2018 was an Annus horribilis for human rights in South Asia

Crackdowns on the Right to Freedom of Expression intensified in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Only the Maldives shone …

World awakes to new danger: use of water as weapon of war

Using water as a weapon to weaken people is a tactic used in Syria, other countries of West Asia and Africa

How the saltwater crocodile once lorded over Vietnam’s waterways…and then died out

A new article published in the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter details the history of saltwater crocodiles in Vietnam and southern China

Spurt in tourism spelling disaster for beaches in Sri Lanka

While the government sets a target of 2.5 million tourists in 2016, it is yet to focus on preventing beaches from becoming a dump yard

Half of the world’s hungry people live in Asia-Pacific; Southern Asia worst affected: FAO

Higher food, feed, and fuel prices, combined with a slow recovery from COVID-19 pandemic to blame; women fared worse in food insecurity

Artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites can infect African mosquitoes, says study

This could have dreadful consequences for Africa, a continent vulnerable to malaria

World's poor mostly reside in ecologically fragile areas

Looking at how poverty has reduced and where, it is clear that economic growth alone will not lead to poverty eradication. Global efforts must …

The link between climate change and the snow leopard

Climate change will shrink the habitat of this apex alpine predator; the key is to spread the word about its plight and get governments acting …

Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia

It has shown rapid shifts in ancestry over the last 10,000 years across Asia, likely due to migration and cultural exchange

Climate crisis to rob $65 bn from South and Southeast Asia’s apparel exporting nations

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan and Vietnam would witness their export gains slipping by 22% by 2030

Black carbon in High Asia can go down 23% if Subcontinent cuts emissions: Report

Black carbon deposited on glaciers reduces snow’s light and heat reflection capacity, making it melt  

What's ailing?

A WHO report on Southeast Asia blames poverty for the rot

Ballooning risk

Pipeline for peace

Retro Ledo

A 1942 route could become new Asian link

For the Marginalized

Indigenous or not: the Uyghurs and their claim to Xinjiang

The Chinese narrative of Uyghur history shows that China has made sustained efforts to keep Xinjiang within its orbit, which has geopolitical, …

Horses caused the ethnic makeup of Eurasia to change: Studies

The Hunnic and Mongol invasions caused people in the region to transform from Indo-European to Turkic speakers

Four years since killer quake, Nepal building homes and skills

A multi-pronged partnership is helping families recover in Gorkha district, central Nepal

‘The govt’s version of history is less dependent on science, more on divine sayings’

Journalist Tony Joseph debunks the myth of India being the homeland of the Aryans and offers a scientific chronicle in his latest book. Here, he …

Sweet rediscovery

A staple for many Asian and African nations, sweet potato is only now beginning to catch the attention of scientists

Societies and sustainability

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: VOICES FROM RURAL ASIA (VOL 172) Edited by Paul Mc Grath Publisher Studio Driya Media & CUSO

The silver spoon

Development in the small-farm sector holds the key to a holistic progress in the Asia-Pacific countries

South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD

Number of those overweight also increasing; more underweights in rural areas 

Complementing Kyoto

Asia-Pacific Partnership holds its first meeting