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May 22 2017 | 03:22 pmBiodiversity and sustainable tourism in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Janita Gurung and Anu Kumari Lama Biodiversity and tourism linkages Biodiversity is the basis for many tourism activities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Scenic landscapes, forests, lakes, mounta...
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Jun 24 2016 | 11:02 amBrexit, a sign of anti-elite revolt: Analysts
PARIS: It was Britain’s poorer and less-educated citizens — angry at not having shared in the economic benefits of a new world order — who pushed it out of the European Union, in a v...
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May 23 2016 | 04:25 pmMountain biodiversity: Sustaining lives through generations
Biodiversity in the mountains is a major source of sustenance for local communities By Janita Gurung and NehaBisht More than a hundred and fifty years ago, the British naturalist explorer, Joseph Dalt...
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Mar 02 2016 | 12:02 pmUnfair criticism
By Madhukar SJB Rana There seems to be a growing concern and fear in the West that things are not going their way– geo politically or geo economically or, for that matter, geo psychologically to...
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From Asia to Africa: Nepali, South Asian women trafficked to Kenya’s Bollywood-style dance bars
By Nita Bhalla Mombasa: Nepali beautician Sheela didn’t think twice about ditching her salon job when she received a call offering seven times her salary to work as a cultural dancer at a nightclub in Kenya.
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Sex workers give red light to leaving famed Amsterdam district
Amsterdam: Bathed in red neon light, hundreds of prostitutes ply their trade from behind windows in the narrow canalside streets of Amsterdam – and that’s how they want it to stay.
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Forced labour to high finance: Hong Kong investor’s unlikely journey
Hong Kong: Exiled to the Gobi Desert at the age of 15, Weijian Shan’s days were marked by gnawing hunger and back-breaking forced labour. But his sense of hope was kept alive by an unlikely source — insecticide manuals. Now one of Asia...
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Deaths rise as Nepal issues more permits for Mount Everest
Kathmandu: Scaling Mount Everest was a dream few realized before Nepal opened its side of the mountain to commercial climbing a half-century ago. This year the government issued a record number of permits, leading to traffic jams on the world’s hig...
Opinion
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Biodiversity and sustainable tourism in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Janita Gurung and Anu Kumari Lama Biodiversity and tourism linkages Biodiversity is the basis for many tourism activities in th...
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Brexit, a sign of anti-elite revolt: Analysts
PARIS: It was Britain’s poorer and less-educated citizens — angry at not having shared in the economic benefits of a n...
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Aug 09 2019 | 12:37 pmFrom Asia to Africa: Nepali, South Asian women trafficked to Kenya’s Bollywood-style dance bars
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Aug 04 2019 | 04:04 pmSex workers give red light to leaving famed Amsterdam district
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Jul 29 2019 | 11:13 amAmerican 16-year-old becomes solo Fortnite champ, winning $3 mn
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Jul 29 2019 | 11:07 am
Forced labour to high finance: Hong Kong investor’s unlikely journey