The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
A five-member Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation led by MP R. Sampanthan met Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay and discussed various aspects of devolution and developmental aspirations of the people in the Northern and Eastern provinces of the island nation
Delay in supply of COVID-19 vaccines by the federal government due to unknown reasons has stopped the vaccination process in Pakistan's Punjab province cities, including Lahore, media reports said on Wednesday
A YouTuber, who manhandled and intimidated several women outside a university for not wearing dupattas (scarf) has been arrested in Gujranwala of Pakistan’s Punjab province
The ship X-Press Pearl, which caught fire with cargo including sodium hydroxide, acid and plastics has fully sunk in the shallows off Colombo and caretakers are watching the vessel until monsoon moderates to permits the wreck to be removed, its owners said
“Life doesn’t look too rosy; it looks pretty alarming,” Sajith Premadasa, the Sri Lankan leader of the opposition, said when asked if his country was heading towards bankruptcy
The Sri Lankan government will add several one-off use plastic and polythene products to the list of banned plastics and polyphones considered harmful to the environment and even to human health
Several thousand people were displaced with many crucial roads and bridges blocked by floods and landslides as incessant rains wreaked havoc in Nepal’s northern Bagmati province. The fresh challenges in the form of these natural disasters have completed its COVID-19 response
A local militant was killed by security forces in a shootout that ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on the outskirts of summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday, security officials said
India once again witnessed a rise in daily COVID-19 count as 67,208 cases were registered in the past 24 hours, data released by the Ministry of Health showed
The pilot launch of Russia's Covid vaccine-Sputnik V-in India, which was initiated in Hyderabad, has now been extended to nine other cities
Taking forward the growing partnership in agriculture between Israel and India, three Indo-Israel Centres of Excellence (CoE) were inaugurated virtually in Karnataka on Wednesday
The Bangladesh government on Wednesday extended the ongoing covid-19 restrictions till July 15 to contain the infection spread
A report has claimed that the fund raised by United States-based Pakistan-linked charity organisations in the name of helping India in the COVID-19 crisis might have been used to sponsor terror attacks
Time is running out for Afghan peace negotiations and more needs to be done to boost the negotiations, Tomas Niklasson, the European Union special envoy for Afghanistan, said as international forces withdraw from the war-torn country
Bhutan has received $500000 in emergency grant assistance from the SAARC Development Fund (SDF) to boost the country’s response to the Covid019 pandemic. The amount is fifty percent of the total grant it will receive from the SDF
