Regional Strategic Trends and Intellibrief 05 Nov

Intellibrief – India - India seeks overflight clearance for Srinagar-Sharjah flights, PM Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers in Nowshera, China prepared for spike in border tensions with India: Pentagon, high air pollution may exacerbate Covid-19 risks in North India. Sri Lanka – Emergency fertilizer aid from India. Pakistan TLP crisis, uncertainty continues. Nepal Judiciary in limbo. Myanmar Tatmadaw launches major offensive. Bangladesh spike in inflation due to rise in fuel costs. Afghanistan UNICEF to Directly Fund Afghan Teachers

Afghanistan

· Russia calls on intra-Afghan parties not arouse internal conflicts

· Regional Transport of Goods Via Afghanistan Resumes

· UNICEF to Directly Fund Afghan Teachers

Bangladesh

· Cost of living crisis, transport chaos loom as steep fuel price rises take hold in Bangladesh

Bhutan

· Bhutan For a strong LG

Maldives

· Maldives Judge Faiz suspended over leaked audio

Myanmar

· Hundreds displaced as clashes break out in Pekhon, southern Shan State

· Military businessman and ex-navy officer shot dead near his home in Yangon

Nepal

· Parties mum on judiciary crisis, but lawyers affiliated to them speak up

· Five-party alliance will be stronger in upcoming elections: Madhav Kumar Nepal

Pakistan

· TLP chief Saad Rizvi insisted on closure of French embassy in talks, says interior minister

· Opposition terms PM Imran’s relief package ‘historic fraud’

Sri Lanka

· Two IAF aircraft carrying 100 tonnes of nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer arrive in Sri Lanka

· Army Commander warns of risk of recurrence of Covid due to the behavior of few people

India

· India asks Pak to restore overflight clearance for Srinagar-Sharjah flights

· Top US trade official Katherine Tai to visit India on Nov 22-23

· PM Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers of Indian Armed Forces in Nowshera district in J&K

· CDS General Rawat meets Czech Army's Chief of General Staff, discusses bilateral defence cooperation

· China prepared for spike in border tensions with India: US defence dept report

· ‘Air pollution may exacerbate Covid-19 risks’

· Sectors vulnerable to terrorist funding, laundering under lens

· India, Pakistan armies exchange sweets along LoC