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.
A group of Indian public health experts that include doctors from AIIMS and the national task force on covid-19 members have warned against indiscriminate and incomplete vaccination, saying that it could trigger the emergence of mutant strains and advised against inoculating people already sickened by coronavirus
About 30 children, aged 12-18, were administered Covaxin - India's indigenously produced Covid-19 vaccine - at Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI) as part of Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major Bharat Biotech's clinical trials
India's Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Dr Jitendra Singh, has said that Shahpur Kandi National Project coming up along the border between Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab vindicates the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 between India and Pakistan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Outreach Sessions of the G7 Summit - being held at Cornwall, UK - on 12-13 June in virtual format, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced
Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has conceded that military cooperation with the United States over its withdrawal from Afghanistan had given the government “some space” to delay unpopular IMF reforms, Financial Times reported
The Covid 19 pandemic rendered 20 million people jobless in Pakistan, but strong V-shaped recoveries in the services and manufacturing sectors helped the economy expand 3.94 percent despite much lower estimates from both the government and international lending agencies, according to Pakistan’s economic survey tabled on Thursday
Just weeks ago the government of Nepal had promulgated an ordinance amending its citizenship laws to grant Nepali citizenship to children of single mothers whose fathers can’t be traced
A few weeks ago, a video of five men assaulting a woman went viral in India, prompting Indian authorities to arrest the men involved
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday made a surprise stopover at Doha on his way to Kuwait and met the country's national security advisor
India, which is slowly recovering from the second wave of coronavirus, on Thursday witnessed a big jump in daily COVID-19 toll as it recorded the highest number of deaths due to the contagion in the last 24 hours
Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to further extend their trade agreement, the Afghanistan Pakistan Trade Transit Agreement (APTTA), for six more months as negotiations for a fresh deal drag on
A Pakistani cleric, who threatened the world's youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai with a suicide attack during a speech, has been arrested, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Pakistan security forces have seized the passport and mobile phones from Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Anis Advocate, accusing him of involvement in the training of party activists allegedly through the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
Pakistan has made Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for employees of the public and private sectors in the country and set a deadline of 30 June for all government officials to get vaccinated
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, are among the top ten least liveable cities in the Asia-Pacific region as per the 2021 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (The EIU) Global Liveability Ranking
