New Nepal

The country struggles with ways to use its diverse ecology in finalising new states

Aryan invasion debunked

Genetic study shows South Asians have a diverse ancestry

A million snake bites

We are only beginning to understand snake bites better

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Disparate narratives

Environmental history writing is beginning to look beyond colonial forestry

Hot spots

Global warming will lead to water scarcity in Asia

Generating heat

US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming

Fight over fish

Only a few in sensitive list

No more slumming

Builders may 'get big bonanza in Dharavi

Not softer

ASEAN makes its point

DNA test

Prices rise, not hunger

People prefer to eat less nutritious food than go hungry, says FAO

Electricity deficit can place EU-Vietnam trade agreement at risk

Ensuring clean electricity production to power growth is need of the hour 

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Earthquake of magnitude 7.3 strikes southeast of Philippines

Such high-magnitude earthquakes at that depth are rare in the Philippines

Food prices increase in Afghanistan amid conflict

A recent report said that 27.5 per cent of Afghanis are food insecure

South Korean prime minister declares ‘de facto end’ to MERS outbreak

MERS has infected 186 people in the country, killing 36

Solace in money plant

Forestry rescues recession-ridden investors in Europe and North America

Let-off

Tobacco companies get a reprieve in the UK. How will Asia fare?

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The philippines

Dealing with oil spill

Proving its metal

A plant derivative can kill cancer cells by targeting at their high iron concentration

Sinister pattern

Analysis of Asian studies highlights universality of air pollution problem

Cloud forests

There's hardly a silver lining