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Agri-technology
Breakthrough Makes Rice Guilt-free for Diabetics
Most white and sticky rice varieties have high GI which poses risks to people with diabetes, but now, researchers found genes in rice key...
Disaster Management
Disease Sweeping Through Gaza’s Refugee Camps
85 per cent of people in Gaza are now displaced and doctors are reporting hundreds of thousands of cases of Hepatitis A. Concerns are...
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Fish Farms ‘Need Climate Data Support’
Bangladesh is the fifth largest aquaculture producer in the world. But the country’s fish farmers are increasingly impacted by climate-driven events. The say climate...
Disaster Management
Plates and Spoons to Tackle Malnutrition in Malawi
After Cyclone Freddy ravaged Malawi, displacing families and threatening communities with malnutrition, a locally promoted project, Chithando, a offering cooking lessons and special plates,...
Accountability
Forensics in Crisis over Lack of Data, Resources
Forensic science can help protect the vulnerable but many Asian countries are hampered by limited data and resources, especially when it comes to the...
Features
Aloe Vera Peels Could Fight Staple Food Crop Pests
Aloe peels have bioactive compounds that can ward off bugs. These findings may offer new use for peels that are usually discarded as waste...
Bangladesh
Infants at Higher Risk in Flood-prone Areas of Bangladesh
Every year, monsoon season brings extensive flooding to Bangladesh. Now, a study finds that infant mortality rates are higher among those born in rainy...
Agriculture
El Nino to Pile on Suffering Kashmir Saffron Farmers
Rainfall-dependent saffron is the world’s most expensive spice. Climate change has resulted in serious dry spells in Kashmir, made worse with El Nino. Rainfall...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...
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