The Latest Breaking News from South Asia

The UK government’s announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla Quinlan, Director of Internationalisation at Rhodes University in…

Extreme heat is having its moment in the sun. This year's headlines have been as relentless as the temperatures: "Spain endures record heatwave," "Devastating heatwave in South Asia," "Texas shatters heat record," "Can you even call deadly heat 'extreme' anymore?"

Association with Japan, ASEAN underlined at the NADI3 Asian Confluence River Conclave in Guwahati

The decline would be the highest among those of South Asian countries, say analysts

It made the intense heat sweeping through India and Pakistan 30 times more likely to occur — and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter.

The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and is a sign of things to come

With a new cold war afoot, states are being asked to choose sides. For India, self-identity and domestic politics will all come to bear.

It is important to increase the number of biosphere reserves in South Asia to ward off a doomsday ecological scenario

If New Delhi does not take the lead, the region cannot respond to various crises collectively