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India concerned about Afghan security situation: Rajnath Singh

India is concerned about the security situation in Afghanistan and will continue to support the local government's efforts for peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday

Maldives' foreign minister hails late Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid on Thursday penned a message in the Condolence Book opened by the High Commission of India in Maldives, dedicated to the late former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, following his demise

IHC gives India, Jadhav second chance to clarify stance on pursuing case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted on Thursday another opportunity to New Delhi and Kulbhushan Jadhav to clarify their stance on pursuing the case before the federal capital’s high court

Speaker Nasheed attributes prosperity, independence to India-Maldives relations

Parliament Speaker and former president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has praised Maldives-India relations, describing it as an age-old friendship

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India gifts Sri Lanka a 10-tonne consignment of medicines

India has gifted a 10-tonne consignment of medicines to Sri Lanka, in view of the COVID–19 crisis

Pakistan cancels Baisakhi celebrations at Gurdwara Punja Sahib

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Pakistan government has cancelled Baisakhi celebrations scheduled to begin on April 14 at the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Punjab province, in which 3,000 Sikhs from India and 2,000 from elsewhere in the world were to participate

Police baton-charge, arrest young doctors in Quetta during protest against lack of PPEs

Balochistan Police arrested over a dozen young doctors in Quetta on Monday while they were protesting against the unavailability of personal protective equipment (PPEs) in provincial hospitals as the war against Covid-19 intensifies

Ex-Taliban spokesman appeals to Imran Khan to rescue his family

Former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, who escaped from the custody of Pakistani security agencies in February this year, has accused the Pakistan Army of kidnapping ten members of his family

COVID-19: Why you shouldn't rush to get hydroxychloroquine

Even as the National Task Force for COVID-19 constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recommended the use of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for prophylaxis (read preventing) for SARS-CoV-2 infection for "high-risk population", everyone should not rush to get the medicine, doctors have warned

Pakistan gives stranded Afghans four-day window to leave

At the special request of the Afghanistan government, Pakistan has decided to allow a four-day window to stranded Afghan nationals wishing to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic

South Asia's battle against Covid-19

On March 15, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did a video conference with heads of SAARC nations to discuss a joint plan to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and proposed a Covid-19 Emergency Fund and setting up of a Rapid Response Team of doctors and health specialists

Pakistan gives stranded Afghans four-day window to leave

At the special request of the Afghanistan government, Pakistan has decided to allow a four-day window to stranded Afghan nationals wishing to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic, a media report said on Sunday

Indian Armed Forces now fight a different battle

Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, China, Indian Air Force, Army, Navy, working with the Ministry of Defence, have proactively worked to evacuate Indian people from some of the worst affected countries - China, Iran, Italy and Japan - and quarantined them at their facilities to release after mandatory isolation

India's lockdown hurts Bhutan's pan shops

The ongoing lockdown in India has led to a shortage of doma (areca nut) and paney (betel leaves) in the Bhutanese market

Cover atheist Muslims from neighbouring countries under India's citizenship law: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin

"If the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is about giving citizenship to the persecuted in the neighbouring countries, I appeal to the Government of India to extend it to atheists and persecuted Muslims too

Saarc backs Pakistan proposal for health ministers’ video conference

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) secretary general Esala Ruwan Weerakoon on Thursday backed Pakistan’s proposal for a video conference of the health ministers of the eight-member regional bloc on the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19: India, Pakistan among nations to get emergency funding from World Bank

The World Bank has announced that India is to receive $1 billion in emergency financing to fight the Covid-19 pandemic

Ignoring social distancing norm cost Indore dearly

Madhya Pradesh's Indore City, which is known for its cleanliness, is now struggling with the novel coronavirus. There may be many reasons behind it but the biggest reason is not following the social distancing norms. Also, despite the initial cases, the necessary arrangements were not made in time

Blame game over Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi

As the Nizamuddin Markaz turns out to be an epicentre of coronavirus spread not only in the city but also across the country, authorities have started a blame game regarding the same