South Asia

Workers rebuild a temple damaged during the 2015 earthquake, in Bhaktapur

Two Years After the Earthquake, Why Has Nepal Failed to Recover?

Hemant Ojha, Eileen Baldry and Krishna K. Shrestha 12/05/2017

Two years after the second earthquake rocked Nepal in...

The Pandai river, artificially divided into three streams, as it flows from Nepal to India. Credit: Shawahiq Siddiqui

India-Nepal Border Plagued by Water Troubles

Shawahiq Siddiqui 06/05/2017

Sharing the water of a transboundary river can be...

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All You Need to Know About Today’s GSLV F09 Launch and the South Asia Satellite

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/05/2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisaged the satellite as...

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In Myanmar, Culture of Taboo Around Sex Forces Women to Seek Illegal Abortions

Abortion is banned in Myanmar unless a life is...

Himalayas

Threatened Himalayas: What do we Know?

Omair Ahmad 16/04/2017

As scientists prepare for IPCC’s sixth assessment report, they...

Security personnel sit in a boat as they patrol the premises of a newly inaugurated solar farm at Gunthawada village

Why Increasing India’s Solar Energy Capacity Won’t Work

Armin Rosencranz and Kamakshi Puri 17/03/2017

The power yield from the planned ten-fold increase in...

An Impending Drought Could Cost Sri Lanka Billions

Amantha Perera 26/01/2017

Sri Lanka is heading towards one of its worst...