Climate change: The vulnerability of farmers and state policies
A comparative study of farming sectors of China and Pakistan By Samiullah Najeeb Agriculture is the most sensitive
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Economy
Global tourist arrivals could fall by 80pc: reports
The pandemic causes a 22% decline in tourist arrivals in Q1, or $80bn loss, says UNWTO reports Herald Report
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Love in the time of corona: time to build South Asian cooperation
“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different.
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Killing the virus and saving the economy
By S. Akbar Zaidi The trade-off being presented of saving lives through a lockdown to eliminate the coronavirus and killing the
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Contextualizing rural development
In this essay, Amir Hussain critiques the so-called Green Revolution, its myths of rural transformation in the Global South with
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‘Are we animals?’: migrants bear brunt of lockdown
Migrant workers in India, Pakistan and Nepal are crushed by poverty as earnings come to an abrupt halt in the
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Imran Khan sidelined by military during coronavirus outbreak
Pakistan prime minister’s halting approach has left a gap for the army to step in and orchestrate policy, says a
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Tajik farmers told to avoid fasting
Tajikistan, where around 65 per cent of the population works in agriculture, claims to not have any cases of coronavirus.
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What role developed states can play in pandemic
By Wajidul Islam COVID-19 in a single person means that the whole human species is at risk. Statistics
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The obliterate villainous guest of 2020
The social solidarity across the globe is the main measure to stop the episode of COVID-19 By Zahra Arshad Before
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How will COVID-19 affect global food supplies?
A Pakistani worker in Karachi sorts wheat grain on April 7 to make flour to keep people fed during the
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COVID-19: hunt for medical gear becomes all-consuming
PARIS: The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the US and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus
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COVID-19: ‘home lockdown’ in GB from today
https://www.facebook.com/HighAsiaTv/videos/2653812291564140/?t=2 Herald Report Gilgit/Islamabad As Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) records the first casualty of COVID-19, the most contagious virus, and a
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COVID-19 crisis: ABM, BSF prove godsend for stranded students
The two organisations arrange buses, to send 500 students to Gilgit-Baltistan; another 500 students will depart on March 18
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Tectonic effect of COVID-19 on tourism, hospitality sectors
Herald Report The worldwide spread of coronavirus that has devastated the global economy has also hit hard the tourism
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