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.
As part of the Centre's focus to provide basic amenities in remote areas, aspirational districts and border areas, a multidisciplinary government team, comprising officials of the Jal Shakti Ministry and experts, visited Leh to help the administration speed up the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the Union Territory with a focus on providing tap water in sub-zero conditions
With economic activities gaining momentum, India is poised to recover fast and may reach the pre-Covid levels of economic parameters by the current financial year's (FY21) end, according to a report by the Department of Economic Affairs
After arriving in Nepal on a three-day trip, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane visited cultural sites in the Kathmandu Valley
Sixteen doctors working in Bir Hospital emergency submitted resignation from their positions today. They handed over their resignation to Hospital Director Kedar Century after the hospital management failed to fulfil their demands
There is a lot going on in the ruling Nepal Communist Party. Leaders are baying for each others’ blood
Protesting farmers and the Punjab government agreed to come to negotiating table after the former were baton-charged and arrested by police when they reached The Mall here on Wednesday and tried to block the road for traffic
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan Army will continue to ensure protection and security of civilian population along the Line of Control (LoC) amid unprovoked aggression by the Indian troops
The European Union (EU) is closely following the human rights situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), as the foreign policy chief of 27-nation bloc called for “restraint, de-escalation of tensions and resolution of the dispute through dialogue and constructive political and diplomatic engagement.”
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today stressed that the entire country will not be locked-down at all due to the spreading of coronavirus
France is keen on establishing more people-to-people contact with Sri Lanka, through initiatives such as scholarship and exchange programs
Pakistani High Commissioner Major General (Retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak bade farewell at the airport to 43 prisoners deported by Sri Lanka after serving their sentences
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad (BHBCUC) has announced nationwide rallies and sit-in programmes on Saturday to protest against violence towards minorities in the country, a senior official said
South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun has announced a new contribution of $300,000 to WFP Bangladesh to support its operations that provide food assistance to 860,000 people in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps
Field level officials have verbally instructed the heads of government primary schools in Bangladesh in advance to prepare for the opening of schools, keeping in mind that a short 30-day syllabus will be implemented as soon as the coronavirus situation is under control
More officers from neighbouring counties will be trained at India's prestigious strategic leadership institution - National Defence College (NDC) - as New Delhi increases its engagement with neighbours to counter the growing influence of China
