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.
Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to relax the conditions for a mini-budget and increase in electricity prices at least till March next year after Prime Minister Khan again shot down both the proposals due to already high prices
Sri Lanka is on the verge of community transmission of COVID-19 and any neglect on the part of the government could lead to disastrous consequences including unusually high deaths, the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) warned today
Sri Lanka has confirmed 541 cases on October 26, taking the total to 8,412 with most of them coming from the community and the country abandoned institutionalized quarantine
Sri Lanka Embassy in Oman and the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) jointly organized a B2B virtual meeting between manufacturers of fiberglass and acrylic products of the two countries
The Bangladesh government has decided to administer COVID-19 vaccines to all the citizens free of cost once those are procured
Reneka Ahmed Antu was chosen from Bangladesh to fill a top executive position in Telenor Group, the parent of Grameenphone, for a day as part of a campaign marking the International Day of the Girl
Afghanistan’s second vice president, Mohammad Sarwar Danish, on Sunday blamed the Taliban for Saturday evening suicide attack on an educational centre in Kabul and called on the people to get ready for “tougher days” ahead
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former Afghan warlord and leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, demanded the formation of an interim government in Kabul, reported by Tolo news
President of Russia Federation, Vladimir Putin, said US withdrawal from Afghanistan may spark instability in the country. Putin said we backed the “presence of US troops in Afghanistan” after the attack of 9/11
US forces in Afghanistan conducted a fresh airstrike on Taliban positions in Nerkh district of central Wardak province killing five Taliban fighters
After facing a massive backlash against his insensitive rape remark in a radio show, Maldives’ Home Minister Imran Abdullah apologized for his statement, Sun News reported
A meeting between visiting US Secretary of Defence Mark T Esper and India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was held here Monday to discuss various issues
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said that India has never gone to war with anyone for selfish reasons and urged spiritual gurus to spread the Indian civilisational values of peace and spirituality around the world
With a fresh spike of 45,148 coronavirus infections and 480 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday stood at 79,09,959
With 23 per cent of couples going ahead only with the wedding ceremonies amid COVID-19, marriage reception cancellations in India is higher compared to other countries, according to a survey of to-be-weds in 15 countries
