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