‘Disappeared completely’: Melting glaciers worry Central Asia
Adygene Glacier – Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of gray rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a …
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Kazakhstan: Indian investors have reason to cheer with Kazakhstan initiating major economic reforms
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the decree on measures to liberalize the economy on May 10 aimed at ensuring freedom of entrepreneurship by developing competition, reducing state stakes in the …
China’s economic forays in Central Asia gives rise to discomfiture in Moscow
China’s economic forays into resource rich Central Asia, a region which shares deep historical, political and economic ties with Moscow, has created certain discomfiture in the Russian establishment. In a …
Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland
MAILUU-SUU, Kyrgyzstan – Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse …
Tajikistan builds villages for climate migrants fleeing fatal landslides
Khuroson, Tajikistan – Peeling onions in her new home, Yodgoroy Makhmaliyeva recalled the terrifying moment four years ago when a landslide buried her family home in mountainous Tajikistan. Heavy snow …
Indigo: IndiGo announces operations to Almaty in Kazakhstan
PUNE: IndiGo announced the commencement of operations to Almaty, Kazakhstan, marking its 32nd international and 111th overall destination. Effective September 23, IndiGo will operate thrice-weekly flights between Delhi and Almaty, …