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.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNICEF, a UN agency for children and women, began on Monday a nationwide polio vaccination drive-- the first in the last three years--in Afghanistan, the country now under the complete control of the hardline Islamist group, the Taliban
Nepali will soon launch a cholera vaccination drive after a deadly outbreak that started early last month killed at least six people and affected over a thousand so far in several villages
The Maldives after years of delay has finally announced regulations, setting minimum wages--starting from around $258/ month--for workers engaged in small, medium, and large industries operating in the country
India has told the UN climate summit in Glasgow that its solar energy capacity stands at about 45 gigawatts after it increased 17 times in the last seven years, asserting that although the country represents 17 per cent of the global population, its historical cumulative emissions are only 4 per cent
India has taken serious note of the killing of an Indian fisherman and injury to another in an unprovoked firing incident by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, and will take up the issue diplomatically with the Pakistani side
The United States is not prepared at this stage to give financial aid to Afghanistan via those who are currently in power, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN
Over 3.3 lakh children in India are malnourished and more than half of them fall in the severely malnourished category with Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat topping the list, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has said in response to an RTI (Right to Information) query
Pakistan has revoked the ban on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardliner Islamist group involved in a series of violent protests, citing “larger national interests”, days after the government reached “a secret agreement” with the former on 31 October
The trial of people arrested in connection with recent attacks on the Hindu community, and their properties and shrines, in Bangladesh will be completed in the quickest possible time, Attorney General (AG) of Bangladesh AM Amin has said
The Lahore High Court has acquitted six leaders of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a charity front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founded by Mumbai attacks' mastermind Hafiz Saeed, in a terror-financing case
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a multi-party opposition alliance, has announced its decision to launch protests across the country and a long march towards Islamabad against inflation and Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government's "anti-people" policies
India and France agreed to strengthen defence and security partnership by enhancing intelligence and information sharing, bolstering capabilities, expanding military drills and pursuing new initiatives in maritime, space and cyber domains, the Indian embassy in Paris said
A portable and cost-effective machine, innovated by India's Vidyut Mohan, is being pitched as a big part of the potential solution to endemic air pollution in Indian cities, particularly capital Delhi
Transporters and bus owners in Bangladesh have been on indefinite strike for two days, protesting against the recent steep hike in fuel prices and demanding the government to roll back the price hike and increase the bus fare
Gross domestic product growth of over six percent would hurt Pakistan’s economy, said Shaukat Tareen, a special adviser on finance to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan
