Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that 28 Maldivians had departed to neighbouring India to undergo advanced medical treatment

In India, 17 per cent of the 283 GW coal fleet is set to become uncompetitive in 2020, rising to 50 percent in 2022 and 85 percent in 2025, international researchers said on Tuesday

India recorded a spike of 18,522 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 5,66,840, with the number of fatalities inching closer to 17,000-mark, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday

The governnent announced the guidelines for Unlock 2 on Monday night which, it said, will be in force till July 31. Almost all activities are being allowed outside containment zones save a few like operation of schools, colleges, international travel among others

Leading Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has announced it has successfully developed Covaxin, India's first vaccine candidate for COVID-19, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV) and will begin its human trials next month

The Indian government on Monday condemned the Karachi terror attack and called out Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for peddling conspiracy theories that India was behind it

Even as Assam is fighting an all-out war against COVID-19, the deteriorating flood situation, triggered by heavy rains, claimed four more lives taking the death toll to 24 while affecting over 13 lakh people in 25 of the state's 33 districts, officials said in Guwahati on Monday

Foreign policy experts and civil society members say that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s allegation that India is plotting to remove him from prime ministership would seriously impair Nepal’s relations with the southern neighbour

Nepal has decided to extend the ongoing lockdown, in its current form, till July 22

A clash between Indian and Chinese troops at Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on 15 June rocked the dynamics between the world’s two most populous nuclear powers. But it also drew attention to the involvement of soldiers from Nepal in the Indian Army

Thirty-eight of the total 76 Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad will return to New Delhi on Tuesday (today) - a move Pakistan has made in a tit-for-tat response to the neighbouring country's decision to slash by half the strength of the Pakistan's diplomatic mission in Delhi

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to several proposals put forward by the representatives of All Island Professional Educators’ Association pertaining to issues connected with recommencing tuition classes, President’s Media Division said

United States Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo  spoke to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to reaffirm the US partnership with the people of Sri Lanka and its commitment to supporting the country’s development and sovereignty, a spokesperson said

The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka and the EU Member States Embassies in Colombo has issued a clarification on lifting the temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU and reports that Sri Lanka was not included in the list of selected countries

Bangladesh officials yesterday reported an all-time daily high of 4,014 coronavirus infections