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Colombo, India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan on the opening day of the Women's T20 Asia Cup in Dambulla on July 19, while hosts Sri Lanka will play their first match against Bangladesh a day later, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Friday.Apart from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka...

Kathmandu, Every year, about 6,500 adolescent girls in South Asia die in childbirth and most of them are minors who have limited power over their reproductive health or lives, according to a joint analysis by UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA.In South Asia there are 290 million child brides, almost half...

New Delhi: The Indian women's team comes into every match with an unquenchable thirst for victory and there will be no deviation from that path set during the much-awaited Asia Cup match against Pakistan later this month, estimated captain Harmanpreet Kaur.Indian women are high on confidence...

Experts from the agencies discussed this at a two-day regional dialogue on teenage pregnancy jointly organized by SAARC, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (UNICEF ROSA), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Kathmandu, Nepal.At the event...

Singapore, India and Southeast Asia are well positioned to create a new era of opportunity, equity and sustainability, despite the resurgence of industrial policies among major economies, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday.By working with other responsible middle...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed that the ICC Champions Trophy will be scheduled from February 19 to March 9, 2025 and all the matches will be held in three major cities, Rawalpindi and Lahore.The PCB has also proposed Lahore as Team India's base for the tournament, including the...

Yoon and Kishida shared this view on Wednesday when they met bilaterally on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, where they were invited as leaders of the four Indo-Pacific partner countries, which also include Australia and New Zealand, the agency reported. Yonhap News.The NATO...

Washington, Joe Biden's administration is working to break down silos between Europe, Asia and the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit here, involving the United States' partners in the Indo-Pacific: Australia, Japan. , South Korea...

Chennai India pacer Pooja Vastrakar on Tuesday attributed her success in the T20I series against South Africa to meticulous preparation along with perfect execution of her plans and said it will stand her in good stead when India competes in the Women's T20 Asia Cup which It starts in Sri Lanka...

New Delhi: Lung cancer in Southeast Asia is "very different in countless ways" from that in other parts of Asia and the West, highlighting an urgent need for research in the region, scientists have said.The researchers also found that the genetic makeup of lung cancer in India is "shaped by...

In Asia Pacific, the tourism sector's recovery has been different.The report said that while outbound travel from China has rebounded and domestic tourism is expanding, inbound tourism remains well below pre-pandemic levels and is hampering China's broader economic recovery.On the other...

Entertainment company Banijay Asia has signed a deal with distributor All3Media International, acquiring the rights to create a local adaptation, Variety.com reports.Written by Harry and Jack Williams, “The Tourist” has Dornan playing a man who wakes up in Australia with amnesia after a...

Mumbai, Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the 15-member Indian squad for the Women's T20 Asia Cup to be played in Sri Lanka from July 19, having currently been on duty in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa in Chennai.Aggressive opening batsman Smriti Mandhana, who was performing brilliantly...

Citing data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the recently published article says the highly infectious disease "remains common" in the region, with Southeast Asia responsible for 46 percent of global infections in 2022, "the highest in any region. the agency reported.The article also...

By Prabhakar ChaturvediNew Delhi [India], Affirming the company's interest in India's AI mission, Nvidia South Asia Managing Director (MD) Vishal Dhupar said that if there is an opportunity, Nvidia, like any other player, will be interested in India's AI mission. .In an interaction with ANI...

New Delhi [India], Ministry of External Affairs, in partnership with the Australian and Indonesian Governments, organized the 6th East Asia Summit (EAS) conference on Maritime Security Cooperation in Mumbai on 4-5 July.The EAS Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation is a signature event...

Chennai, India's women's team, will be eager to use the three-match T20I series against South Africa, which begins here from Friday, as a test bed to fine-tune their strategies before heading into the Asia Cup and Cup of the World T20.In fact, this is India's last bilateral white-ball series...

In Melbourne [Australia], Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley expressed interest in hosting a tri-series with Asian arch-rivals India and Pakistan, and said the board is open to helping facilitate the series.Notably, India and Pakistan have not played any bilateral cricket since...

Zhang's on-court death prompted a comprehensive review by the BWF in conjunction with Badminton Asia and the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI). While the championships are under the jurisdiction of Badminton Asia, the BWF has general medical guidelines that are available to regional and...

Dubai [UAE], while the world enjoyed a fascinating 20-team event in the USA and West Indies, it will be time to do it all again in 2026, with another ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka .The tournament, which will again be 55 matches, will be played in the same format, with four...