Pak loses $30 million after EU ban on export of seafood

Onion export ban lifted

Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?

Karachi's garbage plans

Global spread of vaccine-derived polio still a high risk: WHO

Recommends declaring transmission as a national public health emergency, ensuring vaccinations for travellers and residents

‘Nitrogen dioxide pollution is a growing issue for South Asian cities’

Part 1: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution challenges faced by south Asian cities

Wheat rust fear looms large over south Asia

WHO raises alarm over new cases of cross-border transmission of poliovirus from Pakistan

Additional travel restrictions may be placed on Pakistan if present recommendations are not implemented fully, says expert panel of global health …

Efficient farming can feed 3 billion more people worldwide, says study

Targeted efforts to make food systems more efficient can also reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture

Asia grapples with GM crops

Victory for anti-GM crusaders in Pakistan is short-lived as government gets high court ban on genetically modified crops suspended

How effective is the global polio eradication drive?

An optimistic note, about wiping out polio from the six afflicted countries, was to be sounded at a conference organised by the World Health …

Pakistan switches off air-conditioners in government offices

Prescribes summer dress code for employees

Land reform in reverse gear in Asian countries, says report

It claims that 6 per cent of farm owners hold two-thirds of agricultural land in the continent, putting livelihoods of millions of small farmers …

Karachi expressway elicits protests

India needs rural innovations for boosting economy: study

Overall, India's strong pool of skilled, English-speaking graduates would aid in expansion of the country's services sector, says report

In Short

World Bank's Pakistan flood-control plan faulty

World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan

Toxic dump in Karachi talk of the town

Pakistan's toxic waste case takes new turn

How climate ready are we?

In Short

EU bans seafood from Pakistan

Sun, sea and garbage

Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries

India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year

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