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.
Nations around the world committed their financial and political support for the next four years for Afghanistan during the Afghanistan Conference 2020 which was held in Geneva, TOLOnews reported. In the conference, the country managed to secure around $13 billion in foreign commitments for the next four years, though the amount is less than what the Afghanistan government had expected earlier
At least 17 people were killed and 50 wounded in twin magnetic IED blasts in central Bamiyan province of Afghanistan, Tolonews reported
With 44,376 new cases of Covid infections, India's total cases reached 92,22,216 on Wednesday. It is the 18th straight day when India - with a population of 1.3 billion - reported less than 50,000 cases in a day
Nepali Congress lawmaker in the National Assembly Radhe Shyam Adhikari has accused the KP Sharma Oli-led government of undermining the Parliament by not calling its winter session and issuing ordinances one after another
Nepal's Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has developed ‘Guidelines on Implementation of Conditional Grants for Differently-abled Persons and Senior Citizens in Provinces’ for distribution of assistive devices to differently-abled persons, their rehabilitation, and inter-generational transfer of knowledge, skill and experiences of senior citizens
Nepal's tourism ministry has once again proposed signing an “air bubble” agreement with India more than one and a half months after its first proposal was rejected outright by the government amid soured relations with the southern neighbor over boundary disputes
The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, undoubtedly India's 9/11 moment, brought India and Pakistan on the verge of war and it took external powers like the United States to de-escalate the rising tensions
Pakistan's Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Tuesday feared that the country might face the worst coronavirus situation after two weeks if preventive measures were not strictly adhered to
While as many as 2,954 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 48 more patients died during the past 24 hours, a government study has estimated that around 15 million individuals have already been exposed to the virus
Pakistan has dismissed the “baseless speculations” that the country is contemplating to normalise its ties with Israel
The British government has extended the visa of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Supreme Leader Nawaz Sharif for another six months, sources told The Express Tribune on Tuesday
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has written to the Inspector General of Police requesting the police chief to urgently provide the details of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to the Commission
“Schools can be kept closed because of the challenge. However, we accepted the challenge to open schools ensuring the health security of the children,” said Sri Lanka's Minister of Education, Prof. GL Peiris
The Bangladesh Supreme Court's High Court Division on Tuesday issued an injunction on the sale of firearms used during the country's Liberation War in 1971
India has flagged off the first export-bound New Modified Goods (NMG) rake from the Hosur railway station in Bengaluru to Bangladesh
