Climate change to cut South Asia’s growth by 8.8 per cent by end of century: ADB

GDP loss for Maldives projected at 12.6 per cent, for India 8.7 per cent

Science and Technology - Briefs

Bhutan becomes first country to sterilise all stray dogs after 14-year-long project

New report by WHO, FAO & WOAH recommends oral rabies vaccination

Making a beginning

Community management of natural resources is still in the nascent stage

Thorthormi lake: Bhutan's impending climate disaster

Mission to reduce chances of glacial lake's outburst fails to achieve target

BHUTAN

AIDED PROGRESS

ECONOMICS VS ENVIRONMENT

How is South Asia faring on energy?

A new publication on energy in the region raises critical questions

South Asia

SOUTH ASIA

EU nations can ban GM crops, says EU environment panel

Will this move set the precedent for GM-free food production in the world?

South Asia

South Asia

Sankosh soothsayings

The new Indo-Bhutan hydel project on the sankosh river may turn out to be an environmental disaster, feels a green agency

BBC does a Columbus

The corporation’s Earth News went to town with its discovery of lost tigers that were never lost

Reason for Bhutan’s happy face

The Himalayan kingdom has managed to significantly reduce its poverty level, but a section remains at risk of falling back into poverty

Floods affect over 30,000 in Assam

Parts of Manas National Park, a world heritage site, have also been submerged by the flood water

From glacier melting to rise in glacial lakes, eastern Himalaya most hit by climate change

Among the 25,614 glacial lakes identified in five major river basins of Hindu Kush Himalayas, Brahmaputra Basin has the highest number of glacial …

Bhutan: Pursuit of happiness

Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya …

Water harvesting

Participants from five countries, including India, discuss ways to improve water harvesting systems

Asia grapples with GM crops

Victory for anti-GM crusaders in Pakistan is short-lived as government gets high court ban on genetically modified crops suspended

Roti, kapda, and the other makaan bygones

Green buildings can happen only when we adopt a holistic approach that brings fashion, food and the building industry in sync

Proactive planning

It's not about fighting the problem later, it's about pre-empting the problem. Measures against air pollution and plastics are all about taking …

Three avenues, one goal

The focus is on development of hydropower, industries and food production: how sustainably can the targets be achieved?