The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
a medicinal herb easily available in India can increase the resistance to disease and ensure better growth among some of the commonly consumed fish, according to a recent study by scientists at the Delhi University. Rina Chakrabarti and Vasudeva Rao studied the effect of Achyranthes aspera on Catla catla (commonly …
Eu members recently agreed over eu fisheries commissioner Joe Borg's proposal to send fishing boats to tsunami-affected Asian countries. But experts warn that instead of having a positive effect, the move might harm fishing communities and fish stocks of recipient countries. The initiative has yet to be approved by the …
Hundreds of forest fires in the dry jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia's Sumatra island and Singapore have put a thick blanket of smoke over many Southeast Asian cities. Although a little less in intensity than the haze that covered the region nearly a decade ago, this dark cloud has its share …
concerned at the urban air quality due to emissions from diesel vehicles, the Clean Air Initiative for Asia (cai Asia) sponsored a study in three typical Asian cities
Neighbourly help: India is assisting Bhutan in 11 new projects under a US$167.6 million project-tied grant assistance programme between the two countries. This was decided in the recently held "Bhutan-India Plan Talks'. The newly approved projects are estimated to cost US$29.68 million. Many of them have agriculture as their focus. …
most issues that require bi-lateral or multi-lateral cooperation in South Asia are in disarray. Be it the recently failed Indo-Pakistan negotiations over the Baglihar dam in Kashmir or the old and vexatious controversy over the Farakka Barrage between India and Bangladesh (see: Conflict over ganga). Invariably, these issues are ecological …
Turkmenistan is trying to cash in on Russia's and Ukraine's need for its gas during the severe winter. It has stopped gas supplies to the two countries, saying it wants to negotiate a new price. "The gas pressure gauge at Daryalyk compressor station (DCS)stands at zero mark now,' said a …
China recently lost a crucial energy battle to Japan. The Russian government announced the construction of a "system of pipelines' from its Siberian oilfields to the Pacific Ocean opposite Japan. Both Japan and China wanted the pipeline to be routed through their lands. But Russia decided in favour of Japan …
While the neighbouring Philippines battles a major storm, believed to have been caused by illegal logging, Indonesia and Malaysia have struck a deal to fight the menace. During a recent state visit of Malaysian deputy prime minister Najib Razak to Indonesia, the two countries agreed to establish designated sea ports …
As Asia prepares to rebuild itself after the killer wave, it will take a lot more than just political bickering to prevent a similar situation from recurring The Tsunami that has caused havoc across several South Asian countries has taken a human toll of more than 125,000, a figure that …
The streets of Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyztan, are unsafe. Hundreds of incidents of rat bites have been reported across the Central Asian republic. The menace is from super rats that are as big as cats, fearless, and immune to pesticides
How should malnutrition in Asia be tackled? This was the question that animated the Regional Ministerial Consultation on Maternal and Child Nutrition, held under the aegis of the World Food Programme (wfp, a un body) from September 15 -17, 2004 in Delhi. And the answer 21 country representatives found the …
The objectives of the study were to study the relationships of insulin resistance with generalized and abdominal obesity, and body fat patterning in urban postpubertal Asian Indian children.
Food products in the South Asian region (sar) are contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (pops). So claims a recently released report by New Delhi-based non-governmental organisation, Toxics Link. As it points out, the Stockholm Convention on pops has been able to do little in South Asian countries to control the …
Although obesity is today a global pandemic, research on the disease in India is still nascent. This worries experts: nearly 15-30 per cent of the country’s urban population and four to eight per cent of the rural population is either overweight or obese, with children forming 16-18 per cent in …
