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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 will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Joya Chatterji’s ‘Shadows at Noon’ wins best history book at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Awards
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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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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties