Simply Put: Great GDP Race
Kolkata, Karachi to face increased threat of heatwaves, warns IPCC report
The report adds that megacities across the globe could become more heat-stressed by 2050
South Asia
कम वजन की समस्या से सबसे अधिक ग्रस्त हैं दक्षिण एशिया के युवा: आईएफएडी
आईएफएडी द्वारा किये अध्ययन के अनुसार हालांकि ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में रहने वाले अधिकांश युवा अपने कम वजन को लेकर परेशान हैं, लेकिन उनमें मोटापे ...
Report on South Asian poverty argues for growth with justice
The SAAPE report points out that there is a growing marginalisation and destitution of people in the South Asian region
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hits Tripura; tremors felt in Assam, Bangladesh
The tremors caused by a shallow earthquake lasted for about a minute
‘Sundarbans is no dumping ground for rejected technology’
The Rampal power plant threatens the biological wealth of Sundarbans as well as the economy of people of Bangladesh and will render the coastline …
दुनिया भर में आंख सम्बन्धी विकारों से ग्रस्त हैं 110 करोड़ लोग, 4.3 करोड़ हैं नेत्रहीन
2020 में करीब 59.6 करोड़ लोगों में दूरदृष्टि दोष था, जिनमें से करीब 4.3 करोड़ लोगों की आंखों की रौशनी छिन चुकी है| वहीं ...
नीदरलैंड के किशोरों से 15.2 सेमी ठिगने हैं भारतीय किशोर, ये हैं वजह
इंपीरियल कॉलेज लंदन के शोध में 193 देशों के पांच से 19 आयु वर्ग के 6.5 करोड़ बच्चों के स्वास्थ्य सम्बन्धी आंकड़ों का विश्लेषण ...
Girls less physically active than boys due to societal factors: Study
The research also found that 80% of school-going adolescents do not do the recommended one hour of daily physical activity
'Both, solid waste and faecal sludge must be tackled for clean cities'
The policy advocacy head of international non-profit WaterAid’s Bangladesh unit, Abdullah Al Muyeed talks to Rashmi Verma about how a small …
What does Sustainable Development mean in an unequal world?
Reflections from the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
Bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh; two separate cases reported
More than 700 Sonali breed birds died after highly contagious H5N1 virus was discovered near Dhaka
Seismic activity has gone through the roof in last two months
Since December 2, 2016, there have been around 420 earthquakes of magnitude over 5 along all major continental plate boundaries
Childhood stunting affects future success in life, say experts
According to a study, stunting causes physical and neurocognitive damage that is irreversible in most cases
A tough year for the scribe
सिंचाई की वजह से भारत में बढ़ रहा है हीट स्ट्रेस
अनुमान है कि बढ़ता हीट स्ट्रेस भारत सहित पाकिस्तान और अफ़गानिस्तान में करीब 4.6 करोड़ लोगों को प्रभावित कर सकता है
More than a quarter of the world's population has vision impairment: WHO
The first-ever World Vision Report warns that ageing populations mean a dramatic rise in vision impairment world-wide
New study shows over a third of protected areas in Asia are severely at risk of losing tigers
Southeast Asia more likely to lose tigers than South or East Asia, it says
Big earthquake could hit Bangladesh, northeast India
Tremendous strain is building up due to plate convergence under Bangladesh, says a new paper. A single big rupture could cause a magnitude 9 quake
Regional cooperation can improve food security