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 Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has removed the 'abnormal toxicity test' from the human vaccine monographs of the Indian Pharmacopoeia, the official compilation of approved tests for drugs manufactured and marketed in India, said the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Friday
The first infant COVID-19 case in Bhutan is suspected in a one-and-half-year-old child who arrived in the country recently along with the mother from India
A video posted on social media depicting the backless top worn by a pillion rider on a government-plated motorcycle on the highway from Dhading to Kathmandu recently went viral
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday termed the interior ministry’s report on US blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie’s case as unsatisfactory and directed the interior secretary to review it
Newly reappointed Pakistani Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Friday clarified on the floor of the National Assembly that Indian "spy" Kulbhushan Jadhav's sentence "had not been forgiven" and neither had the government given him an "NRO"
India has approved the US$ 400 million bilateral currency swap arrangement Sri Lanka sought to meet short-term international liquidity requirements following the economic crisis resulted from COVID-19
Arrangements have been made to open all government schools for Grade 11, 12 and 13 students from July 27, the Ministry of Education announced
Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the Minister for International Trade of the UK Ranil Jayawardena discussed stepping up bilateral trade and investment and expanding the areas of cooperation during a teleconference yesterday, 23 July 2020. It was the first official interaction between the two Ministers
The new science block of the Alipur Rahmania College in Bangladesh's Chattogram - constructed under the India-funded High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) scheme at a cost of 51.43 lakh takas, has been virtually inaugurated by Information Minister Hasan Mahmud and Indian High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday
Former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the reconciliation council have condemned an airstrike carried out by Afghan Air Force to target Taliban militants in Herat province – violence and killings would not help the peace negotiations
Residents of Gozara district in the western province of Herat claim that 12 civilians were killed and another 20 wounded in an aerial attack that targeted a Taliban gathering this week
The Taliban have once again insisted on their previous instance of the prisoner release to start peace negotiations with Kabul administration
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, while speaking at a virtual event organized by the US Institute of Peace, said that the intra-Afghan talks have never been so close
Close to 30,000 Bhutanese are seeking jobs currently. The number includes those laid off or affected by the pandemic and others returning from abroad, adding to the unemployment pool of 8,000 jobseekers that already existed before the pandemic
