NEW DELHI: Smog in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels on Thursday (Nov 3) as smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern India combined with other pollutants to create a noxious grey cocktail enveloping the megacity. Levels of the most dangerous particles – PM 2.5, so tiny they can enterContinue Reading
ABANDONING THE SEA At Tasikagung fishing port in Rembang regency, fisherman Abdi said a decade ago he could catch 10 tons of fish in three days at sea. To bring in the same harvest today, he estimates he would need to be out for 15 days. “And only if theContinue Reading
This is the first of a three-part series, in which CNA looks at China president Xi Jinping’s policies as he seeks an unprecedented third term in power at the upcoming 20th Communist Party Congress.Continue Reading
For many students, the floods have disrupted their education. At a makeshift school set up under tarp sheets near Malook Khaskheli, schoolteachers said that about half of the batch of 63 students aged five to 12 are still attending classes, while the rest had moved away. University student Wasseem AliContinue Reading
PIGEON EGG SIZE DIAMOND DISCOVERY Cempaka mine is one of the largest diamond mines in Indonesia. In August 1965, the mine was in the headlines whenever miners reportedly found a 166. 75-carat diamond. Its dimension was almost as big as a pigeon’s ovum. The particular diamond was delivered toContinue Reading
QUESTIONS ON ROHINGYA Climate is just not the only issue on which Bangladesh sees inaction from the West. Around 750, 000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in 2017 after a scorched-earth marketing campaign against the minority team by troops in neighbouring Myanmar, the campaign that the United States has described asContinue Reading
SHANGHAI IN CHINA: The central Chinese language province of Jiangxi has declared a water supply “red alert” for the first time after the Poyang freshwater lake, the country’s greatest, dwindled to a report low, the Jiangxi government said on Friday (Sep 23). The Poyang Lake, normally a vital flood wallContinue Reading
HK: Hong Kong has damaged two heat records for September in a little over a 7 days, the city’s weather conditions observatory said Tuesday (Sep 13), because the crowded financial center swelters through the hottest summers. The Hk Observatory said a temperature of thirty-five. 4 degrees Grad was recorded onContinue Reading
PARIS: Rainfall 10 times heavier than usual caused Pakistan’s devastating floods, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday (Sep 1), as it released satellite images of a vast lake created by the overflowing Indus river. Rains, described by United Nations chief Antonio Guterres as a “monsoon on steroids” haveContinue Reading
INTERNATIONAL HELP The disaster could not have come at a worse time for Pakistan, where the economy is in free fall. Appealing for international help, the government has declared an emergency. Aid flights have arrived in recent days from Turkey and the UAE, while other nations including Canada, Australia andContinue Reading