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IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience

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.

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PM Modi inaugurates projects to enhance income of dairy farmers, fisheries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and e-Gopala App, a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers, which will do away with the role of middlemen in procurement and purchase

India, Japan ink strategic deal for reciprocal supplies between armed forces

India and Japan have signed an agreement concerning the reciprocal provision of supplies and services between forces of the two countries

Bhutan has one of the highest per capita testing rates globally

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More than half who sought counselling in Bhutan were students

Students anxious about school reopening, difficulty with online lessons, and examinations made up more than half the callers seeking counselling in the past six months in Bhutan

'Things are in shambles in Nepal'

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Nepal's farmers against the government’s land bank law

Farmers have raised voice against the Nepal government’s new law regarding land bank

2 killed in Pakistan boat capsize

At least two people were killed and several others were reported missing when a boat carrying at least 25 persons capsized in the Indus River in Pakistan's Sindh province on Thursday

12 suspects arrested in Lahore motorway gang rape

Paksitan's Punjab government spokesperson Mussarat Cheema on Thursday said police had arrested 12 men suspected of involvement in the alleged gang-rape of a woman on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway

132 Pakistani students sent abroad on scholarship didn't return

A sub-committee of Pakistan's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was surprised to learn that some 106 research projects at various universities were still incomplete after over a decade despite funding by the Higher Education Commission (HEC)

Combat readiness needs enhancing: Pakistan Army chief

Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday stressed the need to enhance combat readiness levels in the wake of evolving strategic and regional milieu

Measures to recruit 10,000 new employees to manufacture local textiles in Sri Lanka

A discussion was held under the patronage of the State Minister of Batik, Handloom Fabrics and Local Apparel Products Dayasiri Jayasekara to increase the local garment production in Sri Lanka within the next five years

Sri Lanka to recommence oil and gas exploration

The Sri Lankan government has taken a policy decision to resume oil and gas exploration

None will be spared for extrajudicial killing: PM Hasina

Saying that her government is not sparing anyone involved in extrajudicial killing, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the Parliament that people should not indiscriminately criticise law enforcers in a way that, out of fear, they lose their spirit to work efficiently

Afghan government denies holding 100 Taliban inmates

The Afghan government has rejected an allegation made by the Taliban that it was still holding 100 members of the militant group, the media reported

Maldives second most-Googled destination for post-lockdown holidays

Maldives placed second among those ranked 'Most Googled Destination' for post-lockdown holidays