What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action

To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets

Novel Langya henipavirus: Infection may have spread through rodent-like mammals

China reports 35 patients; Key symptoms include fever, cough & fatigue  

Ideas for a pro-poor and pro-women approach to COVID-19

How economic and gender inequalities play out in a public health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic; how local governments can respond …

Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities

The new coronavirus crossed the animal-human divide at a market in Wuhan, one of the largest Chinese cities and a major transportation node

For 17 years, govt investment in agriculture dips across the world

In contrast to popular belief, agriculture’s share in global economy has been increasing

China eyes more coal-fired power plants despite production surplus, pollution woes

As the power demand growth has slowed from 10 to three per cent or less per year, China now risks wasting half a trillion dollars on new coal-…

What India can learn from failure of European forests to mitigate climate change

Replacing native species of natural forests with exotic ones reduces their effectiveness as carbon sinks

Paramedics show the way

How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline

For West Asia, it could soon be a battle for water

Along with scarcity induced by population pressure, use of water as a weapon of war is also draining the resources in the region

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …

Cyclone Midhili to make landfall along Bangladesh Coast in early hours of November 18

IMD expects it to maintain cyclone strength for only 12 hours on November 17

Saudi Arabia reports 6 new MERS cases, 4 deaths in last 6 months

Household contacts tested negative; infected camels quarantined 

Delhi records its first swine flu death

Last week, Hyderabad had reported three deaths due to the flu

A logjam in the making

Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Amon crops survive pest threat

Asia should spend more to tackle AIDS, says UN

Bangladesh backyard poultry hit by bird flu

Indus dolphin in Punjab

Equitable water for all

ADB takes first step to spur private investments through equities

Who pays and how: the COP28 dilemma of debt and equity

COP28 will take stock of the step change in ambition needed, but the gulf in climate finance promises and realities presents an obstacle to a …

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

Ghebreyesus needs to use his strong mandate – notably from the Global South – to truly reform the WHO

Blame global warming for Pakistan floods; here’s why

Study finds five-day & 60-day maximum rainfall events this season were once in a 100 years events

Air pollution deaths: What troubles Delhi today may haunt Mumbai tomorrow

South Asian cities extremely vulnerable to PM 2.5 pollution exposure, related mortality, say experts 

Taliban take-over of Afghanistan: India should be a first responder in the humanitarian crisis

The exit of American forces from Afghanistan has underscored the gravity of the new turmoil in India’s neighbourhood. DTE speaks with …

COVID-19 disruptions may have killed 228,000 children in South Asia, flags UNICEF report

Child mortality rose 15.4% in India, followed by Bangladesh (13%). Sri Lanka saw the sharpest increase in maternal deaths