Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers approved to ban the packaging of chemicals or pesticides in Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET) and Vinyl Chloride (PVC) containers and use packagings made of glass or other raw materials as an alternative
IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience
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.
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Contact groups discuss disputed issues over Afghan peace
Members of the contact groups of both sides of the Afghan peace negotiations met in Doha and discussed the disputed issues in an effort to establish procedural rules and an agenda for the delayed direct talks, a government delegate said
District Governor in Khost Killed in Ambush
Abdul Hai Zazai, district governor of Zazai Maidan in eastern Khost, was killed in an ambush on Monday by gunmen in central Logar province, said the provincial governor's media office
India-out campaign aims to create unrest in Maldives, says ruling party leader
Ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)'s Parliamentary Group leader and Henveiru Central MP, Ali Azim has stated that the 'India Out' campaign instigated against India-Maldives relations aims to create unrest in the country to divert attention from the many corruption allegations raised against the higher ups of the opposition
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Maldives
The Indian Express News Agency has reported that the Mike Pompeo the Secretary of State of the United States of America (USA) is set to visit the Maldives before the US Presidential election in November
India at forefront of vaccine development: PM Modi
India is now at the forefront of vaccine development for Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while virtually addressing the Grand Challenges annual meeting
Rockefeller's $5.5 mn grant to boost Covid testing in India
New York-based Rockefeller Foundation on Monday announced two new grants totalling $5.5 million (approximately Rs 40.3 crore) to support the expansion of Covid-19 testing and contact tracing across India
Hyderabad floods cause untold misery to many families
Heavy rains and flash floods have caused untold misery to hundreds of families in Hyderabad as many of them lost everything in the worst natural calamity to strike the city in recent years
Pakistan tells Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin to push militants into Valley
As India enhanced its infiltration grid at Line of Control, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) held a meeting with Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin to push militants into Kashmir to carry out unrest in the valley, a top Indian government source said
India to get $177 mn ADB loan for Maharashtra road improvements
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian government on Monday signed an agreement for $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometres of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra
Delhi Police constable imparting education to slum kids
Concerned about the education of poor children, Delhi Police constable Than Singh has set up a school in a temple behind the Red Fort
Story of two lovebirds and the Bridge of Prophecy in the Bhutanese capital
Before the Thimphu Welcome Gate, Lungtenzampa Bridge was considered the main entrance of Thimphu city
In a rare show, Nepal's ruling party leaders censure government over virus test and treatment move
Nepal Communist Party members are rarely critical of their government
NCP MPs to forgo one month’s salary
The parliamentary party of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today decided not to take salary for the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November) and deposit the same in the government’s COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Treatment Fund
People preparing for low-key festivity in Nepal
The festival season has already knocked on the doors and the greatest festival, Dashain, has begun
