SAARC ministers adopt Delhi declaration on public health

Supra-national laboratory for TB and HIV/AIDS to come up in Kathmandu with India bearing the major cost of the project

Seeds of hope

Northern Bangladesh successfully fights its age-old famine-like situation by creating a new cropping season and introducing lost indigenous rice …

Bear business

The growing demand for bear products might jeopardise the existence of several rare species in Asia

A North-South conflict

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Health millennium goals neglected in Asia-Pacific region: UN report

3 million children below five died in 2010 alone

APEC summit ends on lukewarm note

Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700

Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals

Last pangolins

The world is running out of time to save its only scaly mammal

Japan restarts first nuclear plant after Fukushima disaster

Kyushu plant revived amidst heavy protests

Arctic ice makes way for oil trade

Melting Arctic ice will establish South Korea as Asia oil hub by 2020

High BP, tobacco are top killers

Study on global disease burden shows infectious diseases are declining

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Roaring ahead

There is enough genetic diversity in Asian lions and tigers for populations to be healthy

Way to oblivion

That's where the Asian sea horses might be headed

Roaming pollutants

Gas chambers

Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs

Trail of dust

Asian rubbish

Global warming can even cause plague

Deep inside Chittagong's shipbreaking yards

Egypt’s support to developing countries gives hope for COP27: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Part 1: The climate scientist talks about critical climate issues that can play a major role at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit

‘Largest public collection of unique plant germplasm in the world up for private takeover’

Restructuring of CGIAR ‘represents a threat to democratic and local control of food systems’, warns United Nations Special Rapporteur …

Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather: WMO

Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused nearly 12, 000 disasters worldwide between 1970 and 2021

COVID-19: Worst economic performance by very poor countries in 30 years

43 least developed countries are experiencing a fall in their average income levels, says UNCTAD report

Can India-EU strategic partnership focus on climate change, clean energy?

Trade and security was the focus of the recently concluded India-EU summit, but the two entities need to move beyond that?