India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
All international passengers will now have to home quarantine for a week on arrival in India, as the Indian government tightened curbs, declared weekend curfew in some places, including capital Delhi and announced revised travel guidelines Friday amid a surge in cases believed to be fuelled by the Omicron variant
As part of its policy to enhance connectivity with its select South Asian neighbours, especially those on its eastern/northeastern flank, the Indian Cabinet has approved a memorandum of understanding for building a motorable bridge over the Mahakali river that forms the India-Nepal border in the north, connecting Dharchula in India to Darchula in Nepal
Six Indo-Pacific nations, including India, are participating in a multilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Pacific Ocean as part of their joint strategic vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has confirmed the appointment of Justice Ayesha Malik to the country’s top court amid strong protest by lawyers who have been opposing her elevation as it supersedes several senior judges
Worried about the possible smuggling of nuclear material, Pakistan has begun installing Radiation Monitoring Portals (RMPs) at all international trade corridors to check the smuggling
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held separate telephonic talks with his counterparts from Maldives and Bhutan among others with a focus on further boosting their bilateral ties in the South Asian framework
The Modi government has withdrawn special security cover to four former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir in what one of the chief ministers saw as a response to their "increased political activities"
Opposition parties in Pakistan hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after the country’s top election body said that the ruling party, the PTI, grossly underreported funds received from foreign nationals and firms
Pakistan will continue fencing the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the military said on Wednesday, days after Taliban fighters destroyed border fences at multiple locations along the Durand Line, the internationally recognized border between the two countries
Indian authorities have made three arrests, including of an 18-year-old girl, in connection to the case involving fake auctioning of prominent Muslim women on an online application which has now been taken down
Bangladesh's main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to hold talks with other political parties over the "overall political situation" in the country
Former leaders associated with the erstwhile US-backed Afghan government will not be included in the Taliban government, the group’s deputy leader Mullah Baradar said, indicating the new regime is unlikely to heed the demand for inclusivity
India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reviewed bilateral relations with his American and Russian counterparts ahead of planned interactions with both countries
A section of Tamil groups has reacted sharply over the government’s participation in the Jaffna Kite Festival in the northern city of Jaffna, once the stronghold of Tamil secessionist militant leader Velupillai Prabhakaran
Sri Lanka plans to increase forest cover from currently 29.3 percent to 30 percent by 2025 by cultivating rubber plants over an area of 500 hectares
