Women living in homeless shelters in Delhi have nowhere to turn to escape the scorching heat

Using data from twin satellites over a 14-year period, from 2002 to 2016, NASA comes up with stunning images of how wet areas are getting wetter, and groundwater is disappearing in some areas, and why

The government says electricity has reached every village in India; but in most villages, the poorest homes are still not connected to the grid, a problem compounded in the Himalayas

As Pakistani NGOs and the government dispute how many have died in Karachi’s latest heatwave, the people who live in the city’s slums – those most vulnerable – are still ignored

Near the confluence of the three rivers that form the Brahmaputra, Maguri Motapung Beel in Assam is under threat from overfishing, silt and floods from the mountains, and oil exploration

In the first ever survey of the Indus river dolphin in India, a number of the rare creatures were spotted, including calves

In Jia Pingwa’s newly translated novel, ‘Happy Dreams’ the fragile existence of trashpickers in one of China’s biggest cities is revealed in heartbreaking, loving, and amusing detail

Photographer Nabin Baral documents dramatic changes over a decade in the Manang valley – home to the world famous Annapurna trek

Village chiefs in the Indian state of Manipur – site of various conflicts – are protesting against a notification that will uproot up to 100 villages to make room for a wildlife sanctuary

Between an armed conflict, restrictions on land usage, a desire for educating their children, and conflicts with the Forest department, the Bakarwals of J&K are going through rapid changes