A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the ...

New Delhi [India], March 27: The Government of India's Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has brought the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia ... 19.5 crore people continue ...

Female entrepreneurs in South Asia have been described as “silent contributors”, as their input to the economy and society is ...

In rural India, guarantees of equal representation ... writing about business and economic developments in India and the rest of South Asia. More about Alex Travelli Suhasini Raj is a reporter ...

In 2020, South Asia witnessed one of the heaviest monsoon seasons in years ... affecting some five million people, including 1.9 million children. Another one million homes were damaged by the floods ...

The region has created just under 800,000 jobs per month during the past two decades. The ranking among five of the larger countries in the region, from the highest to the lowest by growth of ...

For the interest of the people of the region, we badly need a peaceful, democratic South Asia. To eliminate unrest, violence, and inequality in South Asia, we need collective efforts. In this ...

South Asia is one of the most ... living conditions for up to 800 million people in a region that already has some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. At the same time, S outh Asia ...

At least two firefighters died and hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in South Korea on Saturday as emergency ...