Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who visited Kabul on Tuesday, held talks with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and discussed peace efforts and Pakistan’s role, according to government statements

India has ranked 168th out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who say Indias decarbonization agenda needs to accelerate, and the country faces a number of serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality

Scientists in India and Japan have developed a highly accurate machine tool to help clinicians choose the most effective treatment strategy for patients with glioma brain tumour

As curfew restrictions ease and life returns to a new normal, the tourism industry in Sri Lanka has launched several initiatives to expedite a speedy recovery

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, in Kabul on Tuesday, the Pakistan embassy confirmed

Residents of Kunar province in the east of the country say Pakistani forces have advanced towards the Afghan part of the Durand Line --which serves as a de facto border between the two countries--and in some districts have put up installations

On June 1, 2020, India's Ministry of Defence announced that Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a disinfection unit named Ultra Swachh (clean) to disinfect a wide range of materials, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), electronics items, fabrics, etc

As India reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank projects India's economy to shrink by 3.2 percent in the current fiscal year, the worst performance since 1979

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has developed an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT) for evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases, including COVID-19, from high altitude areas, and isolated and remote places

The World Bank forecast on Monday that Pakistan’s economy would actually perform even worse than what previous estimates had warned about, citing the COVID-19 fallout

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $50 million loan to Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank), Sri Lanka’s largest private bank, to help small and medium businesses in the country deal with the adverse economic impacts of COVID-19

A doctor from India has died of coronavirus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it was reported. Sudhir Rambhau Washimkar, who hailed from the city of Nagpur, passed away at Al Ain Hospital on Saturday, Gulf News said in a report on Sunday

Contrary to the positive projection of GDP growth rate of 2.3 percent by Pakistan’s economic managers, the World Bank (WB) has projected negative -1 percent GDP growth for Pakistan in upcoming fiscal year 2020-21

With Indian Naval Ship (INS) Jalashwa evacuating 700 stranded Indians from Male in the Maldvies on Sunday, the Navy has so far ferried 2,874 people from the Maldives and Sri Lanka as part of the Vande Bharat Mission, according to the force on Sunday

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has earned praise for handling of the novel coronavirus crisis from an unexpected quarter -- a senior journalist from Pakistan