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Pakistan is among the top 23 countries facing a major drought emergency, the Indus Delta has shrunk by 92%

SHARE “When I was 8 years old, girls from my province weren’t allowed to go to school. I was this little shepherd girl. I would run after sheep and cows, hiking with them in the mountains. It brought me closer to nature, and it was the first time I ever guided someone,” says 22-year-old Fatima Haidari, who is believed to be the first female tour guide in Afghanistan. As a guide for Untamed Borders, a company that specialises in trips to less-trodden parts of the world, Haidari has hosted eight foreign travel groups since the beginning of 2020. While her work has been affected by the pa...

Representative image JAMSHEDPUR: About 2.5 lakh people living in the outskirts of Jamshedpur are upset over the prolonged delay in the completion of the World Bank-aided Rs 122-crore drinking water project. With summer approaching, the residents apprehend they will not get tap water at their homes even this year. A delegation of the women residents of the beneficiary villages met local MLA Sanjeev Sardar recently and urged him to take up the matter with the state government for early completion of work. “The government has to intervene and make officials pace up work, otherwise the projec...