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The Indian side aslo gave a solution that until the platform is developed the Health Services experts of SAARC countries may set up on email and whatsapp to enable exchange of all relevant information between the SAARC countries on real time basis.

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PM Modi cautioned that despite less number of coronavirus cases from the South Asian region 'we need to remain vigilant'.

Leaders of four SAARC nations - Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives - endorsed PM Modi`s proposal to chalk out a joint strategy to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

On Thursday, ISRO began the 28-hour countdown for the launch of the satellite into orbit.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Thursday said all Saarc countries had raised concerns that it was not possible to join the Saarc Summit in Islamabad in the current atmosphere.

India on Tuesday announced that it was pulling out of the Islamabad summit in the wake of the September 18 cross-border terror attack on an Indian Army base in Uri town.

President Pranab Mukherjee said that India-Bangladesh relations is a good example of progress.

Aiming to transform the region into a vibrant economic zone, SAARC Thursday resolved to set up a South Asian Economic Union on the lines of European Union by facilitating a common market and removing trade barriers.