India and Sri Lanka on Friday adopted a ‘vision document’ for a deeper economic partnership after talks between Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Frida…
Nepal’s climate change adaptation strategy needs One Health approach
Nepal is a small biodiversity-rich country that is subjected to climatic vagaries: conditions range from tropical in the south to alpine in the north. While Nepal contributes ~ 0.027% of the global gr…
Why India’s rice ban could trigger a global food crisis
What happens when India bans exports of a food staple that is essential to the diets of billions around the world? On 20 July, India banned exports of non-basmati white rice in an attempt to calm risi…
NASA data helps Bangladeshi farmers save water, money, energy
With nearly 170 million residents, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated nations in the world. Nearly half of its residents work on or live around farms, and rice crops are critical to feedi…
Leveraging Dirt: Soil as Southeast Asia’s Under-explored Solution for Carbon Mitigation and Food Security
Author’s note: The author would like to thank Aditi Punj Sood, Education Lead and Curriculum Cultivator for Living Soil Asia for assisting in this article. Living Soil Asia seeks to bring awareness to…
India steps up rail connectivity with Myanmar in outreach to ASEAN
After the inauguration of the much-awaited Sittwe Port in Myanmar, the Indian Railways has now announced linking the neighbouring country with Mizoram. It has approved the final location survey of a 2…
Making smart city infrastructure watertight in Vietnam
Research in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures offers guidance on securing water critical infrastructures and reaffirms the urgency of protecting environment monitoring technologies…
Anwar Unveils Plan to Reset Malaysia’s Economic Trajectory
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled a plan Thursday to reset the Southeast Asian economy’s growth trajectory, with an eye on boosting incomes and participation of women in the workforce wh…
Transforming Pakistan’s Agriculture: The ‘Green Revolution’ Uniting Land, Lease, and Technology
Here is a list of countries where the military historically or currently play a significant role in agriculture: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Turkey, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan…
Laos to implement QR code transactions with Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia
Governor of the Bank of Laos, Dr. Bounleua Sinxayvoravong, said that the use of QR code transactions will facilitate money transfers and payments by Lao workers and tourists in those countries and vic…