General Austin Miller, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called the recent rapid loss of districts to the Taliban “worrisome” and warned that the rise of local militias could plunge the country into a civil war

Japan will donate ten ambulances and nine sea ambulances to the Maldives, announced the archipelago’s Health Minister Ahmed Naseem, to support the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic

AstraZeneca Pharma India, a leading science-led biopharmaceutical company, on Wednesday announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Docon Technologies, Bengaluru, for digitizing 1,000 clinics across the country that would aid better management of chronic patients or those suffering from non-communicable diseases related complications

India has zeroed in on the system and technology to neutralize the "rogue drones" and a massive, comprehensive counter-drone policy would be implemented shortly to avoid terror attacks like the one on Sunday at Air Force Station Jammu

South Asia's heavy reliance on state-owned financial entities is concealing vulnerabilities to a growing level of unsustainable debt and may cause financial crises in the region, warned the World Bank

Johnson &  Johnson and Moderna, the two American Covid-19 vaccines manufacturers, have expressed their inability to supply vaccines to Nepal this year, dashing the hopes of the Nepal government to sign deals with the two leading American pharma companies

Germany ended its military presence in Afghanistan on Tuesday as the last German soldier deployed in the country returned home, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said

India’s Chief of Air Staff,  Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria discussed avenues to further strengthen defense cooperation with senior Bangladesh Air Force and Army officers during his two-day visit to the country June 28-29

Former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Atul Keshap is set to serve as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, in New Delhi, with the Joe Biden administration saying his appointment will reinforce the close collaboration and partnership with India

Pew Research Center, one of the foremost think tanks and polling organizations on religion and society, said that it conducted the interviews in 17 languages across India between late 2019 and before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the next year

Amid growing voices of protest over the Maldives' close ties with India, the Maldives ruling party had defended the country’s ‘India First’ policy, calling it "necessary" for the Indian Ocean archipelago’s national security

The Maldives is to resume visa on arrival for tourists from South Asian countries--its largest market, particularly India-- from 15 July as Covid-19 caseload reduces significantly. Tourists will still be required to present a negative RT-PCR test result

Bhutan and Singapore have signed a MoU under which the latter will provide “high-quality practice orienting skilling training” in the field of automobile technology

The Taliban, the Afghan insurgent group, doesn’t represent all Afghanistan, said the Iranian Foreign Ministry amid the continued Taliban offensive in the country’s northern part and Western part

India and Bhutan held the third Development Cooperation talks on Monday and reviewed the progress of development projects funded by India. The meeting this year was held virtually due to the Covid-19 restrictions