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Fast, efficient agricultural drones are replacing laborers on Indian farms — despite the expensive price tag. Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar in Undark: Depending on the kind of sensor they’ve
Continue readingFor India’s Millions of Farm Workers, a ‘Drone Revolution’ Looms
A survey of 19 countries in Asia revealed important gaps in data, disclosures, and taxonomies, and that these are exacerbated by inconsistent national climate policies that can promote fossil fuel
Continue readingHow Asia Can Unlock $800 Billion of Climate Financing
A small, intricately carved ivory box from Sri Lanka was one of the highlights of a recent exhibition in Berlin aimed at ‘de-colonizing’ such artifacts By Kanika Gupta: As a
Continue readingNot Just an Object: Decolonizing Southasian Art in Berlin
Nalanda, a renowned Buddhist university was located in Bihar (ancient Magadha). Considered by historians to be the world’s first residential university and among the greatest centers of learning in the
Continue readingNalanda: How the world’s oldest university was lost for 800 years
The keel laying ceremony of Pakistan’s first of the eight Hangor Class submarines to be built under a “transfer of technology” agreement with China was held in Karachi on Saturday.
Continue readingPakistan Navy Force Multiplier: China’s ‘Hangor’ Subs, Turkey’s ‘Bayraktar’ UCAVs
EXPRESS TRIBUNE Reports that Pakistan is facing a balance of payment crisis. It is again looking toward friendly countries for help, as it has been unable to revive the $6.5
Continue readingPakistan’s Financial Crisis: ‘Tighten Your Seat Belts’
Shared by Arjumand Hussain: In this exclusive extract from his book “Scoop! Inside Stories from the Partition to the Present”, Kuldip Nayar provides the inside scoop on the thinking of
Continue reading‘Pakistan Changed After Simla Conference Between Z A Bhutto and Indira Gandhi’
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan on Sunday said that he has no issue with whoever is appointed as the next army chief, and there will
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— The incumbent rulers would never let the institutions strengthen.— “I have never favored anyone during the three and a half years of my government”.— “Neither I want judges nor
Continue readingImran Khan Talking Points: Ready to Go to Jail. Stamina. Sher Shah Suri…
Because policing has been treated as a project of political ordering and disordering, it allows for the retention and abuse for colonial frameworks. ‘All Policing is Political’ Zoha Waseem at
Continue readingWhy Policing is and Will Continue to Remain Political in Pakistan
Warmer air is thinning most of the vast mountain range’s glaciers, known as the Third Pole because they contain so much ice. The melting could have far-reaching consequences for flood
Continue readingAs Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia
COLOMBO TIMES Reports: An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued bringing the Department for Registration of Persons, the Department of Immigration & Emigration and the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board
Continue readingSri Lanka: Three Top State Institutions Merged