The government has informed the Supreme Court that the average cases per day have reduced by 50 per cent since the past eight weeks, and only two states have more than 50,000 cases, contributing almost 33 per cent of the overall active cases

India's 700 kg cartography satellite Cartosat-2F and Russia's 450 kg Kanopus-V satellite had a near-miss in the outer space on Friday morning, said Roscosmos, Russia's state space corporation. Both the satellites were as close as 224 metres

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has assured the people of Nepal that, once a COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out in India, meeting Nepal’s requirements would be a priority for India

Urging the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to call off its scheduled public gatherings in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan categorically said the government would not give permission to the opposition to hold its rallies in Multan and other cities

Pakistan on Friday asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to launch an international campaign for outlawing willful provocation against Muslims and incitement to hate

The federal government has admitted that Pakistan’s nascent economic recovery is faced with downside risks owing to the second wave of COVID-19 at home as well as in major trading partners though inflationary pressures are easing out

The country’s biggest industrial complex – the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) – on Friday laid off over 4,500 of its employees in a move strongly criticized by the PPP-led Sindh government

The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Programme provided 54 portable ventilators to different hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to enhance capacity of the public sector hospitals in the ongoing corona pandemic and earlier investigations of the viral infection

Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda said a prompt measure will be taken to prevent Indian fishermen from crossing and illegally fishing in the territorial waters of the country after consulting with Indian authorities

About 75 percent of Sri Lanka’s workforce or 1.5 million employees are facing a high risk of falling in to poverty, with 68 percent in informal employment amid a Coronavirus crises, a survey done by a Colombo based think tank said

In terrorism hit South Asia, Bangladesh has emerged as a bright star, despite disturbing recent signs of a growing footprint of radical Islam in the strategically located nation which bridges the subcontinent with Southeast Asia

Junaid Babunagari, the new chief of radical Islamist group Hifazat-e-Islam, has threatened to pull down statues, no matter which party erected them

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has summoned the bank accounts of at least 35 people, including anti-India and pro-Pakistan activist Major Delwar Hussain (retd), BNP-Jamaat activist Kanak Sarwar, Jamaat activist Ilias Hossain and several bloggers, who have been involved in anti-government activities through social medi

After the government announced 21 stimulus packages involving more than Tk 1,21,000 crore to tackle the pandemic fallout, 39.23 percent of the total amount or Tk 47,615 crore was disbursed till October 31, according to a report of the finance ministry

More than 100 Bangladeshis including cancer patients became stuck at Benapole check-post for not having COVID-19 negative certificates while returning from India