The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a guarantee for a $ 25 million trade loan to the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) to purchase medical supplies as part of the country’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Eighty-eight Nepali migrant workers have tested positive for coronavirus in a single day in Bahrain, taking the total number of Nepalis infected by the virus to 245 in the Gulf country
The government has released 52 Taliban prisoners as the process of prisoner swap continues with the hope of beginning of the peace negotiations
With 3,561 new cases and 89 deaths, the total tally of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus crossed the 50,000-mark in India on Thursday, said the Union Health Ministry. Of the total cases, 35,902 are active while 15,266 people have been recovered, and 1,783 have succumbed to the disease
As the D-Day of one of the biggest evacuations in India's history starts on Thursday, the national capital has ramped up its efforts to mass quarantine evacuees and has started to book rooms across Delhi that can go up to several thousand, to keep them stationed for 14 days
At least three persons, including a minor, were reported dead in an alleged gas leak in a chemical unit in this southern city They died while undergoing treatment in a local hospital
The numbers of the famed Royal Bengal Tiger in West Bengal's Sundarbans has risen to 96, up by eight, according to the latest census
Kerala describes its 400,000 migrant labourers from other parts of India as ‘guest workers’. On Labour Day on May 1, they were gifted with an opportunity to go back to their homes in the north and east of the country while the southern state is struggling to tame the Corona-19 pandemic
In a major success in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian security forces on Wednesday killed the most wanted militant commander, Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in Pulwama district thereby avenging the deaths of five Indian security men killed in Kupwara district on May 3
Mizoram became the fifth COVID-19 free state among the eight northeastern states as three consecutive samples of its lone coronavirus patient tested negative, top officials said on Wednesday
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has recruited a Hindu as a general duty pilot. Hailing from the Tharparkar region of Sindh, Rahul Dev has become the first from his minority community to achieve the coveted position in the PAF, the Express Tribune reported
The number of new COVID-19 infections in Bangladesh rose by 790 on Wednesday, the highest daily increase since March 8
Bangladesh will allow Muslims to attend prayer congregations in mosques from May 7 as the government continues to ease the lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak
The government has taken an initiative to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic in a chartered flight either on May 14 or 15
It was a vacation Wangchuk Lhamo will never forget. The woman from Phuentsholing was in New Delhi on a family vacation with her family including her two-year-old granddaughter and son earlier this year
