Full Coverage: South Asia

16.11.2009 Is brutality in the name of patriotism more justified than violence in the name of parallel ideologies, be it Maoism, communalism, or Hindu nationalism, asks Dilip Simeon.

16.11.2009 It may seem far-fetched but success stories in changing sanitation behaviour in developing countries might offer insights for the difficult transition to low carbon lifestyles for the rich.

12.11.2009 As Primark’s new London store opened today, anti-poverty campaigners hung out the retailer’s “dirty washing” in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. .

10.11.2009 Industrialised countries must give at least 1.5 per cent of their gross domestic product to help developing countries onto a low-carbon economic path, a conference of climate-vulnerable countries agreed today.

09.11.2009 Vulnerable developing countries should embrace a carbon-neutral future, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed told the opening of the Climate Vulnerable Forum in the Maldives.
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09.11.2009 Journalists from Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia will be presented with International Press Freedom Awards this month.

06.11.2009 India’s response to climate change has been paltry, half-hearted and directed at preserving existing elite lifestyles. Its credibility in international negotiations will only be restored if it takes urgent measures to reduce domestic energy use, says Praful Bidwai.