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- Mongolia makes great strides in education
- Fighting against all odds, Mongolia has endeavoured to provide quality education to its diverse social groups. The UN feels that the campaign has met with ...
- 'Asia needs a different plan to recover from crisis'
- Asia’s excessive dependence on external demand for growth can affect its long-term sustainability, says M. Shahidul Islam, Research Associate at the ...
- Indian youth propose ideas for meeting MDGs
- Pioneering ideas and solutions can help accelerate progress towards building a just and humane society. During ‘Mera India – Bridge the Gap’ contest in India’s ...
- WHO recommends anti-diarrhoea vaccine
- WHO’s group of experts, based on new clinical trials, have strongly recommended administering anti-diarrhoea vaccine on all children for reducing severe ...
- ADB urges developing Asia to use crisis to protect poor
- While inaugurating a three-day conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, ADB chief Haruhiko Kuroda urged governments in the Asian region to think of expanding social ...
- Crisis recovery in Asia
- ILO's new report The fallout in Asia: Assessing labour market impacts and national policy responses to the global financial crisis assesses the ...
- Laos' women benefit from micro-credit
- Moving beyond the household drudgeries, women in a village in Laos, a small landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, have found new channels to hone their weaving ...
- Asia in need of water reforms: Study
- A new study jointly conducted by International Water Management Institute and the FAO has recommended that Asia must reform its water use to feed 1.5 billion ...
- Tiananmen vigil held in Hong Kong
- Last week hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre. In 1989, the Chinese government had ...
- Achieving holistic growth in Asia
- Asian Development Outlook 2009 presents a comprehensive analysis of 45 developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. In the context of global ...
- Dead Sea: Between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Experts say that diverting waters of the Red Sea by Jordan to save the shrinking Dead Sea can adversely impact the environment. However, inaction can also lead ...
- Filipino floods highlight urgency of climate leadership
- The Philippines has recently witnessed the worst flooding in decades. International aid agency Oxfam says the US leadership must push forward the UN climate ...
- Climate change blows hot and cold in Sri Lanka
- The people of Sri Lanka are battling the drastic effects of changing weather patterns. Some parts of the country are severely crippled by a heavy monsoon, ...
- Conflict simmering in Asia over water
- According to a new report, 700 million people in Asia lack access to safe drinking water. The report, published by a US-based think tank, has offered ...
- Global crisis 'hits human rights'
- Amnesty International’s latest annual report says that millions of people are facing insecurity and indignity due to the global economic crisis and their ...
- A unique learning space for Asian women
- At the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, young underprivileged women from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds will build their futures and ...
- Raising awareness about melting glaciers in Himalayas
- Changes in the landscape, livelihood and biodiversity in the Himalayan region due to global warming are becoming apparent and ominous. An exhibition organised ...
- UN spotlights crisis triggered by blockade of Gaza
- A new UN report highlights a protracted humanitarian crisis due to the ongoing Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip since June 2007. The blockade traps 1.5 ...
- Economic crisis decolonising Asian minds
- Asian countries are eventually realising that western economic models have only brought harm to their own economies. Hit badly by the global financial crunch, ...
- Land grabs threatening farmers and food security
- Foreign investors and governments are grabbing agricultural land the world over – particularly in Asia and Africa – jeopardising the future of farmers and ...
- World's richest coral reef zone fast vanishing
- ‘Coral Triangle’ in southeast Asia is fast depleting and if urgent action is not taken there is a danger that nothing of it will be left by the end of this ...
- Africa-Asia civil society exchange on MDGs
- An African delegation of civil society leaders is on a visit to India to share their experiences, challenges and success in advocacy on MDGs. Organised by the ...
- Dams threaten livelihoods of millions in Mekong basin
- Food security of millions of people is being affected due to extensive changes in the ecosystem of Mekong river and its tributaries in China, Thailand, Laos, ...
- 50 million women in Asia vulnerable to HIV
- A new UNAIDS report, released yesterday in Bali, has estimated that 50 million Asian women carry the risk of infecting HIV from their husbands. In Asia, ...
- Chinese president returns home amidst continuing violence
- There has not been any let up in the violence that erupted in the city of Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region last Sunday. The conflict has its roots in ethnic ...
- Disputed victory crushes reform hopes in Iran
- Hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been elected as president of Iran for yet another four-year term in a controversial election. With his victory, hopes for ...
- India's Muslims demand inclusive growth
- At a meeting organised in Kashmir earlier this week, Muslims in India voiced their concerns and needs. The common consensus is that in order to achieve the ...
- Varied views on India's climate change policy
- Nongovernmental organisations in India are divided over the issue of negotiations to be made in Copenhagen later this year. The difference in stance is ...
- ADB to double clean energy investments in Asia
- As part of its energy efficiency initiative, the Asian Development Bank has decided to double its clean energy investments in Asia to US$ 2 billion, starting ...
- Drought takes toll on Iraq revival efforts
- Iraq has been referred to as history's fertile crescent, where lush farmland and abundant water once gave rise to civilization. Today it is not even a shadow ...
