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.
Murad Ali Shah, Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Sindh province, on Thursday declared Covid vaccination mandatory for citizens and directed the finance ministry to stop the salaries from July of government employees who refuse to get themselves vaccinated against the novel coronavirus
Three Pakistani start-ups have been selected for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion award, local media reports said
US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Biden administration will be sending COVID-19 vaccines to India in what was likely their first interaction
The United States government has scrambled medical supplies to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to help manage the exploding coronavirus cases in the region
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, highlighting the effects of climate change, has said that her country would be among the worst-hit even though the carbon emission of the country remains very negligible
Authorities in the Maldives beefed up security around the country’s presidential residence following its intelligence agencies received input of bomb threat to the archipelago’s President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih, reported Raajje TV
The Indian government has exempted "well-established" foreign COVID-19 vaccines makers from any bridging clinical trials if it has been certified by the national control lab of the country where it is made
The Modi government will procure 300 million units of COVID-19 vaccine from Hyderabad-based firm Biological-E, an official statement said on Thursday
With COVID-19 cases showing some dip over the last one week, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday issued fresh lockdown guidelines effective from Monday for all the 20 districts of the union territory announcing partial relaxation in some public activities
Bangladesh has lifted travel restrictions to Oman and Kuwait-- popular work destinations for its workers - allowing 25,000 nationals to resume their jobs there
Even if Sri Lanka gets $100 billion as compensation the amount can’t compensate the environmental damage, Sri Lankan Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said on the incident of fire on MV-X pearl ship
Harboring little hopes of a breakthrough in the upcoming round of intra-Afghan talks, Pakistan is increasingly getting worried about a security vacuum in Afghanistan after the United States' troop pullout
As foreign troops are depart from Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed peaceful political transition in Afghanistan, adding that peace would allow regional connectivity and prosperity in the region
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and local municipal councillor Rakesh Pandita was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday
India is set to get eight new Flying Training Academies under the liberalized Flying Training Organisation (FTO) policy of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)
