A new report released by Healthy Energy Initiative India and Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) has found that coal fly ash pollution was rampant in India in 2020-21 despite the COVID-19 lockdown
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
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.
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Days after Pakistan recorded 3.94 percent GDP growth, surpassing all estimates, the government is now aiming for higher economic targets than the previously estimated, for the next fiscal year, reported Dawn
CPEC authority bill passed in Pakistan
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Health authorities in Bangladesh have approved Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccines for emergency use in the country, reported Dhaka Tribune
Daily recoveries surpass infections in Nepal, death toll nears 7000
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Pakistan records 13 percent jump in exports in ten months
In what comes as surprise to many especially when economies around the world are still battling the Covid crisis, Pakistan’s exports have recorded an impressive growth of 13.4 percent in the last ten months, reported The Express Tribune
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Six arrested in Bengaluru after video of brutal torture, gangrape of woman surfaces; police allege human trafficking from Bangladesh
Six persons, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the brutal torture and gang-rape of a woman, after a video of the crime went viral, eliciting a massive outrage. Police said the victim and her perpetrators are immigrants from Bangladesh
Government to give financial assistance to 67 families of journalists who died to COVID-19
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Press Information Bureau has decided to financial aid to families of journalists in India who died due to Covid 19
India to bring back fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi from Dominica
India said it will use its diplomatic channels to bring back fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi directly from Dominica after he was captured there
