India to test travellers after detecting new coronavirus strains

New Delhi: India will make COVID-19 molecular tests mandatory for people arriving directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil in a bid to contain the spread of more infectious virus variants found in those countries. India, which has reported the highest number of overall COVID-19 cases after the United States, detected […]

IMF to resume stalled $6 billion Pakistan funding

Dubai: The international Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Pakistani authorities have reached an agreement to resume funding under  the IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF). An IMF team led by Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, concluded virtual discussions with the Pakistani authorities and reached a staff-level agreement on the resumption of the $6 billion EFF. This agreement […]