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.
India's Supreme Court Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider its decision to hold Kanwar Yatra - an annual fortnight-long religious pilgrimage involving cross-country treks by Hindu youth slinging sacred pitchers of holy Ganga water - which has already been called off by its neighbouring state Uttarakhand for the same reason
A proposal to ban small importers and only allow businesspeople with good financial credentials to import has sparked anxiety in Nepal’s business community
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 prisoners just before senior delegations of the warring parties are expected to meet in Doha, Qatar
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described his country’s friendship with Japan as one of the most trusted in the world, “both strategically and economically”
A new administration took charge of the government in Nepal this week as Sher Bahadur Deuba, 75, became the country’s prime minister for the fifth time following a historic decision by the Supreme Court on Monday that reinstated the Lower House of Parliament
Stressing on building a strong military, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said a disciplined and modern army helps in consolidating democracy and asked the Army Headquarters Selection Board to pick qualified people for promotion
Days after taking charge as Sri Lanka’s new Finance Minister, Basil Rajapaksa - brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa - met envoys of six key nations as also the European Union and stressed on the implementation of the Vision of Prosperity, a key policy initiative of the government
Pakistan will soon organize an international conference on Afghanistan as Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday dialed former Afghan president Hamid Karzai to invite him and other senior Afghan leaders to the conference
The United States will begin evacuating Afghan interpreters and special applicants, who are at risk of facing retribution, by July end, confirmed the White House, announcing they would soon launch an operation, called Operation Allies Refuge, to get them out of the war-torn country
Despite the warning from the WHO against mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines, Bhutan has decided to go ahead with the mix-matching mode of vaccination for the second dose
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dialed Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih and “took stock” of bilateral relations, including Covid assistance
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said the world is against seizing power by violence in the foreign ministers' meeting of SCO countries in Dushanbe, in a veiled reference to the Taliban’s attempt at military takeover in Afghanistan
In a significant development with grave security implications, the Afghan insurgent group, the Taliban, has taken control of the Chaman-Wesh border crossing, one of the main border crossings with Pakistan, the insurgent group claimed in a statement on Wednesday
Having grappled with an Afghan refugee crisis for over four decades, Pakistan has said it would not welcome another influx of people from its landlocked neighbor which is now witnessing an escalating civil war
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating a new convention centre in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Thursday
