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.
India has become the second-largest personal protective equipment (PPE) kits manufacturer in the last four months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while inaugurating the three more high tech state-of-the-art testing labs for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal
Amid spike in COVID-19 cases with the latest highest single-day rise of 49,931 cases in the last 24 hours, the coronavirus fatality rate is progressively falling and has dipped to 2.28 percent
Cultivation of lemongrass has not only earned praise for women in many villages in Gumla district of Jharkhand, but also make them economically self-reliant
Bhutan has advanced from the medium E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2018 to a high-level EGDI group this year according to the United Nations (UN) latest E-Government survey
The Nepal government has turned a deaf ear to the demands of a young activist, who has been staging fast-unto-death strike for the last nine days in Basantapur, Kathmandu
Pakistan's economic hub Karachi was a sea of water with devastations visible on the streets after heavy downpour wreaked havoc in the city with destruction and deaths
The Imran Khan government is expected to table the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Review and Re-consideration Ordinance 2020 in the National Assembly on Monday, even as it faces intense heat from the opposition on the issue
A case has been registered against a minister in Pakistan's Balochistan province and his two guards over the murder of a social media activist, the media reported
Following the recent dubious flying license controversy, a special Pakistan cabinet committee will finalise a government plan to set up two separate authorities by segregating the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) into regulatory and operational entities, a media report said
Punjab government on Monday said it is imposing a 'smart lockdown' in the province, effective from midnight tonight till August 5, in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus during Eidul Azha
The South Korean government will provide $800,000 assistance to Pakistan to help the country fight COVID-19
Sri Lanka’s economy could contract up to 4 percent in 2020 and the budget deficit could expand to as much as 11 percent gross domestic with import controls amplifying the impact of coronavirus on revenues, analysts said
Bangladesh has registered 37 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, bringing the death toll to 2,965
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday flagged off 10 broad gauge diesel locomotives to Bangladesh Railways under its "neighbourhood first" policy
Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of floods on Monday, which have also claimed the lives of 119 people
