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As China’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its second decade, what lies ahead?
Opportunities for infrastructure development and trade have been immense but debt, financing of polluting projects and environmental issues are concerns.
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These four South Asian cities are showing how to bake climate action into development plans
The creation of Urban Low Emissions Development Strategies shows the value of sharing knowledge and insights at the local level.
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Despite worsening heatwaves and floods, India is pushing construction at the cost of the environment
Bangladesh is in the same boat.
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
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Telangana Police to reopen investigation into Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide case
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Like India, Pakistan and Central Asia are reeling from unprecedented heatwaves
Scientists classify heatwaves as one of the earliest and most obvious impacts of climate change.
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In Bangladesh, musicians sing songs of loss and longing caused by climate change
River songs narrate the pains and sorrows caused by floods, erosion and other environmental extremes.
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In India and Nepal, forest fires across the Himalayas are threatening lives and biodiversity
With the mountainous region facing the worst-in-a-decade wildfires, a thick blanket of smoke has covered Kathmandu.
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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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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China’s hydropower ambitions on the Brahmaputra could trigger a dam-building race with India
Powerchina’s announcement to build a large dam can have disastrous consequences for the ecology of Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas.
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A student in Dhaka was killed for criticising a water-sharing deal between India and Bangladesh
The brutal murder on the campus of a premier university underlines the growing intolerance in Bangladesh.
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‘We found disaster after disaster’: A photographer’s account of travelling along the Mekong River
Gareth Bright travelled from the sea to the source of the river and to find pollution and communities struggling to adapt to change.
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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
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Why the World Bank has been dragged into the Indo-Pak tangle over the Indus Water Treaty
Two separate processes were filed by the neighbouring countries under the treaty, which the World Bank accepted.
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Garbage and sewage are choking rivers in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Half of all rivers in Asia are affected by pathogen pollution due to untreated sewage, warns a new UN report.
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Elusive snow leopard photographed in Sikkim
WWF camera traps capture images of the snow leopard in Sikkim for the first time.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, as it happened: MCFC win second Cup title
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Hockey: Rohit to lead 20-member Indian junior team in five-match tour of Europe