Farhad Humayun, the English-born Pakistani musician and the face of the popular band Overload, died on Tuesday in Lahore, the band confirmed in a post on Facebook

Weyan village in Jammu and Kashmir's  Bandipora district has become the first village of the nation to vaccinate entire populations above 18 years against COVID-19, media reports said

Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM) Umeed has initiated a first of its kind all-women Dairy Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) at Mitrigam in Pulwama district, local media reports said

At least 16 people died as a van plunged into the Indus river in Kohistan region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday

The death toll in the railway mishap in Pakistan's Ghotki region touched 62 on Tuesday, media reports said

The World Bank has forecast that the Indian economy would grow by 8.3 per cent during the current fiscal year, an increase of nearly 3 per cent from its January projection, but lower than the April estimate by almost 2 per cent

Pakistan has warned India not to undertake any "further division, bifurcation and demographic changes" in Jammu and Kashmir, saying its actions violated international law and relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions

The United States continues to focus on Pakistan for a military base in the region, although some American officials believe the negotiations have reached an impasse for now, according to the New York Times

It is a piece of misinformation that subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are going to cause severe illness in children. There is no data - either from India or globally - to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent waves.

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Kuwait June 9-11 at the invitation of Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs,  Kuwait

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the prime minister of Sri Lanka, has acknowledged difficulties being faced by people due to restrictions in place because of the Covid-19 and said that the government was ready to face challenges like an epidemic or a disaster

The Sri Lankan government to take measures for expediting the implementation of projects which are being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Sri Lankan President’s office said in a statement

Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, recalling the six-point charter released by the country’s founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in 1966, said that the charter was meant for independence

The apex court in Nepal directed authorities to allow home delivery services of online stores in the country during the COVID-19 lockdown

In May, when the second wave of the Covid-19 was wreaking havoc in Nepal, records showed that the government did not procure any oxygen-related supplies in the last six months to manage the crisis despite issuing several tenders, a report in The Kathmandu Post claims