Joint Myanmar-Finland project will venture into conflict zones to better protect Southeast Asian nation's forests
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new five-year project in M
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To many among Chile's indigenous Mapuche, the demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd recall their own confrontations with police over land rights BOGOTA, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Fou
'In South Asia, unlike Southeast, East, or Central Asia, there is a natural hegemon: India. China cannot cast it aside easily' New Delhi, June 18 (PTI): Amidst the Chinese incursion into In
New Delhi/Beijing, June 18 (IANS) China had sought to settle the border dispute with India by finalising its boundary in Tibet in 2001, but the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government failed to respond, as per a r
Sparked by the murder of healer Domingo Choc, the #GuateRacista movement is an attempt to bring discussions of race and identity into the open BOGOTA, June 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundred
New Delhi/Beijing, June 17 (IANS) China had sought to settle the border dispute with India by finalising its boundary in Tibet in 2001, but the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government failed to respond, as per a r
BY NIKHILA NATARAJAN New York, June 15 (IANS) Driven by a common passion to build world class digital public goods for India, a clutch of 10 mostly reclusive computer scientists are launching the cou
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Life is so fragile that even a virus could bring the world to its knees, says London-based author of Indian-origin Vish Dhamija who has eight works of crime-fic
BY PRADIP BAIJAL IANS | June 15 India always had problems in dealing with spectrum. -- We wasted valuable wireless spectrum for fixed line services in 1995, unlike any other country, af
Anti-racism protests in Taipei also draw attention to the rights of the island's original inhabitants TAIPEI, June 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds packed into a park in central Taipei on Saturday for a B
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Reconstruction Period (1865-77) that followed the conclusion of the American Civil War gave rise to the pejorative term Carpetbaggers to describe pol
In the mountainous region, trees have been cut down as tourism ground to a halt and guards were unable to patrol under tight restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 SRINAGAR, India, June 12 (Thom
Coronavirus pandemic may spark the first rise in child labor since 2000, the United Nations warned NEW YORK, June 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of childr
Pandemic is also creating fertile ground for movements like Black Lives Matter LONDON, June 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The coronavirus pandemic is boosting both nationalism and community spi
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Rarely have these two mighty Indian megalopolises -- one being the nation's capital and the other its commercial capital -- looked so "helpless". As a
Only a handful of countries have women leading coronavirus responses, with many nations excluding women almost entirely ROME, June 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Increased teenage pregnancies, c
A grain export terminal that draws long lines of truckers each day is raising risks, say Amazon communities who oppose its expansion BRASILIA, June 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the coronavi
MEXICO CITY, June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Centers in Mexico providing vital healthcare and support services to indigenous and Afro-Mexican women are running out of money and could be forced to close d
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) With the Government now announcing unlocking of the country in three planned phases, citizens are getting anxious due to the growing numbers of COVID-19 cases, according to a survey by
BY SIDDHI JAIN New Delhi, June 9 (IANSlife) India has ranked 168th out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities,
