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.
Former President and Member of Parliament Maithripala Sirisena said that a comprehensive program should be implemented to increase the efficiency of the public service and that this program is very important for the development of the country in the next four months
Bangladesh has approved the late-stage trial of a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus, developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd
Bangladesh's national technical advisory committee on tackling COVID-19 has said the government should not reopen educational institutions and hold examinations now as the outbreak rages
"There will be no exams … we are thinking about what more we can do. Maybe we can promote without an exam." - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
India is on course to have an "approved" vaccine within the first quarter of the calendar year 2021 and Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, is well placed to deliver the first vaccine, according to a report from Bernstein Research, a top Wall Street research and brokerage firm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled address to the captains of the Indian defence industry to assure them that Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India) is not an inward-looking idea but is for a stable global order
The Union Health Ministry on Thursday made a detailed presentation on the current status of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in which it was observed that out of the total deaths in the country in the last two weeks, 89 per cent of the fatalities were reported from nine states and one Union Territory (UT)
Pokhra, a small village in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh, is still counting the zeroes. Animesh Anand, son of Prakash Mishra, a school teacher, has bagged a Rs 1.6 crore (over 217,000 USD) annual package with McKinsey & Company in the United States
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined permission to hold Muharram processions across the country during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
The dust has finally settled in the ruling party–or at least it appears so
The Nepal government has decided to set up 6,000 beds in Kathmandu valley to isolate asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, but health experts say that the number is inadequate, as the number of COVID-19 cases was rising sharply in the valley
The country’s external relations witnessed robust growth in multiple sectors with important initiatives taken and notable achievements made in the past one year, states the annual report released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this week
Excluding this year, the number of deaths across the country from lightning every year generally exceeds that from landslides
A Japanese company is likely to build a bridge over the Tentulia and Kalabadar rivers to connect island district Bhola with Barishal under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative
Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, said he was confident that the much awaited intra-Afghan talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban will begin next week
