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Beth Walker
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Renewed push to complete CPEC raises suspicion of Pakistani military’s involvement
A new CPEC Authority aims to centralise decision-making and take autonomy away from the provinces where the corridor’s key projects will be built.
Atika Rehman & Beth Walker
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In Myanmar, government efforts to push large dam projects have met with a flood of resistance
The country has a big power crisis, but hydropower projects are not being planned well and are displacing local communities.
Beth Walker
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A journalist's murder provides a window into the destruction of Myanmar's forests
In 12 years, the country lost 11% of its forests to the illegal logging trade to India and China and to land use change.
Beth Walker
Trending
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Unnatural sex between husband and wife not rape, woman’s consent immaterial: Madhya Pradesh HC
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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India and Bhutan's cooperation on hydropower is fraying at the edges
India is supporting Bhutan's hydropower projects, but a new report finds that these are neither helping the environment nor the economy.
Beth Walker
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How China is cutting coal at home but stoking the fuel's global growth
State-owned companies and banks are driving coal expansion overseas, from Asia to Africa and as far as Latin America.
Beth Walker
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India's holiest river is only getting dirtier – and our colonial legacy may be partly to blame
The river is toxic in West Bengal, where it collects almost half its total waste from towns and factories along its banks.
Beth Walker
Video
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Swiss researchers planning to tap glacial water in dams could look to the Himalayas for inspiration
Experts feel that dams cannot replace natural water systems. Communities in the Himalayas have been creating artificial glaciers to tackle water shortage.
Beth Walker
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Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna is the world’s most vulnerable delta
A global assesment report of transboundary rivers shows that the river deltas in Asia are the most vulnerable to climate change and other pressures.
Beth Walker
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Hydropower surges across the Himalayas
Proponents see hydropower as a source of green power and energy storage and to balance variable supply from renewables – like wind and solar – on the grid.
Beth Walker
The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry