Good, but not enough
The efforts of South Asian countries at cooperation in the field of science and technology have a long way to go
If words were deeds
If a recently-held seminar on the Girl Child in the capital is any indication, her plight is not going to improve in a hurry.
SAARC gene bank yet to open an account
SAARC's proposal to set up a gene bank is still hanging fire though Northern countries have already started to privatise their genetic resources
Human activity causes increase in landslides
Indiscriminate tree felling, mining and quarrying, and widespread wastage of land resources seem to be increasing the incidence of landslides in …
SAARC ratifies committee on environment
The ad hoc South Asian technical committee for environmental reforms is accorded permanent status
South Asia to see slower growth as war in Ukraine impedes recovery: World Bank
The region is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent in 2022 and by 6.3 per cent in 2023, according to the World Bank’s latest report
Bimstec: An opportunity to conserve wildlife and biodiversity
The regional alliance can promote an international model for close collaboration, cooperation, coordination and communication in the protection …
Tense over energy
South Asia is looking at an energy abyss. Millions of its people have no access to electricity or any other energy. This has put the brakes on …
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
Resolution on nitrogen can lead to a carbon-like framework
The resolution for sustainable nitrogen management in the United Nations Environment Assembly was led by India for the first time
The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions
Countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region should recognise the potential of water resources for sustainable development
Environmental fallout of cooperation
Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …
"Lessons in waste disposal from Lahore"
Ata-Ul-Haq is CEO of Green Technology Environmental Corporation, which set up Pakistan's first mega composting plant in Lahore in 2006. He …
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South Asian countries give sanitation charter to SAARC
MPs launched sanitation campaign in Kathmandu to addresses sanitation woes