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Situation along borders with China under control: Indian Army chief

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday that the entire situation along the borders with China is under control and the process of disengagement has started

Pakistan may see job losses of up to 18.5 mn due to Covid

Pakistan's latest Economic Survey has revealed that the country is bracing towards massive and widespread joblessness due to the lockdowns and restrictions, required to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus

UNDP grants USD 1.4 mln for Maldives agricultural sector

UNDP has granted USD 1.4 million as an aid to develop and expand the agricultural sector of the Maldives

Death in Kashmir: A setback for Kashmiriyat

The killing of Ajay Pandita, a sarpanch, or village head, from the Hindu minority community in Kashmir, has jolted the Kashmiri Pandits who, of late, had started to believe that their dream of returning to their roots was heading towards realisation. The community had been silently working on building bridges with the majority Muslim community in Kashmir over the past several years and there were growing voices from the Kashmiri Muslims in support

Unplanned housing societies are new disaster points in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has faced many a fire disaster where unplanned buildings have collapsed like in the case of the Nimtoli fire, Churihatta fire,  etc that caused huge loss of lives, writes  Dr. Mohammad Rezaul Karim for South Asia Monitor

India's forex reserves cross $500 bn mark

India's foreign exchange reserves rose by over $8.223 billion during the week ended June 5 to cross the $500 billion mark

Two ‘Indian spies’ arrested in Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistani security forces arrested two Indian "spies" from an area along the Line of Control (LoC) and handed them over to the Gilgit-Baltistan police on Friday

India to provide Sri Lanka $100 million loan to implement solar power projects

India has agreed to provide a US$ 100 million loan facility to implement Solar power projects in Sri Lanka

WHO released $ 1.9 million for COVID-19 operations

Sri Lanka's Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine Pavithra Wanniarachchi yesterday said the statement made by the former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to the television and newspapers that the World Health Organization (WHO)has given the Ministry of Health $ 230 million for COVID-19 operations is totally false

Trump administration considering suspending H-1B visas?

A proposal to suspend H-1B and other temporary employment visas is under consideration by officials, but US President Donald Trump has not signed off on them, according to a newspaper report

'Afghan peace unsustainable unless Pak shuts down sanctuaries to Taliban'

The US-Taliban deal is unsustainable unless Pakistan shuts down its sanctuaries to Taliban and all the states with stakes in the regional stability are signatories to the peace agreement in Afghanistan, one of the most influential think tanks of Australia has warned

Pakistan rejects India's 'negative' remarks on PM Imran Khan's goodwill offer

Pakistan has regretted "negative" remarks by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson on a goodwill suggestion by Prime Minister Imran Khan offering to share Pakistans successful experience in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on the poorest sections of the society

USD 50 mn project launched to curb marine plastic pollution in South Asia

Three organizations including the World Bank have launched a 50 million US dollar project to assist South Asian nations in curbing marine plastic pollution

Corona Mall in Varanasi a one-stop shop for Covid prevention

Wishing that face masks, sanitizers, hand wash or any other corona-related items were available under one roof! Head for Corona Mall in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Uttar Pradesh state. This unique Corona Mall, in Sigra area of Varanasi, has all the items to guard against COVID-19

Indian farmer killed in Nepal police firing

Amid an ongoing dispute between India and Nepal, an Indian farmer from Bihar's Sitamarhi district was killed while two others were injured in indiscriminate firing by the Nepal police at the India-Nepal border on Friday