At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 others injured after two trains collided on Monday in Bhairab of Kishoreganj in Bangladesh, about 80 kilometres from capital Dhaka....
According to officials, more than 111.2 tonnes of rice being smuggled into Nepal has been seized by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and police in the last four months....
Sri Lanka said on Thursday it reached an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China covering about $4.2 billion of outstanding debt, while talks with other official creditors stall....
India, the world’s top rice exporter, may extend an export levy on parboiled rice to control local prices ahead of key polls, keeping the market tight and raising the risk of higher global food inflation....
Pakistan is chaos masquerading as a country, it’s almost painful to observe the daily outrages, attacks, and natural disasters plaguing the country. The economy is ruined, the political landscape is full of mines and uncertainty, regional conflict and fundamentalist Islamic terror take thousands of lives every year. And last year’s floods displaced millions and wiped out a ton of crops. Pakistan’s electric grid remains unreliable, and its infrastructure minimal. What infrastructure exists is degrading due to poor maintenance and corruption - which is rife. And this country has nukes, about 170 of them. Just another potential geopolitical flashpoint or failed state. #Pakistan#SouthAsia
Indian authorities have instituted mass testing to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people in the southern state of Kerala....
Ok, its already been here for a couple of years (floods and heatwaves in #Pakistan alone have led to multiple cycles of crop losses), but the fact that its going to happen to upto 22% of production across #Asia
But the entire article chooses to explain declines in economic or financial terms, rather than even mention the repeated destruction being meted out by #ClimateChange
An editorial from Dawn - Pak's oldest and largest english daily - finally waking up to the fact #ClimateChange is devastating industry, and could shut it down altogether soon
On #ClimateChange and the #UrbanHeatIsland effect in developing countries blindly following the American style of "development", personal stories from people trying to cope with these both climate and architecturally magnified heatwaves.
A few days ago, we took a trip to Chandni Chowk in Old #Delhi. Right across from Red Fort is Lal Mandir, a #Jain Temple from the 17th century. The inside is gorgeous but what makes it so special is that it hosts the Charity #Bird Hospital. This facility takes injured #birds from all over the city, nurses them back to health, and releases them. It is a true embodiment of #nonviolence (#ahimsa), the essential virtue of #Jainism.
I would not normally post a photo taken in a moving car. But seriously, what a sunset! The quality may not be the best but it was just so surprising I had to try and capture it.
Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge....
" #ClimateChange has made the South Asian monsoon evermore unpredictable. Heavy rains in the catchment areas of the Beas, Ravi & #Sutlej rivers deep inside #India have flooded #Pakistan ’s #Punjab province."
Great read on how India & Pak carved up the #Indus Rivers under the world's most successful water treaty, & how climate crisis is ruining it
Asoka's commitment to spreading these policies across his empire is considered to be borne from his experience of the Kalinga war in Orissa, where he was horrified at the destruction caused by his own army. Do you think these rock edicts were a good way to popularise his beliefs?
Images courtesy of Wikipedia Commons and World History Encyclopedia.
An old bicycle locked and leaning against a concrete building outside of India Coffee House at Connaught Place, New Delhi, India. Taken on 5 September 2023.
Activists across #SouthAsia had been loudly warning back-to-back climate disasters can permanently end harvests:
“The agricultural economy in all districts..is now three short crops in succession. Matured rice crops were swept away when the fields flooded in July, but over the next three months (i.e. Jul-Sep), we used to sow and harvest maize. Hopes for both crops are now gone.”
AQLI report classifies #Bangladesh as top polluted country; #Delhi emerges as ‘most polluted megacity’
..if #Pakistan were to adhere to the #WHO guideline, inhabitants of #Karachi could potentially gain three years in life expectancy, while those in #Lahore might gain EIGHT..
Big Oil & IMF keep us trapped using fuels that rob millions in the #GlobalSouth of nearly a DECADE of life
The government set a minimum export price (MEP) of $1,200 a tonne on basmati rice shipments in a move aimed at reining in domestic prices ahead of elections in key states. The move came a day after it imposed a 20% duty on non-basmati parboiled rice exports, effective immediately....
India will supply 14,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice this year to Mauritius and 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan under humanitarian operations, making an exception for two key diplomatic partners....
Bangladesh train accident: 14 killed, over 100 injured as intercity, freight trains collide in Bhairab (www.firstpost.com)
At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 others injured after two trains collided on Monday in Bhairab of Kishoreganj in Bangladesh, about 80 kilometres from capital Dhaka....
After export ban, rice smuggling booms along Indo-Nepal border (www.bqprime.com)
According to officials, more than 111.2 tonnes of rice being smuggled into Nepal has been seized by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and police in the last four months....
Sri Lanka says China debt deal covers $4.2 bln as talks with other creditors drag on (www.reuters.com)
Sri Lanka said on Thursday it reached an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China covering about $4.2 billion of outstanding debt, while talks with other official creditors stall....
India Mulls Extension of Parboiled Rice Curbs Ahead of Key Polls (www.bloomberg.com)
India, the world’s top rice exporter, may extend an export levy on parboiled rice to control local prices ahead of key polls, keeping the market tight and raising the risk of higher global food inflation....
[Explainer]: What is Nipah virus? Kerala starts mass testing after outbreak in India (www.theguardian.com)
Indian authorities have instituted mass testing to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people in the southern state of Kerala....
Bangladesh's worst ever dengue outbreak a 'canary in the coal mine' for climate crisis, WHO expert warns (edition.cnn.com)
Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge....
Indian Government puts Basmati rice under minimum export price, following curbs to non-Basmati (www.livemint.com)
The government set a minimum export price (MEP) of $1,200 a tonne on basmati rice shipments in a move aimed at reining in domestic prices ahead of elections in key states. The move came a day after it imposed a 20% duty on non-basmati parboiled rice exports, effective immediately....
India to export rice to Mauritius and Bhutan in an exception for friends (www.livemint.com)
India will supply 14,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice this year to Mauritius and 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan under humanitarian operations, making an exception for two key diplomatic partners....
Kerala headed for a drought-like situation after 4 continuous years of heavy rain, landslides, floods (thesouthfirst.com)
The lack of rain and increasing heat has severely affected power generation and agricultural activities in the state.