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.
Former LTTE leader turned politician Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, the leader of the Tamil United Freedom Front (TUFF), said that while many LTTE leaders and other members of the LTTE were released under a general amnesty, all other Tamil political prisoners should also be released under a general amnesty
Sri Lanka will restrict access to important religious and archaeological sites to its citizens as a group of Ukrainian tourists – the first foreign travellers to the island since the Covid outbreak – will be visiting those sites the government announced today
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has written to his Myanmar counterpart, wishing them a happy New Year and hoping that the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees will begin in 2021
Four mega infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, including the Padma Bridge and Dhaka Metro Rail, will be completed by June next year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked police personnel to stop cybercrimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repression on women and children
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded scientists of the country after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) gave approval to Serum Institute of India's Covishield vaccine and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for emergency use, paving the way for its roll-out and administration to millions
The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) said it is shocked to learn of the SEC's recommendation to grant REU approval to Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN in "clinical trial mode" and "specially in the context of infection by mutant strains"
As India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, on Saturday conducted a dry run at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to assess the ability and readiness of authorities to administer COVID-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country
Independent cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia claimed on Sunday that data of nearly 10 crore/100 million credit and debit card holders in the country is being sold for an undisclosed amount on the Dark Web
Nearly three decades after the Supreme Court's intervention and the continued war against environmental pollution to secure precious world heritage monuments in the Taj Trapezium Zone, conditions are far from improved
India is set to look at a bilateral trade deal with the UK as the latter quit the European Union single market on Thursday
‘Ilame Sahar, Chiyabari Ramro, Tyahi Paryo Ghar Hamro’
The Nepali Congress seems to be a confused party. While it did hold demonstrations in all 165 constituencies across the country on December 28 in protest of KP Sharma Oli government’s move of dissolving the House of Representatives, the party president, Sher Bahadur Deuba, appears to have reached an understanding with Oli
Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has declared he would summarily lock up "within 72 hours" anyone who used derogatory remarks against the state institutions
Pakistan's Balochistan province has been in the grip of terrorist attacks on security personnel and local residents, putting the authorities on high alert 24/7 and in the latest tragic incident, at least 11 coal miners were kidnapped and killed on Sunday by unidentified armed men
