The Himalayas are the highest mountains on Earth, the stupendously wild boundary between India and Tibet and a magnet for countless adventurers, missionaries and spiritual seekers. Yet
On October 3, the Rohtang tunnel was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in Manali. There was the usual euphoria on the part of both the Central
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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,
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
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
divyaRichard Gere, Karenna Gore, Robert Thurman, Sharon Salzberg, and Deepak Chopra headline this month’s Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit,
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
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
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
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
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
Source – www.facebook.com 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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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,”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
