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May 20, 2026 12:01 PM
The afternoon sun hangs heavily over the roads of Delhi and NCR, but for 48 year-old rickshaw puller Ramesh, stopping work is not an option. Sweat drips constantly from his forehead as he pedals through traffic under temperatures touching nearly 44 d...
July 23, 2025 11:12 AM
People in India and neighboring countries eagerly await the monsoon rains, which signal the end of the scorching summer heat and bring much-needed water for crops that sustain crores of people. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, unpredicta...
November 20, 2024 2:51 PM
In a discussion organized by the Center for Diplomacy and Development, Kathmandu, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation, New Delhi, Nepali intellectuals and guests from India and Bangladesh deliberated on the growing emphasis on a Free and Open ...
November 19, 2024 3:14 PM
The inaugural edition of Sagarmanthan: The Ocean’s Dialogue, South Asia’s largest maritime thought leadership event, began in New Delhi on Monday. Praising the event as “a proud step towards a sustainable maritime future,” Prime Minister Nar...
June 21, 2024 4:03 PM
Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere this week and will continue to deliver dangerous weather for decades to come, research shows. "It is a worldwide heat wave that we are now suffering. That puts the heat un...
June 3, 2024 10:43 AM
India saw nearly 25,000 cases of suspected heat stroke and 56 people lost their lives after several heat wave days across the country from March-May, local media reported, citing government data. May has been a particularly bad month for the region,...
May 24, 2024 12:25 PM
South Asia is experiencing extreme weather conditions, with at least nine killed due to a suspected heat stroke in India's west, while parts of Bangladesh and neighbouring states are likely to be hit by a cyclone in a couple of days. Extreme tempera...
April 10, 2024 8:52 AM
India and Kazakhstan, during a joint working group meeting, assessed counter-terrorism challenges, and also exchanged views on cross-border terrorism in South Asia, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a release. During the meeting that took pla...
November 14, 2023 10:45 AM
Toxic levels of air pollution are disrupting the lives of millions of people in South Asia forcing closure of schools, impacting sporting events and leaving governments urging people to stay indoors to avoid health problems. The worsening air poll...
November 5, 2023 10:24 AM
The Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023, a two-day groundbreaking event steered by the Indian Army in collaboration with the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), concluded on 4th November with takeaways on Security Challenges in South Asia and the Ind...
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