Pakistan's borders will remain closed for an additional two weeks amid a surge in the novel coronavirus cases in the country, the Interior Ministry has announced

The coronavirus crisis has hit the weddings organisers and the related businesses hard with marriages scheduled for October-December, the peak season, are also getting cancelled

The Supreme Court on Monday directed that Indians stranded in other parts of the world should "stay where they are" as currently it is not possible to fly them back home

With an addition of 39 new cases, Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, has recorded the highest single-day hike in the number of corona patients and emerged as the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak in Uttar Pradesh. The total number of cases in the district is now 142

India's Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has issued an advisory to the states for the protection of 16 crore (160 million) senior citizens from coronavirus

The total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India climbed to 10,363, with 1,211 new cases and 31 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the data published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an extension of the current nationwide lockdown till May 3, saying social distancing is the only way to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from spreading

India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday that at least 141 people have recovered from novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours

Five more patients have died from the coronavirus infection in Bangladesh, bringing the death toll to 39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a new insurance scheme for government employees, including doctors, nurses and law-enforcement officials, in the fight against the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh

In his New Year’s wishes message delivered today, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli highlighted the need for self-confidence, morale and unity to emerge victorious in the war against coronavirus pandemic

Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus infection, taking Nepal’s total number of Covid-19 cases to 14 and live cases to 13

Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate for 2019 has risen to 4.8 percent from 2018, government data show, ranking it third among South Asian countries with high unemployment rates. This is the highest rate of unemployment recorded in the country since 2011, available data show

As per His Majesty The King’s command, people who have been laid off or placed on reduced salaries would be granted the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu to provide them with immediate financial support

A total of 134 Bhutanese students, who had been stranded in Punjab amid coronavirus curfew, were allowed to leave through a special flight, a government official said on Monday