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 United States has allocated more than $36.7 million to help the people of Afghanistan respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and expedited $90 million in continued development assistance through the World Bank to support Afghanistan’s national health and education sectors and local government needs, the US embassy in Kabul said in a statement on Thursday
The High Court has ordered to detain former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor until the end of his appeal trial
The government announced that attempts were underway to acquire a Dornier aircraft, as per an agreement signed between the government of India and Maldives during former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom's administration
India on Friday recorded the highest single-day spike of almost 50,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours taking the total tally to 12,87,945, with the death toll also crossing the 30,000 mark, the Union Health Ministry data revealed
The Indian government on Thursday imposed restrictions on bidders, from countries that share a land border with India, in public procurements, services, or other works, on grounds of national security
After the easing of lockdown in the country, one out of five people has been rendered jobless, as per the IANS-CVoter COVID-19 Tracker conducted among a sample size of 1,723
The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated on Thursday with four more persons losing their lives, taking the toll to 93, even as the number of people affected rose to 28.32 lakh across 26 districts, officials said
In a scathing admonition of Pakistan, New Delhi on Thursday said that Islamabad has blocked all the avenues for an effective remedy available for India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 30 percent, the revenue of India's Software-as-a-Service (Saas) industry reached $3.5 billion as of FY2020, with 75 percent of it coming from global sales, said a report by IT industry body Nasscom on Thursday
Economic growth is estimated to contract sharply to 2.1 percent in the current fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed to check its spread, despite efforts by the government to curb the economic fallout from the crisis, states the World Bank’s latest Nepal Development Update
Most experts have questioned the wisdom of the Nepal government’s decision to end its four-month COVID-19 lockdown from Tuesday, saying it was premature and may lead to a mass spread of the virus
In normal times Sanskar Pandit, 18, would have been waiting for his grade 12 results now. The high school examinations would have been held in April and the results out in the first week of August
Law enforcement personnel on Thursday scaled up security measures and sealed some areas and roads, particularly those surrounding foreign diplomatic missions, in Karachi's Clifton neighbourhood reportedly due to some terror threats, officials and witnesses said
Issuing directives for the establishment of a real estate regulatory body, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday asked the provinces to prepare a road map for a one-window facility and online approval of cases relating to construction and housing sectors
Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has warned that the next 10 days are very crucial and any negligence by the people could hamper the positive trend of novel coronavirus cases in the country
