Himalayas poised for a series of big earthquakes, says study
The entire Himalayan arc is poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes, and the next big quake -- of the magnitude of 8 or above --...
You Can Help Save Thano: Here’s How
While the first social movements occurred through protests and civil disobedience, the rise of the internet ushered in numerous online social movements. Since then, online social movements...
The Threat Of Losing 10,000 Trees Gives Rise To Another Chipko Movement In Uttarakhand
The Uttarakhand State Forest Department is in the final stages of handing over 243 acres of forest land to the Airport Authority of India for the extension of the...
Newly-built village falls within our territory, says China after encroaching Nepali land in Humla...
Backstabbing Nepal, China has illegally constructed villages in Humla district with state media saying that the buildings constructed falls within the Chinese territory.
The newly-built village is in...
Rohtang Tunnel Leaves Filth In Its Wake
The worst fears of the strong-32,000 population at Lahaul-Spiti have come true. The heavy tourist influx following the opening of the Rohtang Tunnel has exposed the three...
Kathmandu is eighth route for UAE’s Air Arabia Abu Dhabi starting October 17
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi recently added a second city to its Bangladesh services. Now, getting into Nepal opens up more possibilities on the South Asian sector. Image...
Construction of Zojila tunnel starts. To reduce travel time from 3 hrs to 15...
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the first blasting for construction related work at the 14.15 km Zojila tunnel, one of the longest in Asia, that...
As trekkers return to Uttarakhand post-lockdown, COVID-19 caution makes for a quiet season in...
Anu Jain, a 54-year-old engineer, was among the first group of trekkers in Uttarakhand this year, after the state government relaxed travel norms to ‘unlock’ the tourism...
Human-triggered fatal landslides are becoming frequent in the Himalayas and Western Ghats
Six days of relentless rain had saturated the soil on the rolling slopes of Rajamala hamlet in Anamalai hills – which support tea and coffee plantations –...
Free “Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit” coming October 22 from Lion’s Roar and Tibet...
divyaRichard Gere, Karenna Gore, Robert Thurman, Sharon Salzberg, and Deepak Chopra headline this month’s Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit, a historic celebration of one of the great...
COVID-19: Every third student in Indian Himalayan region couldn’t access online classes
Educational learning has been an unusual victim of the ongoing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Continuity of learning has been impacted adversely — so has the students’...
India-Bhutan collaborate on phase three trials of COVID-19 vaccine
India is collaborating with Bhutan for conducting Phase-3 trials of COVID vaccine candidate even as New Delhi has sent seven consignments of essential medicines to the country...
Nepal, India discuss opening new air routes
KATHMANDU:
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) and Indian Embassy held a meeting today regarding new air entry points.
However, no fixed decision has been taken...
After Rohtang, more high-altitude tunnels to come up on Manali-Leh highway
Once the strategic Atal Tunnel under the Rohtang Pass is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, the defence ministry will expedite work on building more...
Climate change may cause 26% habitat loss for snow trout in Himalayan rivers: Study
DHARAMSHALA: Snow trout, the iconic cold-water fish species found in Himalayan rivers, would lose their habitat by 16 percent in the next 30 years and by over...
Shivangi Pathak becomes the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest
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Shivangi Pathak, a 16-year-old teenager from Haryana’s Hisar district has become the youngest Indian to summit Mount Everest. Along with her team of climbers, she...
Entrepreneurs in the Himalayas
Drukpa Thuksey Rinpoche of Ladakh talks about how the Naropa Fellowship aims to create agents of change for a robust socio-economic environment in the Himalayan region.
The 1,000-year-old...
Warmer winters in the Himalayas are triggering avalanches
Researchers have found that winter temperatures in the northwestern Himalayas have risen on an average 0.65 degree Celsius over a period of 25 years from 1991...
Aanchal Thakur awarded the Himachal Gaurav Award
On State-level Himachal day, Chief Minister Jayaram Thakur gave the civil administration award to the district administration Kullu. Aanchal Thakur of Kullu district was awarded the Himachal Gaurav...
Mega Food Park in Uttarakhand
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the second mega food park in Uttarakhand in the Udham Singh Nagar District. The over 50-acre Himalayan Mega...
Jet plans regional gateway in Guwahati
Jet Airways said it planned to expand its operations in the northeast and make Guwahati its regional gateway.
Jet Airways had increased the number of weekly flights between...
Stipend for girls, sops for farmers in Assam budget
The Assam government announced an annual stipend for girls in the State to purchase sanitary napkins and scholarships for those belonging to minority communities, besides a zero-interest crop...
Nepal makes a world record
Nepal has made a record attempt on Saturday, taking over India, in the category of 'Most People Reading Aloud Simultaneously- Single Location'. A total of 75,000 people...
Water Tourism
Mar 4, 2018-Tourist arrivals in hotels and resorts on the banks of Sunkoshi and Bhotekoshi rivers have increased due to the beginning of the summer season. The...
