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.
Stepping into 2021, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has chalked out its decadal plan which includes development of a heavy-lift rocket, reusable satellite launch vehicle, semi-cryogenic engine, among other progressions in satellite technology, said a top official
Former India skipper and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, admitted to a Kolkata hospital on Saturday after he complained of chest pain, is stable and out of danger, said sources close to his family
Religious minorities of Nepal who have been facing structural discrimination and exclusion are highly vulnerable in the times of crisis
The plan to hold a joint agitation of political parties against the dissolution of the House of Representatives has come unstuck after the Nepali Congress rejected a proposal of the faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Nepal for it
The incumbent Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan will not resign on January 31 as demanded by the 11-party PDM opposition alliance, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed on Saturday
The Pakistan government is mulling the reopening of educational institutions across the country in a phased manner from January 25, a media report said
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday vowed that action would be initiated within 72 hours against anyone found using derogatory language against the Pakistan Army and state institutions
Pakistan on Saturday rubbished "unwarranted assertions" by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding the burning down of a Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district earlier this week
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said people will pay no heed to the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) call for ‘long march’ and rejected the opposition’s allegation of a ‘puppet’ premier, arguing that if it was true why he did not hold talks with them even after the military leadership had asked him to do so in order to end political instability
A senior foreign ministry official, while criticising the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for differently treating Pakistani and Indian applications for membership, has regretted that the multilateral export control regime is politicised
Bangladesh has registered 684 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, which is the lowest in almost eight months
Indian police have found a 200-metre tunnel on the Bangladesh-India border in Assam on Friday
Authorities in Bhutan swang into action as people complained of overpricing of essential goods by shopkeepers due to lockdown, Kuensel reported
The Afghan government said that a pine nut processing unit is under construction in eastern Paktia province, TOLOnews reported
Residents of Bati Kot district in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Saturday blocked the Jalalabad-Torkham highway over rising security concerns in the areas, TOLOnews reported
