India, with an estimated population of 1.36 billion, will complete administering 516 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of July, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said

The funeral of Soumya Santosh, the Indian nurse, who was killed in a rocket attack by Palestine in Israel's Ashkelon, was held at Nithya Sahaya Matha Church, Keerithodu in Idukki on Sunday afternoon, media reports said. The mortal remains of Soumya Santosh, who was killed last Tuesday in the attack, arrived in Keerithodu, her native village on Saturday

Teams from Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam achieved a major breakthrough in repairing two major oxygen plants at Nellore and Shri Kalahasthi bringing a major boost to the oxygen supply in the state of Andhra Pradesh during the ongoing medical crisi

Pakistan has asked the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza Strip

Several human rights groups have urged the Sri Lankan government to release Ahnaf Jazeem, a 26-year-old poet who was arrested for terrorism and is being kept in jail for over a year without any charges, reported Colombo page

Keeping the high number of active cases in the country in mind, authorities in Bangladesh have extended lockdown in the country till 23 May now

The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has expressed its openness to attend the Turkey Conference on the condition that the end talks must be held in Doha, Qatar, reported TOLOnews, citing sources

Indian pharma company Bharat Biotech has announced that its indigenously Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, produced neutralising titres (concentration) against all key emerging variants tested, including the B.1.617 and B.1.1.7, first found in India and the United Kingdom

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meetingto review the preparedness of states and central ministries concerned to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone ‘Tauktae, which intensified into a "very severe cyclonic storm" over the east-central Arabian Sea

In an implied criticism of the Modi government, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said the deadly second wave of COVID-19 has been spurred by the negligence shown by all sections of society, including the government, after the first wave of the pandemic

Amid surging COVID-19 cases in Nepal, people are resorting to hoarding oxygen cylinders at home, further exacerbating oxygen shortage in the country

Religious minorities in Bangladesh are facing increased attacks, says a report by the US Department of State

Religious minorities in Sri Lanka continue to face “systematic discrimination” at the hands of officials of the Sri Lankan government and majority Buddhists, says a report by the US State Department

The three-day ceasefire, earlier announced by both, the Afghan government and the Taliban, ended today, with both sides launching operations against each other, reported Ariana news

As COVID-19 cases drop significantly, authorities in Pakistan have allowed public transport to resume today along with other measures to ease restrictions in the country, Dawn reported