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.
In a significant step to inoculate people in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced his government will launch a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination campaign after fewer people aged 45 or more turned up at the vaccination centres
Thousands of people, protesting a mega housing project in the port city of Karachi in Pakistan, torched several vehicles, shops, and offices, forcing police and paramilitary forces to fire teargas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd
Sri Lanka tightened border control further in the wake of the prevalence of fast-spreading variants in several countries, including India, and made institutional quarantine mandatory for people coming from certain countries
At least 17 people have been killed and over 270,000 people are affected in Sri Lanka due to landslides and heavy rains. Ten districts are mostly worst affected by continuous rain
Authorities in the Maldives have given emergency use approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson--both of them are already approved by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Adverse impacts of climate change are being aggravated by black carbon deposits coming from industries, vehicles, and cooking practices thereby accelerating the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, and the Karakorum (HKHK) ranges spread across six nations including five in South Asia, says a new World Bank report
Senior Pakistani politicians Farooq Sattar and Anis Ahmed Khan Advocate appeared before investigators belonging to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and recorded their statements denying any links with two held suspects Islamabad claims were trained by Indian intelligence agency RAW
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that all his functions, meetings and other programs should be held in the country’s national language Urdu, in an apparent attempt to appeal to nationalistic sentiments
At least 30 people died and 50 others were injured as two passenger trains collided close to Pakistan's Dharki city on Monday, local rts said
Authorities in Pakistan on Sunday announced that the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on its side has been reopened, citing reduced cases of coronavirus infections over the last week
Five Bangladeshi nationals were held in Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh by the personnel of the Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) for illegally crossing into the country from India
Authorities in Bangladesh have extended ongoing restrictions on public transport and movement till 16 June as the coronavirus cases remain unchecked in several of its districts
A day after Nepal’s acting Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli reshuffled his cabinet-- to include ten leaders from a faction of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) - opposition leaders condemned the move, accusing Oli of making “mockery of constitution and democratic norms.”
Days after several Gulf and Middle Eastern countries refused to acknowledge the Sinoharm vaccine certificate, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took up the matter with the leaders of those countries
Authorities in Sri Lanka have decided to open national parks, which remained shut for months due to COVID-19 restrictions, for five days especially for a French naval delegation comprising 750 crew members
