India achieved a new milestone in its Covid vaccination drive by administering over 10 million doses on Friday, its highest single-day count so far

Afghans arriving in the country will get a six-month visa and the government will "take it from there" as making long-term plans have not been the "best of ideas" under similar circumstances, India said Friday

A day after the Taliban, which has wrested power in Afghanistan, asserted that it considers his country as a second home, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the world to believe in the hardline Sunni Islamist group

Amid rising Covid 19 cases, the Sri Lankan government has extended the ongoing islandwide lockdown till September 6, but experts feel extending it to October 2 could save an estimated 10,000 lives at an economic cost of 2.2 percent of GDP

India has completed administering one dose of Covid vaccine to at least 50 per cent of its adult population, as 610 million beneficiaries have been inoculated so far under the nationwide vaccination drive that began earlier this year

Schools in the Indian capital will open in a phased manner after 17 months: for the students of Classes 9 to 12, schools will reopen from September 1; classes 6 to 8 students will attend schools in Delhi from September 8 onwards

Turkey has held the first round of talks with the Taliban for running the operation of the Kabul international airport, President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed, adding negotiations are going on and no final decision has been made yet

The European Union (EU) should be more flexible when it comes to sharing Covid-19 vaccines, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momin said, adding they  (the EU) talk much about human rights but “care little” to share vaccines which many poor countries need badly to save lives

Bangladesh has expedited construction work on seven land ports--in addition to the existing five land ports already in operation-- along its borders with India’s northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Assam

The Bangladesh government has extended the shutdown of schools and colleges to Sept 11 because of the raging Covid-19 pandemic, even as a UNICEF report said over 40 million students from the pre-primary to the higher education level have been affected in the country following the prolonged closure of educational institutions

Over 11,000 visas issued by the Indian embassy in Afghanistan between August 12 and 14 have been cancelled after over 1,000 visas were reportedly stolen, prompting the Modi government to introduce e-visas after the fall of Kabul

At least 105 Afghans and 13 US personnel were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday evening when two suicide bombers blew themselves up-- first, just outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport and second at the nearby Baron Hotel

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed three top retired legal experts to make recommendations on a controversial anti-terror law that some Western nations and international rights groups claim has been used to suppress minorities and silence dissent

In a further indication of Islamabad’s growing diplomatic heft after the Taliban’s return in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and exchanged views on the volatile Afghan situation

Bhutan, which has already fully vaccinated over 95 percent of its 18+ population, is now reportedly considering a third dose of Covid-19 vaccines as a booster shot next year, based upon the experience of countries like Israel and others which saw a significant rise in Covid-19 cases recently even after administering almost all eligible people with both doses