Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 18:20
Increasing human activities are augmenting the risk of natural disasters in the ecologically sensitive region of Kedarnath, a latest study claims.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:10
Parts of the Indian Himalayan region are facing the risk of major earthquakes in the future, according to a study conducted by city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI).
Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 00:57
Amid growing criticism about neglect to ecology in the Himalayan region in the backdrop of the recent flash flood havoc, senior Congress leader made a strong pitch for "reappraisal of the environmental policy in the Himalayas".
Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 19:06
Having several brushes with death, survivors of the Himalayan Tsunami which left a trail of destruction in Uttarakhand were all praise for Army, which they said has given them a second life.
Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:51
There was horror and disbelief in the eyes of those were rescued from the flood ravaged areas of Uttarakhand.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 19:36
Changes in the Asian summer monsoon have implications on weather, people`s health, agriculture and glaciers of the entire Hindu Kush Himalayan region, scientists here have said.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 18:41
An NGO in Uttarakhand has bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights.
Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:15
The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh may not get the coveted tag of a World Heritage Natural Site with Unesco`s advisory body, IUCN, recommending a deferral.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:47
India`s richest biodiversity site in the western Himalayas, the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh, is likely to become the country`s seventh natural UNESCO World Heritage site, a wildlife official said.
Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 13:29
Nepal will work closely with its neighbours, India, China and Bhutan, to conserve the unique ecology of the Himalayan region, an intergovernmental body looking after conservation efforts in the region said on Monday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:35
BJP in Uttarakhand today said it will oppose Coca Cola`s proposed bottling plant at Charba village here expressing apprehensions about the harmful effects of the project on the fragile Himalayan ecology.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 17:18
Tibet, which is experiencing a tourist boom, plans to open up to the outside world to attract more visitors from aboard this summer, a top official from the remote Himalayan region said on Wednesday.
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