Sep 28, 2017: Poaching, habitat loss and prey depletion are the three main threats to the survival of endangered tigers around the world. Though tigers in Bhutan are safe from such global threats, human-wildlife conflict is one of the major factors that jeopardise their lives. Tiger is one of the most iconic and charismatic species that needs international attention and… Read more »
In the early morning hours of of Aug. 25, Abul Kalam, a bearded, 35-year-old Muslim religious teacher, was sitting in his village in Myanmar’s Maungdaw township when the call came. “Our commander ordered us to attack the military post in our village,” he says. So he did, along with about 150 other men, he says. All were members of Myanmar’s… Read more »
In India, and across the world, getting a tattoo is nowadays seen as a sign of independence and rebellion. Many young people get inked to showcase their identity, what makes them distinctive and who they are. But for me, a decision to not get a tattoo was my version of rebellion, an assertion of my hard-fought independence. It was my… Read more »
Oct 4, 2017-The National Seismological Centre has stated that a tremor measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 2:40am Wednesday. The epicentre of the tremor was located north of the New Bus Park (Gongabu), Kathmandu, and the tremor was an aftershock of the Gorkha Earthquake of April 25, 2015, according to the Centre’s seismologist, Mukunda Bhattarai. The Gorkha Earthquake… Read more »
The U.S. military has overturned a requirement for its troops to be in contact with enemy forces in Afghanistan before opening fire in a bid to relax the rules of engagement and defeat the Taliban. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis approved the change following President Donald Trump’s pledge in August, during a policy speech on Afghanistan, to “lift restrictions and expand… Read more »