Bone of contention Nepal's water bill

Cooking on toxic fumes

Burning biomass causes TB

Zinc supplements don't help healthy children

COVID-19: More than 500 migrant workers in Nepal escape quarantine

They protested congestion, lack of basic facilities at quarantine centre

Peafowl deaths in Punjab linked to pesticides

COVID-19: Nepal families wait for bodies of workers who died abroad

Families not getting a chance to hold funerals for their loved ones

India less committed to reducing hunger than Nepal or Bangladesh: HANCI report

India ranked 19th among 45 developing countries assessed by UK-based organisation

To ensure food for tomorrow

Rice and wheat yields are falling. To check it a new initiative has been taken

Flood update

South Asia

Floods in north and east India kill 120 people

Release of flood waters from Nepal affect large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Course correction

How to take community-led rural electrification forward

Two steps at a time  

Pee for plants

Experiments explore the potential of urine as fertilizer

Kathmandu struggles, damage in remote areas not fully known yet

Survivors are in immediate need of food, safe water and medical supplies

North Bihar faces flood threat

Water released from barrages swell rivers; Saharsa-Mansi railway line eroding

Kathmandu's water supply plan gets going

Developing countries outshine G7 nations in health aid

Study shows aid by BRICS 10 times higher than by developed countries

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

Shock treatment

Nightmarish laws and an insensitive government keeps thousands in the dark

Global grid

Whether it is Asia or Europe, countries find a new mantra: decentralise and electrify

A requiem for the Bagmati

In Short

A fine balance

The business of ecotourism is set to boom worldwide. Who will gain and who will lose?

Rudderless

Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government