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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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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile
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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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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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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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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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In music-themed ‘Chamak’, looking for the ‘spirit of Punjab’ beyond its stereotypes
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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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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal begin campaign with wins on Day 3
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Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara rides on luck and faith to let his talent shine through
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Australia tour of India: Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell make way for rookies as visitors rehaul T20 team
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Victor Rodriguez leads FC Goa to a win over Jamshedpur FC
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile