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Himalayan snow cover drops sharply, hits 20-year low; plains may feel the impactSnow cover in the Hindu Kush Himalaya has reached its lowest point in over two decades. This marks the fourth consecutive year of weak snow...
Myanmar earthquake: India to send 15 tonnes of relief materialIndia is sending over 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar after powerful earthquakes caused significant damage and panic. The relief pa...
Tizu Zunki river to be harnessed for economic development of Nagaland: Union minister Sarbananda SonowalThe Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, along with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, unveiled significant initiati...
NSA Doval calls for transparency in sharing information on shared cross-border water resourcesNational Security Adviser Ajit Doval pitched for transparency in sharing information on shared cross-border water resources and asserted th...
Chinese as victims in Beijing-backed human trafficking hub in MyanmarShwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar’s Karen State has allegedly become a people-trafficking hub. The town, which is home to numerous C...
Myanmar’s military junta revives scope of BRI projectsIn March, the ruling junta approved the $2.5 billion Mee Lin Gyaing, a liquefied natural gas power project under BRI in Ayeyarwady region. ...
Myanmar's pushback against China-funded Economic Corridor inspired by debt trap in S Asian statesMyanmar’s all-powerful generals have drawn lessons from experiences of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives where China funded projects have pu...
Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks 'boosting demand'
IIT Madras' dredging methodology helps Odisha's Chilika Lake to triple Irrawaddy Dolphin populationNew Delhi, May 29 () A research project by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has helped Odisha's Chilika lake, Asia's largest...
- Indus River Dolphin Survey shows sign of breeding population of endangered aquatic species in river Beas
Bangladesh bans ships in rare dolphin sanctuariesBangladesh on Monday banned boats from sailing through a key southwestern river after a ship loaded with coal capsized, threatening the san...
We'll have what Rahul Gandhi is having!Rahul Gandhi is back with a bang. Looks like his two-month secret sabbatical, meditating at Myanmar (Burma) worked.
Oil spill taking its toll in Bangladesh Sundarbans, say activistsAn oil tanker carrying 350 tonnes of oil crashed on Tuesday, spilling its cargo over an 80sq-km area along Shela river in Bangladesh and th...
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- Strong quake strikes Myanmar, 12 feared dead
A strong earthquake of magnitude-6.8 struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine.
- China maps out source and course of Brahmaputra, Indus rivers
Chinese scientists have completed a comprehensive satellite study of cross-border Tibetan rivers determining their exact sources besides me...
- Mekong river dolphins on verge of extinction: WWF
Dolphins living in parts of the Mekong River between Cambodia and Laos are on the brink of extinction due to pollution, international conse...
- UN: Myanmar cyclone assistance reaching more people, but food aid costs soaring
More survivors of Myanmar's cyclone disaster are receiving assistance, although in many cases the supply has not been consistent and doesn'...
- Myanmar cyclone death toll tops 22,000
More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after th...
- Group says Myanmar could be hit 'worse than tsunami'
Myanmar may have been hit harder by the latest cyclone than the 2004 Asian tsunami, an aid worker said today, describing fields littered wi...