Himalayas getting Warmer- Global Warming Strikes
Total precipitation (rainfall + snowfall) was found to increase whereas snowfall was found to decrease with concurrent significant increase in rainfall at all zones of NWH,” the...
Himachal Regiment
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday and sought a “Himachal Regiment” in the Army. Mr. Thakur said the creation of...
Hundred pc funding for Central projects in North East
The Narendra Modi Government has decided to fully fund various Central projects being implemented in the North East, instead of the existing practice of sharing 90 per...
Himalayan mountain springs drying up
Niti Aayog seeks comments from all stakeholders by 19 February to decide the future course of action to save Himalayan springs and the millions who depend on...
Interlocutor’s letter ended Nagaland poll impasse
A letter written by the Centre’s interlocutor R.N. Ravi to the Naga groups, including the NSCN (Isak-Muivah), on February 3, helped to end the impasse over the...
Positive Changes in Himalayas
Concerned over drastic climate change in Shimla and others parts of Himachal Pradesh, a software engineer from Shimla is on her way to Antarctica to gain leadership...
Northeast receives Rs 1,014.09 crore for Aviation Infrastructure
The Northeastern Part of the country has found its place this time in the Union Budget 2018. The Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitley has announced the...
Journalist Elizabeth Hawley passed away in Nepal
American journalist Elizabeth Hawley, known for chronicling expeditions to Himalayan peaks, died at a hospital in Kathmandu on Friday. She was 94. Hawley was considered a “leading authority”...
Air Scheme for Low Cost Fliers
In a big boost to tourism, the Centre on Friday included Uttarakhand in its regional air connectivity scheme making air travel to the region affordable for the...
3 Northern States Report increase in teenage pregnancy
At a time when teenage pregnancy–share of women aged 15-19 years who had begun childbearing–fell in the rest of the country, with some of India’s poorest states...
Medtronic Reprimanded by Chinese Government
Medical device company Medtronic has been reprimanded by the Chinese government for accidentally listing Tibet, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as separate countries on its website. China’s cyberspace...
Manali girl brings in first skiing medal
Aanchal Thakur created history when she became the first Indian to win an international medal in skiing after winning Bronze at the prestigious Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup...
Nepal achieves target of welcoming tourists
After a wait of long 19 years, Nepal has finally achieved the target of welcoming at least one million foreign tourists in one year.
Nepal Tourism Board under...
Nepal Bans Solo Climbers from Mount Everest
The cabinet late Thursday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations, banning solo climbers from its mountains -- one of a string of measures being...
Notice to Centre, Uttarakhand Over ‘Virus’ in National Park
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday sent a notice to the Central and Uttarakhand governments, seeking details of an unknown virus or disease reportedly spreading across...
Culture and Heritage of Basantapur- Nepal
Basantapur has been regarded as the most likable and most visited place by the tourists and the residents of Kathmandu. The heart and hub of tourists, Basantapur...
‘Mountains under Pressure: climate, hunger, migration’ is focus of 15th annual International Mountain Day
The 2017 theme of International Mountain Day, “Mountains under Pressure: climate, hunger, migration,” invites people from around the world to focus on environmental factors, such as climate...
Airtel Connect in North East
The Telecom service provider Airtel is said to have set up over 2,000 mobile towers in the uncovered areas of the North East and provide mobile connectivity...
Global warming to claim 33% of ice volume in Hindu Kush Himalayan region: Expert
Global warming is not only posing a serious threat to glaciers, it will also result in a loss of 33 percent of total ice volume in the...
Retracing stories and journeys of laborers from NE India in WWI
Wanphrang K Diengdoh is an award winning filmmaker hailing from Shillong whose work surround the issues regarding tribal identity. He has been the recipient of many awards...
Anticipating tourist rush, Shimla issues snow advisory, asks not to bring infants, elders.
Anticipating arrival of a large number of tourists during the winter season, especially after snowfall in the latter part of December, Shimla Deputy Commissioner Chand Thakur has...
New destinations for adventure sports being opened across Uttarakhand
The state tourism department is going to provide training to local youth in all 13 districts of the state in adventure activities such as rafting, paragliding etc to...
Investment in Human Capital-Nepal
The International Labor Organisation has cited low investment in Human Capital to be a major obstacle to the country to leap forward. It is also noticed that...
Second Indo-Bhutan Friendship Car Rally flagged off
Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra flagged off the second Indo-Bhutan Friendship Car Rally 2017 which had 17 participants. The governor addresses the participants and pronounced his hopes...
‘I was in awe of Hazarika’
Joor Baruah, the documentary filmmaker grew up in the Brahmaputra plains. His inquisitiveness always made him wonder regarding the life and culture of the unseen and the...
92 new flight routes in Northeast under Udaan-2: Jayant Sinha
The regional connectivity scheme proposed by the government, Udaan, has been created to provide connectivity to remote areas and improve access in under-served regions.
In a bid to...