In order to ensure minimum contact of healthcare workers with coronavirus patients and no contamination in surroundings, the PGIMER here has developed a state-of-the-art low-cost robotic trolley for Covid patients that is customized for local needs

The Bhutanese government has come up with major changes in the annual budget 2020-21, which will see a significant increase in the overall allocation, as part of its strategy to offset the economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic

Two years after asking global companies to submit proposals to supply 114 combat aircraft in the world’s biggest warplane contract, India plans to switch to India-made fighter jets

Yes, it is 2020, and access to clean, potable water is still out-of-reach for hundreds of thousands of people in India and across South Asia,  writes Azera Parveen Rahman for South Asia Monitor

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations says that desert locust breeding in Pakistan is ongoing across 38 percent of the land area and warns that the entire country could be under locust invasion if the pest is not contained in time

The Seventh Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) held on 20 May in Bangkok-Thailand, was convened as a virtual meeting for the first time, complying with the ‘new normal’ in the COVID 19 context

Bangladesh-based Beximco Pharmaceuticals has become the world's first company to produce a generic version of the antiviral drug Remdesivir, originally developed by US-based Gilead Sciences, it was reported on Friday

Moody's Investors Service said on Friday that economic damage as a result of India's coronavirus lockdown will likely be extensive and reflect the country's inherent economic vulnerability and fiscal constraints

Pakistan’s current account deficit – the difference between country’s expenditure and income – spiked to $572 million in April 2020 but remained largely under control and affordable on the back of recent growth in the country’s foreign currency reserves

Bangladesh is on course to availing $250 million in loans from the World Bank this fiscal year to bring in reforms to address jobs challenges by modernising trade and investment environment, strengthening systems that protect workers and improving policies that enhance access to jobs for vulnerable populations

Sri Lanka HAS lifted its import restrictions on several products despite retaining the ban on vehicle imports, as part of its COVID-19 economic revival plan

Space travel training for four Indian astronauts has resumed at Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Russia, Glavkosmos said on Thursday

The World Bank (WB) has committed to providing USD 14.8 million (M) to help Bhutan carry out comprehensive reforms to manage climate and disasters risks, including disease outbreaks

Against the backdrop of leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech partnering with Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia to develop a new vaccine candidate for COVID-19 invented at Jefferson, it seems the emergency vaccine for COVID-19 would be available latest by January or February next year, says N.K. Ganguly, former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

The Indian Council of Medical research on Thursday said that it has validated a completely indigenous diagnostic platform for COVID-19 diagnosis