India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has written a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that the bodies of three Afghan citizens, among the 11 killed in the mountainous Bolan district three days ago, be transferred back to Afghanistan
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday reported that the most coronavirus related deaths in the last 24 hours occurred in Punjab
The minority rights body of Bangladesh has voiced its opposition to the razing of the historical house of the late Jatra Mohan Sengupta, a Bengali lawyer and a top Congress leader
Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government may reopen educational institutions in March, considering the situation and upon consultation with experts
Putting emphasis on the registration of migrant workers, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged job seekers to go abroad after attaining required skills and having accurate information about their work, averting any allurement of middlemen
As the virus is here for an unknown period, the Bangladesh government should invest in better healthcare systems for future emergencies and pandemics, writes Safen Roy for South Asia Monitor
The Taliban’s refusal of the current constitution is because it seeks a complete collapse of the entire existing constitutional system in Afghanistan,the country’s Second Vice-President Danish Sarwar has contended
Nepal’s Election Commission removed all legal hurdles, by amending certain rules, to recognize the split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party that happened after the factions of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal sparred over the dissolution of the lower house of parliament
As Bhutan completed 14 days of national lockdown and adopted smart unlocking in certain zones, Health Minister Sawai Lyonpo warned people against violating Covid guidelines, Kuensel reported
Political parties in Pakistan were involved in a blame game in the country’s senate when a discussion on the Kashmir issue was going on, reported Dawn
India continued its streak of low daily new cases as the number of fresh infections remained below 20,000 for the fifth consecutive day
Former US President Barack Obama's administration knowingly funded a sanctioned affiliate of the pan-Islamist banned terror outfit al-Qaeda, as per a recently released report of a US Senate committee
The Indian cricket board, the world's wealthiest of the game, was worth a colossal Rs 14,489.80 crore ( nearly USD 1,982,095,200.00) at the end of financial year 2018-19, having added Rs 2,597.19 crore to its financial might. This is as per the latest balance sheet available, accessed by IANS
The US has chosen the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to set up India's second American hub
Let down by the Chinese vaccine candidates which have run into a major credibility crisis, Brazil has now turned to India to secure consignments of the more reliable AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine made by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India
