For years, Radha Lama bought antibiotics in bulk at a clinic near her home in Kathmandu, Nepal. She took the pills whenever she had a stomachache or headache, without talking to a doctor or nurse, ...

Protestors demand reopening of FIITJEE coaching institute, raising questions on coaching industry regulation in India.

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Cars speeding along a smooth, black-colored street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the ...

Nutrition is one major area of mounting concern. UNICEF works with partners all across South Asia in an effort to reduce ...

Nepal is raising the permit fees to climb Mount Everest from $11,000 to $15,000. Income from the fees is a key source of ...

The declaration of an untouchability-free nation was a blatant lie on the part of the new ruling elites, the writer says.

When Pasang Nuru Sherpa recalls his childhood in the quiet village of Pangboche, in the foothills of Sagarmatha, the Nepali ...

A new study has predicted an increase in landslide hazards in High Mountain Asia. The study authors linked higher emissions ...

Rather, Nepal's government should focus on "expanding protected areas that have reasonable natural densities of prey and tigers," Dr Karanth adds. If wildlife is spilling out of protected areas in ...