Pakistan has used imported solar technology to respond to immediate energy costs. Bhutan and Nepal can earn from renewable electricity. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have established export-oriented manufacturing capabilities. India is attempting to develop a broader advanced manufacturing base.
Nepal's PM proposed a "Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism, led by Nepal, India and China. Through this mechanism”, the countries could “share satellite data and expertise.” This could be a good initiative, as it would help predict disasters and prepare for them.
South Asia’s climate risks are shared across countries. Rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus do not respect national boundaries, and torrential rains in one country can lead to floods in another. Satellite data, flood forecasts and flood warnings could, therefore, be shared to enhance disaster preparedness across the region.
The disasters at Kedarnath and Nepal should therefore be read not simply as tragedies of the past or isolated episodes of extreme weather. They are warnings from a changing mountain system. The question before South Asia is whether we will continue to respond to each disaster after it occurs, or whether we will listen to what the mountains are telling us beforehand.
As India begins loosening the COVID-19 lockdown, its challenge is population density, but there is optimism because are good models within the country to deal with it, according to Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
The UN General Assembly has adopted a coronavirus-responsive election procedure for the Security Council election in which India is assured on a non-permanent seat next month
With Britain announcing new dates the already deferred crucial climate UN talks, known as the COP26, until November 2021 owing to coronavirus pandemic, climate experts on Friday said shifting the date is understandable but the postponement must not be an excuse to delay ambitious climate actions
Having with deft diplomacy successfully isolated Pakistan on the Kashmir issue at the UN and engineered India's unprecedented victory for the judgeship of the World Court over a Security Council permanent member, Syed Akbaruddin has wound up his term as India's Permanent Representative to the world body
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is watching the rising border tensions between India and China and has urged both countries to do anything to heighten it
The United Arab Emirates and the Maldives together thwarted a Pakistani attempt to set up an informal group of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) envoys at the United Nations on Islamophobia
An Indian Army major, who has been selected for the 2019 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for her role in the organisation's anti-sexual violence campaign, has been called a "powerful role model" by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement by the Taliban and the Afghan government of a ceasefire to enable the Afghan people to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday in peace
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks forward to working “very closely” with India's new Permanent Representative TS Tirumurti, according to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over a report issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that says of an increase in civilian casualties
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unlikely that world leaders will attend the annual UN summit in September, putting a damper on the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the UN
Negotiations for reforming the Security Council has been postponed indefinitely, dealing the decades-long unproductive process a further setback
The UN has welcomed India's COVID-19 mega-stimulus package, calling the largest among developing countries, even as it slashed its growth rate for this fiscal year to 1.2 per cent
The UN Security Council has condemned the terrorist attacks that took place in Afghanistan, resulting in the killing of dozens of civilians, including women and children
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack on a hospital in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, which killed and wounded dozens of people
