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.
Despite a considerable rise in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past few days, Pakistan's National Coordination Committee (NCC) has ruled out the option of imposing a complete lockdown in the country and endorsed all the measures announced by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Oct 28 which included strict implementation of the SOPs (standard operating procedures) at public places and reduction in timings for markets and commercial activities
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi has now started COVID-19 testing for all domestic passengers. The facility was on a pilot run since October 28
Exactly one year after the boundary row erupted between Nepal and India, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, chief of the Indian Army, is arriving on a three-day official visit to Kathmandu on Wednesday
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa meeting with the World Bank representatives this evening (03) sought to explore areas of cooperation with the agency on a number of priorities of the government
Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana assumed duties as the 18th Commander of the Sir Lanka Air Force this morning (3 November 2020) at the Air Force Headquarters in Colombo
Two in five women in Sri Lanka have faced violence by a partner in their lifetime, a government survey has found, stressing the need to pay more attention to the problem
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad have announced nationwide rallies and sit in programs to protest violence against minorities on November 7
Bharat Biotech, which recently received approval to conduct Phase III human trials of India's first indigenous coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, has said that the vaccine has been found to be safe without any major adverse events in the first two stages of trials and that its goal is to attain strong immune response rate in clinical trials
Justice Kemal Pasha, who retired from the Kerala High Court in 2018, opined that as long as Article 25 and Article 26 are in force and the Indian Constitution is valid there is no question of a Hindu-centric or a Muslim-centric nation
India is likely to spend around $513 billion on infrastructure by the year 2030 to accommodate its growing population, according to a report by Mace
The much-delayed Pancheshwar dam project on the Mahakali river that originates from the Kalapani region near Lipulekh and military and medical cooperation will be on top of the agenda during Army Chief General MM Naravane's visit to Nepal from Wednesday
Indian Army chief General M.M. Naravane will be in Kathmandu on Wednesday, doing diplomacy with leaders of the Himalayan nation sandwiched between giants India and China
India has sent food and relief materials to the disaster-hit Sudan, which has declared a three-month emergency after experiencing the worst flooding in 30 years
While the Indian media gave migrants' voice during the lockdown, what became clear nevertheless is their near-total exclusion from local governance systems in the destination states, alongside near-total blindness by the state to their very existence, says a study
India Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra paid a visit to Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel on Tuesday
