A NASA suborbital rocket carrying instruments to measure Earth’s electric potential – and provide a clue as to why the planet supports life successfully – launched at 9:31 p.m. EDT...

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was airlifted to Trincomalee naval base for security reasons. This was informed by Defense Secretary Kamal Gunaratne to the media on Wednesday....

Mumbai: Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was cremated with full state honours in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon. His wife Manorama, sons Rahul and Rohit, and friends from the fraternity,...

Kathmandu: The Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi organized an interaction program on Banking and Remittance Services, Export-Trade and Investment Opportunity in Nepal in collaboration with the Everest Chamber of...

Kathmandu: India has been unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-2024 at the recently held meeting of the Executive board and...

WARSAW – In the last thirty years, Poland was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. To continue to catch up with the advanced economies of Western Europe, the...

ISLAMABAD — The World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Hartwig Schafer, concluded today a two-day visit to Pakistan, emphasizing the need to sustain structural reforms and mainstream climate in...

WASHINGTON —Today, the World Bank Group approved a $75 million loan for the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini to accelerate post-COVID-19 economic recovery. The Economic Recovery Development Policy Loan...

In Hungary, Katalin Novak has taken over as the first female President of the country. Her predecessor, Janos Ader, greeted the new president at the entrance to the Sandor Palace,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked regional officials to deal with forest fires in Siberia. He said there could be no repeat of last year’s fire season, the worst on...