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Jaishankar on Wednesday embarked on a two-day visit to Kyrgystan to attend the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG), to be held under the chairmanship of Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The October 25-October 26 meeting in the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek will be attended by the heads of governments of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the Vice-President of Iran, and the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan. «In Bishkek, the external affairs minister will also meet with his counterparts from other SCO member states and call on the country's top leadership,» the MEA statement read. SCO observer States including Belarus and Mongolia as well as guest state Turkmenistan will also attend the meeting. The CHG is the second-highest forum in SCO.

World Cup qualifying game for the first time on Tuesday, beating Cambodia 1-0 in Islamabad to advance to the second round. After the first leg in Phnom Penh finished 0-0, a half-volley from Harun Hamid was enough to secure victory at Jinnah Sports Stadium in a first home game for Pakistan since 2015.

Click here! Speaking of the damages and injurious caused by the quake, Information Ministry spokesman Abdul Wahid Rayan said that Wednesday’s quake has injured at least 80 people and a landslide has blocked the main Herat-Torghondi highway, as reported by Associated Press. Moreover, the report added that the landslide also flattened all 700 homes in Chahak village, which was untouched by the tremors of previous days.

Europe ended a weeks-long work stoppage in Germany including a hunger strike after reaching a pay deal at the weekend, labour representatives said. Edwin Atema, head of the Road Transport Due Diligence Foundation, which monitors and addresses violations of work standards in Europe, said Saturday that the striking truckers had seen their demands met. «All claims and charges against the Graefenhausen drivers are withdrawn, money has been paid and the strike is over,» he said on X, formerly known as Twitter, referring to the location in western Germany where some 80 drivers had set up a protest encampment. Atema, who led the negotiations on the labour side, said the drivers had been previously «invisible» in European road transport supply chains but achieved «fundamental changes» with their industrial action. «Not invisible anymore, but invincible,» he said. The truckers — mostly from Uzbekistan and Georgia, with a handful also from Tajikistan, Ukraine and Turkey — work for several Polish trucking companies owned by the Mazur Group. They said they were not being regularly paid their salaries — at a daily rate of about 80 euros ($85) — and were charged hefty amounts to even take the jobs in the first place while having to work extremely long hours. Believing their Polish employers would not respond to their growing desperation amid the 10-week strike, some of the drivers stopped eating last month. They were demanding a total of 500,000 euros in what they said were unpaid wages.

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Check LIVE updates here.On September 23, the Indian men's and women's table tennis teams secured victories in their preliminary Pool F contests. They triumphed convincingly against Nepal and Tajikistan, demonstrating their prowess.On the first day of the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, India's schedule reveals a strong focus on sailing and table tennis.The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony will be streamed live via SonyLiv.

Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, has been instrumental in aiding the arrest of key members of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of the global terrorist network ISIS. The operation was a joint effort between Binance, the Financial Monitoring Department under the National Bank of Tajikistan, and blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.

Uzbekistan – has been maintaining stable economic growth and the re-election of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has provided tremendous opportunities for prospective Indian investors in the resource rich country. Several sectors in Uzbekistan are open to foreign investments and India is one of the sought after partners. Regular flights between Delhi and Tashkent could further contribute to growth momentum of the Uzbek economy.

Oscars 2024, specifically for the category of Best International Feature. Each entry for this prestigious award is currently being highlighted and detailed on this particular page. Scheduled for March 10, 2024, the 96th edition of the Academy Awards is poised to unfold at the illustrious Dolby Theatre located in Los Angeles. In cinematic terms, an international feature film is classified as a motion picture of extended duration (running for more than 40 minutes) crafted outside the borders of the United States. These films predominantly feature dialogue tracks that encompass languages other than English, with a minimum threshold of more than 50 per cent non-English content. The category further extends its scope to encompass animated as well as documentary features. To be eligible for consideration, the submitted films must have experienced theatrical releases within their respective countries during the timeframe spanning from December 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023. The Academy's stipulated deadline for these submissions is set at October 2. On December 21, a shortlist comprising 15 finalists will be announced. Subsequently, the ultimate five nominees will be unveiled on January 23. Reflecting on the previous year's proceedings, the 2023 edition witnessed a substantial total of 92 submissions. Among these, the final roster of nominated films encompassed noteworthy entries such as «Argentina, 1985» from Argentina, «Close» from Belgium, «EO» from Poland, «The Quiet Girl» from Ireland, and ultimately, the triumphant victor, «All Quiet On The Western Front» from Germany.

