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World Bank ups India's growth forecast for FY25 to 7% due to rising private consumptionThe World Bank has raised India's economic growth forecast to 7% for the fiscal year ending in March 2025. This is up from April's 6.6% est...
India to host SCO-National Security Advisors meeting today; Pakistan, China likely to join virtuallyThe Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization established in 2001 and it comprises eight member states, ...
Voting begins in Nepal amid looming economic, political stability concernsThe election pits the ruling alliance of the Nepali Congress party, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and some former Maoist rebels,...
Bangladesh is about to beat India in regional per capita GDP sweepstakesIn per capita GDP terms, India was significantly above Bangladesh till a few years ago, but the gap has been substantially closed owing to ...
SAARC nations unveil emergency stimulus packages to tackle COVID-19 economic falloutIndia - the biggest in the 8-member SAARC grouping - responded by unveiling a Rs 1.7 lakh crore ($22.6 billion) economic stimulus plan, pro...
As countries open up, use of e-visas surgeThe report, released in August this year shows that the share of world population requiring a traditional visa declined from 75% in 1980 to...
BIMSTEC summit in Nepal: 10 things to knowThe Summit's theme, Modi said,will enable the member-countries to shape a collective response to their common aspirations and challenges.
Act East policy to further ties with SE Asian nations: FM Arun JaitleyStressing that SASEC members should "stand together" in times of crisis, Jaitley said India has always played a pro-active role to support ...
SASEC meets to push limit on trade synergy, connectivityThe SASEC vision for 2025 reflects member nations' commitment to tap into latent industrial demand and promote sub-regional industry-to-ind...
Nirmala Sitharaman for easier visa regime to promote services, tourism"It should be a multiple entry visa otherwise the tourist will have to once again obtain a visa. So these kind of anomalies, we wanted to b...
Tibet rakes in USD 3 billion from tourismThe Tourism Development Commission said that over 14.3 million tourists who visited Tibet in the first eight months of 2015, raked up a rev...
Nepal wants Indian companies to set up shop, help rebuild countryOver half a million homes, 10,000 schools, various offices and commercial establishments were destroyed by the quake and killed some 9,000 ...
Earthquake-hit Nepal stares at major economic crisisThe industry body, which will soon be launching a "Rebuild Nepal Programme" in coordination with the Indian government, said reconstruction...
India intends to extend on arrival visa for 40 countriesAccording to the minister, India's visa regime has deflected foreign tourists from the US, Canada and Europe to Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal.
Govt looking at easing tourist visa to garner foreign exchangeBattling rising current account deficit, government is looking at ways to encourage tourist inflow particularly from the West to garner for...
- Saarc to negotiate on liberalisation of services market
Services market within the Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region could be liberalized. Trade ministers from Saarc...
- Himalayan International Travel Mart 2007 begins
The Second Himalayan International Travel Mart 2007 kicked off in Kathmandu on Friday with a view to promoting Nepal's tourism sector hit b...