling 20 million face masks out of Pakistan

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison informed that PM Modi is keen to organise a link up between all the G20 leaders on Covid-19 outbreak

Asserting that South Asia is home to a sizeable chunk of the global population, PM Modi exhorted the SAARC countries to leave no stone unturned to ensure the health and well-being of their people.

PM Modi has assured PM Tshering that India will continue to play an important role in Bhutan's development like a trusted friend