Saudi Arabia announced that citizens of eight more countries will now be eligible for a visitor e-visa, state media reported. The e-visa will be available to visitors from Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, for leisure, business, and religious (Umrah only) travel, bringing the total number of eligible countries to 57, Xinhua news agency quoted the state media report as saying. The visitor e-visa is valid for an entire year, grants multiple entries, and permits a stay of up to 90 days. After launching the e-visa program in 2019, Saudi Arabia welcomed 93.5 million visits in 2022, a 93-per cent increase from 2021, registering a tourism expenditure of 185 billion Saudi Riyals ($49 billion). In 2022, Saudi Arabia decided to provide a visitor e-visa for holders of valid Schengen, British and US visas that have been used to enter these countries before arriving in Saudi Arabia and for permanent residents of the European Union, Gulf Arab countries, Britain and the US.

US envoys for Afghanistan Thomas West and Rina Amri have once again called for an inclusive government in Kabul which, at present is under Taliban rule, TOLOnews reported. Since the Taliban seized power, it has curtailed women's rights in the nation. Thomas West, a US special envoy, and Rina Amiri, a US special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights, met with representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in Astana two days prior to the Doha summit to discuss Afghanistan.

Middle Eastern terrorist groups associated with ISIS are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency to conduct their operations, according to a new report from TRM Labs.

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs recently released a report that presents several case studies highlighting the use of cryptocurrency by ISIS affiliates across Asia. The report links on-chain connections between these groups and pro-ISIS fundraising campaigns in Syria.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released a report on global investments for the year 2022. According to the report, the net inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) to Central biggest state Kazakhstan amounted to $6.1 billion, the highest figure in the past 5 years and 83% higher than in 2021. This is the highest indicator among the post-Soviet countries.

India is looking to usher in a comprehensive and multifaceted partnership with the countries of Central Asia by leveraging the platform provided by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), people aware of the matter said. SCO is a prominent Eurasian grouping to ensure peace, stability, and security in the vast and resource rich region stretching from the borders of Europe to the Pacific, including China, Russia and Pakistan. India hosted SCO's latest summit virtually earlier this week where Iran became the ninth member of the grouping.

India on Tuesday once again refused to endorse China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the only country in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) not to support the project. A declaration issued at the end of an India-hosted virtual summit of the grouping said Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan reaffirmed their support to the BRI.

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Beijing opposes «decoupling and breaking links,» according to a CNBC translation of a Chinese-language state media readout.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that countries need to respect territorial integrity. «We do not see the SCO as an extended neighbourhood, but rather as an extended family. Security, economic development, connectivity, unity, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and environmental protection are the pillars of our vision for SCO,» PM Modi said.

The next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit will be hosted by India virtually on Tuesday. The summit is set to be joined by all SCO member states including China and Pakistan. Major highlight will be the participation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif.  Russian President Vladimir Putin will also be the part of the summit.

Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on Tuesday that is expected to focus on regional security situation and ways to boost connectivity and trade. It will be Putin's first participation in a multilateral summit after a mercenary group launched a short-lived armed rebellion last week that rocked Moscow. The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) under India's presidency is also set to welcome Iran as the new permanent member of the grouping. The situation in Afghanistan, the Ukraine conflict and enhancing cooperation among the SCO member countries are expected to figure in the summit, people familiar with the matter said, adding boosting connectivity and trade is also likely to be discussed. The summit is also taking place against the backdrop of the over three-year eastern Ladakh border standoff between Indian and Chinese troops, and two weeks after Prime Minister Modi's high-profile visit to the US. The SCO, comprising India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is an influential economic and security bloc and has emerged as one of the largest transregional international organisations.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) organized a five-day training course on cryptocurrencies and Dark Web investigation for Uzbekistan's police and prosecution forces. The course is a part of OSCE’s consistent efforts to educate Central Asian law enforcers on the emerging technologies that criminals might abuse in a strategically important region for the global drug trade.