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World Bank prepares $247.5m PREP to help Pakistan fight virus

The World Bank (WB) has said that it has prepared a $247.5 million programme to support Pakistan’s frontline healthcare staff and those whose lives have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has aggravated the human and economic sufferings across the globe

The Economist sees Bangladesh ninth strongest among emerging economies in coronavirus peril

The Economist magazine has placed Bangladesh on the ninth position in terms of different indicators of financial strength among 66 emerging markets in peril over the coronavirus crisis

India to send 14000 MT rice to Bhutan

India is all set to supply around 14,000 metric tons of rice to Bhutan, a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) depot in Siliguri

Amidst pandemic, BRO ensures remote connectivity across India

Truly and most justifiably, India's Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is in the essential services list through the COVID-19 lockdown, with not a day’s rest, connecting to remote border areas in the crisis, true to their motto, ‘BRO creates, connects and cares’

Pakistan's Human Rights Commission accuses government of subjugating Gilgit Baltistan

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the Imran Khan-led government for continuing with the policy of subjugation of the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region

COVID-19 financial crunch claims an Indian restauranteur couple in US

A Master Chef India finalist, whose restaurant had closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and her husband have died “in an apparent murder-suicide,” according to a prosecutor in New Jersey

India-Bangladesh trade resumes through Petrapole border

After a month's gap, India-Bangladesh trade through the land border of Petrapole in West Bengal's 24 Parganas North district began on Thursday, an official said

It is a wake-up call: India's top scientific adviser

"It is a wake-up call," said K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Indian government, whose role is very significant in the current COVID-19 scenario. Raghavan has stressed the need to reinvent to create a national structure that can deal with such extraordinary situations.

'COVID-19 virus has intelligence much stronger than other viruses'

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is behaving weirdly and it appears that it has an intelligence much stronger than other related viruses, according to an Indian researcher who recently created a molecule that has the potential to be developed into a drug that can cure Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 patients

Facebook's $5.7 bnpartnership with Jio in INdia is to build similar products around the world: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook's over Rs 43,000 crore investment in Jio Platforms will help the social networking giant build similar products for the other key markets around the world, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg

ADB approves $100m in virus loans for Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100 million loan to support Bangladesh in its efforts to address the immediate public health requirements of combatting the novel coronavirus disease pandemic

Bhutan gives relief packages to border villagers in India

The Bhutan-India Friendship Association (BIFA – Gelephu Chapter) of  Bhutan has extended generous help to border villagers on the Indian side who are suffering due to the nationwide lockdown

Nepal’s economic growth set to slump to 2.27 percent

The global coronavirus outbreak is expected to have a significant impact on Nepal’s economic growth, dragging it down to a four-year-low of 2.27 per cent in the current fiscal year

India, US committed to building global strategic partnership: Trump

While declaring May as Asian American Heritage Month, US President Donald Trump has recalled his visit to India as “a demonstration of our nation's enduring friendship with one of the world's largest and most diverse countries.”

US discussing restructuring global supply chains with India: Pompeo

With nations around the world battered by their dependence of China for vital supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the US is discussing restructuring global supply chains with India and other Indo-Pacific “friends.”