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 total number of Covid-19 cases in India mounted to 29,974 on Tuesday evening, with 1,594 cases and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 22,010 are the active cases, 7,026 people have recovered, and 937 people have succumbed to the disease
As many as 20 countries together having the same population size as that of India have reported 84 times the number of cases detected in this country, according to India's Health Ministry on Tuesday
India'sHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that the coronavirus pandemic has come in India as a blessing in disguise as it has given impetus to various activities under the 'Make in India' project
Terming that the plasma therapy is at an experimental stage, India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said considering plasma therapy as treatment of COVID-19 was wrong, illegal and might create "life-threatening" complications
Some 4,000 Sri Lankan Navy personnel and their families have been quarantined after at least 185 military members tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said
A SriLankan Airlines flight left Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake for India this morning (28) to bring back 124 Sri Lankan students stranded in Bangalore since the COVID-19 pandemic spread globally
South Asia could face another health emergency children across the region were likely to miss out on life-saving vaccinations due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Unicef warned on Tuesday
Three more people have died from the coronavirus infection, taking the body count to 155 in Bangladesh
Restaurants in Dhaka can sell takeaway iftar items from Tuesday onwards amid an ongoing lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, police in the Bangladeshi capital said
An explosion at a high voltage power pylon near Kabul has left the entire eastern part of Afghanistan, including the capital, without electricity, official sources said
In an effort to restore his credibility with the Pakistan Army, Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed former Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief Lt Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa (Retd) as his new special assistant
The Governor of Pakistan's Sindh province has tested positive for the COVID-19 and was self-quarantining at his residence following the test result
The World Bank (WB) has committed to provide USD 5 million (M) as support for Bhutan to help prevent, detect, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic and strengthen the country’s public health preparedness
SAARC Development Fund (SDF) marks 10 years today. In the past 10 years, SDF invested in the 90 projects being implemented across the eight SAARC Member States under the three SDF funding windows: Economic, Infrastructure and Social Windows
India has extended US$ 150 million foreign currency swap support to the Maldives
