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UN Staffers Face Threat of Being Forced Out of the US– at Retirement

This development may affect the ability of United Nations' staff members who hold G-4 visas to continue to reside in the United States following...

Inter Press Service - 19 December 2023

Agriculture

First Person: Farmers running out of water in Punjab, India

For farmers in the Punjab region of India, water shortages are a harsh reality. Here, three rice cultivators talk about the challenges they face...

OWSA Contributor - 19 December 2023

Democracy

Political risks loom over Sri Lanka’s economic stabilisation

High poverty levels and growing dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties appears to be boosting support for left-wing populist parties, which advocate alternative, home-grown policies. By...

East Asia Forum - 18 December 2023

Views

Is India Really Free from Avian Influenza?

The virus has been eradicated from 26 compartments limited to the four states of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. By Kaushiki Vaish The World...

Vaish Kaushiki - 18 December 2023

Agriculture

Becoming A Farmer : Where Women Are Already Farmers !

The woman farmer outstrips Narayana Murthy’s model young worker who puts in 70-plus hours of labour each week, week after week. She does much...

OWSA Contributor - 18 December 2023

Bhutan

Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Spell Trouble Downstream

Researchers strive to better understand melting glaciers on Asian mountain peaks, the Earth’s ‘Third Pole,’ in light of devastating floods and water supply problems. By...

OWSA Contributor - 9 November 2022

Bangladesh

Five Decades On, Bangladesh Debates If Its Constitution Retains the Spirit of Liberation War

Eminent citizens from all walks of life feel that successive constitutional amendments have been made for political, personal gains since the country’s constitution came...

OWSA Contributor - 7 November 2022

Clean tech

The Best Climate News You May Not Have Heard About

The Montreal Protocol — designed to save the ozone layer — is also averting a dangerous amount of global warming. And the US has...

OWSA Contributor - 7 November 2022

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