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One in every 10 children works, out of schools

By thehighasia
June 14, 2023
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Day against child labour

Some 160 million children earn a living, instead of going to school; Child labour, springing from a lack of social justice, has increased during last 20 years: ILO official

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Tourism & sports united for sustainability

By thehighasia
April 27, 2023
in :  Ecology, Tourism, World
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Sustainable tourism

Sports Tourism plays a key role in enhancing economic growth and social development in many destinations. It creates jobs and supports businesses in cities and rural communities alike.

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Revolution will not be t̶e̶l̶e̶v̶i̶s̶e̶d̶ digitised

By thehighasia
April 10, 2023
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Revolution can not be digitised

This isn’t the first time that the military establishment has been on the receiving end of a public backlash. Will the outcome be different this time? Aasim Sajjad Akhtar There are thousands of charged protesters on the streets of Islamabad, many inside the otherwise impermeable Red Zone. They face baton charges, tear gas shelling, and arrests. Fierce slogans against the …

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Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’

By thehighasia
July 11, 2022
in :  Conflict, Culture, Democracy, Ecology, Education, People, Politics, Race, Taliban, World
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Interview

Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.

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The dangerous populist science of Harari

By thehighasia
July 11, 2022
in :  Conflict, Literature, Opinion, Philosophy, Science & Technology, Theory, World
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Science and History

The best-selling author is a gifted storyteller and popular speaker. But he sacrifices science for sensationalism, and his work is riddled with errors.

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Tajik security forces kill 25 ethnic Pamiris

By thehighasia
May 20, 2022
in :  Central Asia, High Asia, Tajikistan, UN, World
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The Pamir region happens to be the only part of the country where protesters still take to the streets against the government.

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First Global Youth Tourism Summit gets underway

By thehighasia
February 4, 2022
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Tourism

The Summit will bring children and youth from every global region together, giving them a platform to share their vision and hopes for the sector

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Afghanistan: New Great Game in the heart of Asia

By thehighasia
December 30, 2021
in :  Central Asia, Conflict, High Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Tajikistan, Taliban, World
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New-Great-Game

Regional powers are seeking to fill the vacuum left by the abrupt departure of the US and its Western allies.

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Uberisation of farmlands

By thehighasia
November 18, 2021
in :  Development, Ecology, Opinion, Slider, UN, World
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Climate-change

In the name of saving the climate, big technological and agriculture firms and corporations will uberise farmlands

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A world without hunger

By thehighasia
November 3, 2021
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Hunger

There is nothing more obscene than the existence of hunger, the terrible indignity of working hard but being without the means for sustenance.

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‘We need public pressure, not just summits’

By thehighasia
October 23, 2021
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climate-change

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand changes too. In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26 climate summit, she said the public needed to “uproot the system”. “The change is going to come when people are demanding change. So we can’t expect everything to …

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Rights defenders reject ‘negotiations’ with TTP

By thehighasia
October 13, 2021
in :  Politics, Slider, Terrorism, World
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Afghan pilots

Prime Minister Imran Khan in interviews to TRT, a Turkish channel, and ‘Middle East Eye’ said that his government was in talks with TTP.

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Take control of your knee pain

By thehighasia
September 19, 2021
in :  Lifestyle, Opinion, Slider, World
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knee-pain

Knee pain is the most common health issue in mountain regions and urban centres alike. But simple home exercises and stretches can help ease some common types of knee pains.

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Anti-Taliban protests erupt in Afghanistan

By thehighasia
August 19, 2021
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Anti-Taliban-protest

People fly the country’s national flag in defiance of the new rule; Taliban shoot three people dead, injure dozens High Asia Herald Report The Taliban faced the first street protests on Wednesday against their takeover of Afghanistan, with demonstrations in at least two cities, even as they moved to form a new government, reported New York Times. Protests against the …

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On the road in Uzbekistan

By thehighasia
July 22, 2021
in :  Development, Ecology, Lifestyle, People, Politics, World
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A 2,500-kilometer road trip by Anzor Bukharsky, one of Central Asia’s most beloved photographers and cultural commentators, offers a rare glimpse into everyday life on the backstreets and byways of Uzbekistan. Two local girls walk near a 900-year-old minaret in the southern town of Minor, near the border with Afghanistan. A man rests during a scorching-hot day in the courtyard …

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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